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Killing Of Ekramul Haque
Killing of Ekramul Haque refers to the extrajudicial killing of Ekramul Haque, councillor of Teknaf Municipality Ward three, by a unit of Rapid Action Battalion. That resulted in the first usage of the Magnitsky Act against Bangladeshi officials. Events Ekramul Haque was a trader who had been elected councilor of Teknaf Municipality three times in a row as a candidate of Awami League. Haque was a former President of Teknaf unit of Jubo League, the youth wing of Awami League, for 13 years. Bangladesh government was carrying a crackdown on the narcotics trade and the death of more than a 100 suspects in shoot-outs with law enforcement agencies. Since 2018 more than 200 individuals were killed in extrajudicial shootings by law enforcement agencies in Teknaf alone. On 27 May 2018, Ekramul Haque was killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion led by Squadron Leader Mohammad Rezaul Haque. Major Md Ruhul Amin, Company Commander of Rapid Action Battalion-7, said there was a gunf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Action Battalion
Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, is an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police. This elite force consists of members of the Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, Border Guard Bangladesh, Bangladesh Civil Service and Bangladesh Ansar. It was formed on 26 March 2004 as RAT (Rapid Action Team), and commenced operations on 14 April 2004. From 2004 to 2008 RAB had killed 1,062 people. The Rapid Action Battalion has been criticized by rights groups for its use of extrajudicial killings and is accused of forced disappearances. History 2003-2008 Rapid Action Battalion was formed on 12 July 2003 under the Armed Police Battalion (Amendment) Act, 2003. The act was passed through the amendment of Armed Forces Battalion Ordinance 1979 which provides immunity to RAB officers for actions taken in the course of their duty. Each battalion of Rapid Action Battalion is commanded by Additional Deputy Inspector General rank officer or its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Narcotics Control
Department of Narcotics Control is the main government agency responsible for narcotics control in Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos .... History The Department of Narcotics Control was established on 2 January 1990 under the Ministry of Home Affairs and is related to National Narcotics Control Board. The agency is responsible for issuing licenses for the import, exports, sales, transport, etc. for drugs in Bangladesh. It also carries out raids against illegal narcotics. The department has its own intelligence branch. Abdul Wahab Bhuiyan is the Director-General of the Department of Narcotics Control. They do not have sufficient personnel to control over Bangladesh. They are trying to increase their staff and better service. References 1990 establishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Anwar Latif Khan
Mohammad Anwar Latif Khan is a Bangladesh Army Colonel and the Sector Commander of Border Guards Bangladesh in Rajshahi. He is the former Additional Director General (Operations) at the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) an elite multi-service unit of the Bangladesh Police and oversaw crackdowns on Islamist militants. He has been sanctioned by the United States for his activities in RAB. He had previously commanded RAB-5, RAB-7, and RAB-11. Early life Khan was born on 1 December 1971 in Bogra District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. Career Khan received his commission in Bangladesh Army on 9 June 1992 as part of the 26th Bangladesh Military Academy long course. He had served in various units of East Bengal Regiment and the President Guard Regiment. He also served in the 24th Infantry Division. He had served in United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone and United Nations Mission in Sudan. Khan served as the Commanding Officer (CO) of Rapid Action Battalion-5 based in Chittagong i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Jahangir Alam
Mohammad Jahangir Alam is a Bangladesh Army Brigadier General and the former Additional Director General (Operations) at the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) an elite multi-service unit of the Bangladesh Police. He was one of seven officers of RAB sanctioned by the United States for violation of human rights. He is the Commander of President Guard Regiment. Early life Alam was born on 19 October 1973 in Dinajpur District, Bangladesh. He completed his master's degree in Defense Studies from the Bangladesh University of Professionals. Career On 19 December 1993, Alam received his commission on the 29th long course of Bangladesh Military Academy. He was commissioned in the Infantry Corps of Bangladesh Army. He had taught at the School of Infantry and Tactics and served in the Kuwait Army on deputation for three years. He was trained in counter terrorist tactics in the United States. He had previously commanded the 38 East Bengal Regiment of the 17th Infantry Division. He worked as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tofayel Mustafa Sorwar
Tofayel Mustafa Sorwar is a Bangladesh Army Brigadier General and the former Additional Director General (Operations) at the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) an elite multi-service unit of the Bangladesh Police. He has been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for human rights violation at RAB during his time at the agency. Early life Sorwar was born on 7 December 1973 in Sunamganj District, Bangladesh. Career Sorwar was commissioned on the 31st BMA Long Course of Bangladesh Military Academy on 19 December 1994. Sorwar previously served in Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and Army Intelligence. He had also served in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and commanded an infantry battalion. On 29 June 2019, Sorwar was promoted to colonel and appointed the Additional Director General (Operations) at the Rapid Action Battalion replacing Colonel Mohammad Jahangir Alam. He previously served as the Deputy Commander of Bangladeshi Battalion-5 of MONUSCO in Congo. He had ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Mohammad Azad
