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Nazrul Islam and Sithi Akter were detained immediately following their arrest in May 2023.
The available diplomatic records place their detention in August 2023, not May 2023.
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Bangladeshi diplomatic reporting published by Prothom Alo says official documents and information from Bangladeshi diplomats show Nazrul Islam was detained on 1 August 2023 and Sweety/Siti Akter on 2 August 2023. India Today likewise reports that a prisoner list received by the Bangladesh consulate showed Nazrul detained on August 1, 2023 and Sweety the next day. Those dates directly contradict the post's claim that they were arrested/detained in May 2023.
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- Two sides meet at Jeddah: Dhaka seeks to know whether the 2 Bangladeshis had a chance to defend themselves | Prothom Alo
Information obtained from Bangladeshi diplomats in Dhaka, Riyadh and Jeddah, along with several official documents, shows that Nazrul Islam was detained on 1 August 2023 and Sweety Akter the following day, on 2 August.
- Pak propaganda? Copy-paste posts blame Indian man after Saudi executes 2 Bangladeshis - India Today
A prisoner list received by the consulate on September 30 showed that Nazrul had been detained on August 1, 2023, under Saudi Arabia's cybercrime law, while Sweety was detained the following day on allegations of adultery.
Following his arrest in May 2023, he remained incarcerated throughout a lengthy three-and-a-half to four-year judicial process leading up to October 2026.
The reported detention date was August 1, 2023, so the period to the October 14, 2026 execution was a little over three years, not three-and-a-half to four years.
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Two independently reported accounts based on Bangladeshi consular/diplomatic information place Nazrul Islam's detention on 1 August 2023, not May 2023. A Saudi Interior Ministry statement reported by Gulf News says the executions were carried out on October 14, 2026. That means the period from detention to execution was about 3 years and 2 months, not the 3.5 to 4 years claimed in the post. So both the starting month (May 2023) and the stated duration are incorrect.
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- Two sides meet at Jeddah: Dhaka seeks to know whether the 2 Bangladeshis had a chance to defend themselves | Prothom Alo
Information obtained from Bangladeshi diplomats in Dhaka, Riyadh and Jeddah, along with several official documents, shows that Nazrul Islam was detained on 1 August 2023 and Sweety Akter the following day, on 2 August.
- Pak propaganda? Copy-paste posts blame Indian man after Saudi executes 2 Bangladeshis - India Today
A prisoner list received by the consulate on September 30 showed that Nazrul had been detained on August 1, 2023, under Saudi Arabia's cybercrime law, while Sweety was detained the following day on allegations of adultery.
- Saudi Arabia executes Bangladeshi man, woman for indecent acts inside Mecca mosque | Gulf News
The executions were carried out on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, in the Mecca region.
employed as cleaning workers for the Bin Laden Group in Mecca
Reports based on Bangladeshi consular records say they worked for Al Majal Company, not the Bin Laden Group.
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Multiple reports drawing on Bangladeshi consular/diplomatic records identify the pair's employer as Al Majal Company. Prothom Alo reports that after arriving in Saudi Arabia, both joined Al Majal Company as cleaners. India Today, citing a confidential memo from the Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah obtained by The Daily Star, likewise says both were employed as cleaners by Saudi company Al Majal. That contradicts the post's claim that they worked for the Bin Laden Group.
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- Two sides meet at Jeddah: Dhaka seeks to know whether the 2 Bangladeshis had a chance to defend themselves | Prothom Alo
After arriving in Saudi Arabia in late 2022, both joined Al Majal Company as cleaners.
- Pak propaganda? Copy-paste posts blame Indian man after Saudi executes 2 Bangladeshis - India Today
According to a confidential memo from the Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah, obtained by The Daily Star, both Nazrul and Sweety were employed as cleaners by Saudi company Al Majal.
Consequently, senior judges of the Supreme Court handed down the death penalty as an exemplary punishment aligned with Quranic principles and the Sunnah.
Reporting on the Saudi statement says the death sentences were imposed by a competent/lower court and later upheld on review; the Supreme Court did not originate the sentence.
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The available reporting on the Saudi Interior Ministry statement does not say the Supreme Court itself imposed the death penalty. Gulf News, citing the ministry statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, says the pair were referred to a competent court, which found them guilty and sentenced them to death; the verdicts later became final after being upheld by the relevant judicial authority, followed by a royal order authorising implementation. Prothom Alo separately reports that Saudi officials told Bangladesh the pair were initially sentenced by a lower court, and that an appellate court panel later upheld the death sentences. So the post is wrong to say the Supreme Court handed down the death penalty.
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- Saudi Arabia executes Bangladeshi man, woman for indecent acts inside Mecca mosque | Gulf News
Following an investigation, the two were charged and referred to a competent court, which found them guilty and sentenced them to death under ta'zir... The verdicts became final after being upheld by the relevant judicial authority, and a royal order was issued authorising their implementation.
- Two sides meet at Jeddah: Dhaka seeks to know whether the 2 Bangladeshis had a chance to defend themselves | Prothom Alo
The Saudi side said that, following their arrests in August 2023, the two defendants had initially been sentenced by a lower court after due judicial process. An appellate court panel comprising 13 judges later upheld their death sentences.