Jail Killing Day today

Bangladesh marks Jail Killing Day today (November 3), commemorating the brutal assassination of four national leaders—Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain M Mansur Ali and AHM Quamruzzaman—inside Dhaka Central Jail in 1975.

Syed Nazrul Islam was the acting president while Tajuddin Ahmad was the prime minister, M Mansur Ali the finance minister and AHM Quamaruzzaman the home, relief, and rehabilitation minister in that government.

On this day in 1975, Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain M Mansur Ali and AHM Quamruzzaman were assassinated inside Dhaka Central Jail, just months after the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.