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| US deports Bangladeshi coup man | US deports Bangladeshi coup man |
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| A former Bangladeshi army officer has been deported from the United States and then arrested on his arrival in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. | A former Bangladeshi army officer has been deported from the United States and then arrested on his arrival in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. |
| Mohiuddin Ahmed was convicted in absentia in 1998 for his role in the 1975 military coup and assassination of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. | Mohiuddin Ahmed was convicted in absentia in 1998 for his role in the 1975 military coup and assassination of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. |
| Ahmed spent several years fighting his deportation from the US. | Ahmed spent several years fighting his deportation from the US. |
| He was one of 15 people found guilty of killing Sheikh Mujibur. Most of them were sentenced to death. | |
| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the figurehead of the fight for the creation of Bangladesh which had been East Pakistan. | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the figurehead of the fight for the creation of Bangladesh which had been East Pakistan. |
| After independence in 1971, he went to Bangladesh as a national hero, having been in jail in Pakistan, and became president. | |
| Mohiuddin Ahmed, a former Lieut Colonel in the army, first went to the US in 1996, and applied to stay there permanently. | |
| But he was ordered to be deported in 2002. Earlier this year an appeals court rejected his bid to have his case reviewed. | But he was ordered to be deported in 2002. Earlier this year an appeals court rejected his bid to have his case reviewed. |
| Although 12 of the 15 men found guilty in the trials were sentenced to death, the punishments have not been carried out because their appeals procedures were never completed. |