Govt trying to bring back convicted war criminals Mueen, Ashraf

The government's effort has been continuing to bring back convicted war criminals Chowdhury Mueen Uddin from the UK and Ashrafuzzaman Khan from the US.

"We are maintaining constant communication with these two countries and working as part of the efforts to bring them back," foreign ministry's spokesperson Seheli Sabrin said at a weekly media briefing at the ministry in Dhaka on Sunday, reports BSS.

Mueen and Ashraf were sentenced to death after Special War Crimes Tribunal found them guilty of abducting and murdering 18 intellectuals including nine university teachers, six journalists and three doctors in December of 1971.

Immediately after December 16, 1971, when Bangladesh achieved victory in the war, Mueen, a leader of infamous Al-Badr Bahini, fled Bangladesh and emerged as a leader of the Muslim community in the UK.

After his conviction, Bangladesh requested the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) to issue a red notice to arrest Mueen.