Law Minister Anisul Huq today requested the Canadian government to deport Noor Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to Bangladesh for his execution. 

He made the request at a meeting with Benoît-Pierre Laramée, the outgoing high commissioner for Canada, at his secretariat office. The Canadian envoy made a farewell call to the law minister.

The law minister told The Daily Star that the Canadian government is not sending Noor Chowdhury back to Bangladesh as the North American country does not support death penalty.  

"A discussion between the foreign ministries of Bangladesh and Canada is going on to bring back Noor Chowdhury. We will try to the last to bring Noor Chowdhury back to the country," he said.

During the meeting, Anisul Huq told the Canadian envoy that Bangladesh became independent on December 16 in 1971 under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, but he along with his family members was brutally killed on August 15, 1975.

Noor Chowdhury is one of the killers of Bangabandhu, the law minister added.