Assassination of Ziaur Rahman

Assassination Of Ziaur Rahman

Ziaur Rahman, the president of Bangladesh, was assassinated by a faction of officers of Bangladesh Army, on 30 May 1981, in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong. Zia went to Chittagong to arbitrate a clash between the local leaders of his party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On the night of 30 May, a group of officers, led by Major General Abul Manzoor (also spelled Monjour), the regional commander of the Chittagong Cantonment, and Zia's comrade from the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, commandeered Chittagong Circuit House, the government residence where Zia was staying. There they shot dead Zia and several others.