Ershad Sikder was a Bangladeshi politician, criminal, and serial killer, known for committing various crimes such as murder, torture, theft, robbery and others.
10 Facts About Ershad Sikder
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Ershad Sikder was sentenced to death for murder, and subsequently executed on 10 May 2004.
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Between 1966 and 1967, Ershad Sikder moved from his birthplace to the Khulna District.
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Together with his gang, Ershad Sikder occupied the 4th and 5th areas of Ghat, making it his exclusive regulator.
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In 1982, after the rise of former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Sikder entered politics through the Jatiya Party.
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Ershad Sikder was accused of more than 60 murders, together with one of his collaborators, Rajasakshi Nure Alam.
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The latter later gave a statement in court describing 24 killings, further claiming that Ershad Sikder had more than 70 victims, although only one weapon was recovered from his house, known as the "Swarnakamal".
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Ershad Sikder was arrested in 1999, with 43 cases filed under his name.
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Ershad Sikder tried to appeal against the decision by writing a petition to President Iajuddin Ahmed, but he rejected the appeal, and Sikder was executed at the Khulna Central jail on 10 May 2004.
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Kal Bhairaber Ghat, a book by Indian author Binod Ghoshal, based on the life of Ershad Sikder was published in 2020.