Bangladesh’s deadliest executioner

Hangman Bouya showing a snip of manila rope used for hanging condemned prisoners, during an interview with AFP at his house in Keraniganj, a Dhaka suburb. When he first went to prison, Bouya was accused of killing only one man. By the time he was released decades later he had put dozens more to death as Bangladesh’s most prolific hangman ever. — AFP

WHEN he first went to prison, Shahjahan Bouya was accused of killing only one man.

By the time he was released decades later, he had put dozens more to death as Bangladesh’s most prolific hangman ever.