Nawazesh Uddin

Nawazesh Uddin (24 July 1945 – 23 September 1981) was a Bangladeshi army officer who was executed for his involvement in the assassination of Ziaur Rahman.

Career

Bangladesh Liberation War In 1959, Nawazesh joined the Pakistan Army as a student apprentice and was commissioned in the 22nd Baluch Regiment in Sialkot, Punjab, in 1966. In response, Taher and his clandestine group within the army, the Biplobi Shainik Sangstha, launched the 7 November coup to free Zia from imprisonment.

At the time, Nawazesh was the commanding officer of the 10 Bengal Regiment. He received a phone call from Zia, who instructed Nawazesh to ensure the safety of Khaled Mosharraf and his companions. Nawazesh climbed on top of a jeep and ordered his troops not to harm Khaled Mosharraf. However, his troops were defiant and threatened to kill him if he tried to stop them.

Zia asked Nawazesh to preserve the bodies of Khaled Mosharraf, A.T.M. Haider, and Nazmul Huda. He was court-martialed and executed on 23 September 1981 in Comilla Prison. In his last letter to his wife, he wrote: Dear Momy (Momtaz Nawazesh) Take hundreds of millions of affection, love and caresses from me. Ask everybody to pray for me so that Allah sends me to Heaven.

I am requesting you all to bury my body on the eastern side of my father's shrine.

My last entreaty to Allah is to keep you all happy. Give my unlimited affection and blessings to Rony, Rosy, Happy and Babu. I will always pray for you. Blessings and greeting to you all.

Yours, Nawazesh He was buried in his birthplace, Muradpur, Comilla.