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 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, Ba ...

(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 Sullah ( bn, শাল্লা, Shalla), also spelt Sulla, is an upazila (sub-district) of the Sunamganj District, located in Bangladesh's Sylhet Division. Its headquarters is located in Ghungiargaon. History It is generally thought that the ar ...

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 2021, the

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added Al-Mamun to its

Specially Designated Nationals The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, a ...

(SDN) list over the

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 ...

under the

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. Individuals on the list have their assets blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.

Personal life

Al-Mamun is married to Tayyaba Musarrat Jaha in his personal life. The couple has two sons and a daughter.

References

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