In an opinion write-up in The New York Times, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, grandson of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, opined that his grandfather's killer should be extradited from the US.

Joy in his opinion piece published in one of the leading US newspapers on November 7, 2016 expressed doubt over the refugee status of one of Bangabandhu's killers Rashed Chowdhury.

"To the best of our knowledge, Chowdhury has not been granted refugee status; therefore, he is not immune from extradition proceedings. There are no grounds for further delay in extraditing him. The United States should respond to Bangladesh's repeated pleas to conclude the matter, so that justice may be done," he wrote in an opinion piece in one of the leading US newspapers, The New York Times.

On August 15, 1975, the democratically elected government of Bangladesh was overthrown by a military coup. Soldiers stormed the Dhaka residence of the president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, shot and killed him, along with 18 other members of his family including his wife and three sons.

Sheikh Hasina, the current prime minister of Bangladesh, and her sister were spared only because they were in Germany.