He had formed a "hunter-killer team"[6] consisting of Moslemuddin and several other soldiers, who would go to Dhaka Central Jail and kill the four imprisoned leaders: When General Khaled Mosharraf launched his counter-coup on 3 November 1975, Farook's plan was set in motion.
Wearing black uniforms,[7] Moslemuddin and several other soldiers drove to Dhaka Central Jail and demanded to see the four imprisoned leaders.
In Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood, Anthony Mascarenhas claims that three of the leaders died immediately, while Tajuddin Ahmed was still alive when Moslemuddin and his men were leaving, but slowly bled to death.
[10] After the jail killings, Moslemuddin flew to Libya via Bangkok along with the other army officers involved in the 15 August 1975 coup.
[11] Under the government of Lt. General Ziaur Rahman, the army officers involved in the 15 August 1975 coup were given diplomatic postings as "rewards".
On 8 November 1998, a Dhaka court sentenced 15 men to death for their role in the assassination of Sheikh Mujib, including Moslemuddin,[14] who was tried in absentia.