Khandaker Abdur Rashid

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'''Khandaker Abdur Rashid''' is a Bangladesh Army officer and a fugitive assassin of the first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujib.<ref>{{cite news|title=Extradition effort continues for six killers|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/08/15/extradition-effort-continues-six-killers/|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=4 November 2016|date=15 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bangabandhu killing: Anisul for commission to find conspirators|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/bangabandhu-killing-anisul-hints-commission-find-conspirator-1272823|work=The Daily Star|access-date=4 November 2016|date=20 August 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Khandaker Abdur Rashid was born on 1946 in the district of Comilla, in then East Pakistan.
He served in the [[Pakistan army]] and defected during the start of Bangladesh Liberation war. Despite having a similarity in name, the only relation between Rashid and Khandaker Moshtaque Ahmed was their common birth district. [[Khandaker Moshtaque Ahmed]] became the president of Bangladesh after the assassination of Sheikh Mujib.<ref>{{cite news|title=The conspiracy behind the assassination of Bangabandhu|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/the-conspiracy-behind-the-assassination-bangabandhu-1269715|work=The Daily Star|access-date=4 November 2016|date=15 August 2016}}</ref> he was a major at the time of the 15 August 1975 coup and [[assassination of Sheikh Mujib]]. He was part of the team that raided the armory of the 2nd Field Artillery on 11:30 pm August 15 to use in the coup. He was maintaining contact with Moshtaque throughout the time. The conspirators held several meetings in his residence in [[Dhaka cantonment]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Shame darker than the night|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/shame-darker-the-night-1270021|work=The Daily Star|access-date=4 November 2016|date=15 August 2016}}</ref> He promoted to Lieutenant Colonel after the assassination. He returned to Dhaka during the regime of [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]]. He formed Bangladesh Freedom Party with [[Syed Faruque Rahman]]. He was elected to parliament in the 15 February 1996 general election, which was discredited.<ref>{{cite news|title=Where are they?|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/august-15-special-coverage/where-are-they-1269625|work=The Daily Star|access-date=4 November 2016|date=19 November 2009}}</ref> Faruque was his brother in law.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scream of the assassin|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100129/jsp/frontpage/story_12041781.jsp|work=Telegraph |location=Kolkata |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406165415/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100129/jsp/frontpage/story_12041781.jsp |archive-date=6 April 2018 |access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref>

He was convicted and sentenced to death in absentia for the assassination of Sheikh Mujib. He is in the United States as of 2016. Bangladesh government is trying to get the US government to extradite him to Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Four could not even be traced|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/four-could-not-even-be-traced-1269388|work=The Daily Star|access-date=4 November 2016|date=14 August 2016}}</ref> In 2016 the government of Bangladesh passed a law that allowed for the seizure of the properties of those convicted in the killing of Sheikh Mujib. Rashid's shares in [[Kushtia]] based [[Jubilee Bank]] were ordered to be seized by Bangladesh Bank.<ref>{{cite news|title=BB asked to confiscate bank shares of Bangabandhu killers|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/10/03/bb-asked-confiscate-bank-shares-bangabandhu-killers/|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=4 November 2016|date=3 October 2016}}</ref> His daughter [[Mehnaz Rashid]] is leader of the [[Freedom Party (Bangladesh)|Freedom Party]] and was arrested in 2009 by Bangladesh police.<ref>{{cite news|title=Col Rashid's daughter held for blast link|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-111249|work=The Daily Star|access-date=4 November 2016|date=24 October 2009}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi lieutenant colonels]]
[[Category:Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
[[Category:People convicted of murder by Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Freedom Party politicians]]
[[Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:People from Comilla District]]

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