Khan Mohammad Azad (also known as KM Azad; born 15 October 1974) is a Bangladesh Army colonel who served as the Additional Director General (Operations) at the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) — the elite multiservice, anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police. Career Azad joined the Bangladesh Army in 1995 with 32nd BMA long course. In March 2009, he was appointed as a deputy director of RAB — a position he held until January 2012. In January 2012, Azad was appointed as Military Observer (MILOB) with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). He received his commission from the Infantry Division of the Bangladesh Army through the Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) Long Course. He worked as the Battalion Commander at the Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre (BIR), in the position of Colonel. Earlier in his career, he had served as Operation Wing Director at RAB headquarters at Kurmitola and Commandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun is a Bangladeshi police officer and the current Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Bangladesh Police since 30 September 2022. Previously he served as Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). He was made the DG of RAB in April 2020. Prior to join RAB, he was the chief of Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Early life Al-Mamun was born on 12 January 1964 in the village of Shreehail under Sullah Upazila in Sunamganj District. Career Mamun joined Bangladesh Police as an assistant superintendent of police in 1989. Mamun was promoted to Additional IG grade-I on October 2021. During his service period he served as superintendent of Police in Nilphamari district, deputy commissioner in Dhaka Metropolitan Police and as Deputy Inspector General in Mymensingh and Dhaka Range and Police Headquarters. Mamun was scheduled to retire on Jan 11, 2022 but he get extension of his job until July, 2024 on contact basis. U.S. sanctions On 10 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benazir Ahmed
Benazir Ahmed is a retired Bangladeshi police officer who served as 30th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police. Prior to join as IGP, he served as the Director General of Rapid Action Battalion from January 2015 to April 2020. Benazir is currently on a US sanctions list due the Rapid Action Battalion's alleged role in forcibly disappearing citizens since December, 2021. Education Benazir Ahmed was born in Gopalganj and studied English Literature at University of Dhaka and earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from an American university. Career Ahmed joined Bangladesh Police Service as Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1988. He served in various appointments all along with his career. He has also received many professional pieces of training from home and abroad. He was deprived of promotion allegedly during the government of Bangladesh Nationalist Party as part of discrimination against police officers from Gopalganj and police officers from minority religions. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miftah Uddin Ahmed
Miftah Uddin Ahmed is a Bangladesh Army Lieutenant Colonel and officer of Rapid Action Battalion who has been sanctioned by the United States for human rights violations. Career Commanding Officer Ahmed oversaw the arrest of the owner, Abu Bakar Siddique, of M.V. Pinak a ferry that sank in Padma River killing 48, after the owner went into hiding. Siddique had been charged with culpable homicide for overloading his ferry that lead to its sinking. Commanding officer of Rapid Action Battalion-7, Ahmed, led a raid on a farm in Chittagong and recovered significant amount of firearms and detained five in 2015. His team raided a residence in Chittagong and detained four people with bombs February 2015. In 2017, Ahmed as commanding officer of Rapid Action Battalion-7 led a crackdown on Shaheed Hamza Brigade, an Islamist militant group. It arrested businessman Enamul Haque who allegedly provided funding to the group. On 18 April 2016, two robbers were killed in a gunfight with Rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnitsky Act
The Magnitsky Act, formally known as the Russia and Moldova Jackson–Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012, is a bipartisan bill passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2012, intending to punish Russian officials responsible for the death of Russian tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow prison in 2009 and also to grant permanent normal trade relations status to Russia. The Global Magnitsky Act of 2016 authorizes the U.S. government to sanction foreign government officials worldwide who are deemed to be human rights offenders, freeze their assets, and ban them from entering the U.S. Background In 2009, Russian tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in a Moscow prison after investigating a $230 million fraud involving Russian tax officials. Magnitsky was accused of committing the fraud himself by Russian officials and detained. While in prison, Magnitsky developed gall stones, pancreatitis and calculo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directorate General Of Forces Intelligence
The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence ( bn, প্রতিরক্ষা গোয়েন্দা মহাপরিদপ্তর), commonly known as DGFI, is the military intelligence agency of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, tasked with collection, collation and evaluation of strategic and topographic information, primarily through human intelligence (Human intelligence (intelligence gathering), HUMINT). As one of the principal members of the Bangladesh intelligence community, the DGFI reports to the Director-General and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister, the Cabinet of Bangladesh, and the Bangladesh Armed Forces, Armed Forces of Bangladesh. Formed in 1972 as Directorate of Forces Intelligence, was organised as the principal intelligence arm of the military limited to gathering intelligence pertaining to the Armed Forces. The agency experienced dramatic growth after reorganization in 1977, and tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)
The Ministry of Home Affairs is a ministry of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. An interior ministry, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. It contains two divisions 1. Public Security Division, 2. Security Service Division It has been modelled to function as an ideal and efficient ministry of the government. Senior officials Ministerial team The ministerial team at the MHA (mha.gov.bd) is headed by the Minister of Home Affairs, who is assigned to them to manage the ministers office and ministry. *Minister — Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan, MP (Bangladesh Awami League) Home Secretary and other senior officials The Ministers are supported by a number of civilian, scientific and professional advisors. The Home Secretary is the senior civil servant at the MHA. His/Her role is to ensure the MHA operates effectively as a department of the government. *Senior Secretary, Public Security Division — Md. Akhter Hossian *Secretary, Security ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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