Sheikh Hemayet Hossain Mia is a retired Bangladeshi police officer and former head of the

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. Earlier, he served as an Additional Inspector General of Police at the Armed Police Battalion.

Early life

Mia is from Faridpur District.

Career

Froom 28 September 1998 to 16 May 2001, Mia was the Superintendent of Police of

Khagrachari District Khagrachari ( bn, খাগড়াছড়ি) is a district in the Chittagong Division of Southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. History The Chittagong Hill Tracts was under the reign of the Tripura Sta ...

. Mia was denied promotion during the 2001 to 2006

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government along with officers from Gopalganj District and Hindu officers as they were perceived to be loyal to the opposition party, Awami League. In 2001, he was the Superintendent of Police of Jhalakathi District. He was then transferred to

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in 2004 as Deputy Commissioner and denied promotion while everyone in his batch received promotion. He was promoted to Additional Deputy Inspector General after his entire batch had been promoted to Deputy Inspector General and he was then posted Barisal Police range. He was then stationed at Police Training Center, Rangpur. On 15 January 2015, Mia was appointed head of the Criminal Investigation Department. He had been serving in the

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as additional inspector general of police. He inaugurated a new office of the Criminal Investigation Department at

Joypurhat District Joypurhat ( bn, জয়পুরহাট জেলা, ''Joypurhat Jela'', also ''Joypurhat Zila'') is a district in the northern part of Bangladesh. It is one of the 8 districts of Rajshahi Division. History Ancient history Joypurhat was ...

. In 2017, he was awarded the Bangladesh Police Medal. He received the President Police Medal in 2018. Mia retired in May 2019 and was replaced by Shafiqul Islam as head of the Criminal Investigation Department.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mia, Sheikh Hemayet Hossain Living people Bangladeshi police officers People from Faridpur District Year of birth missing (living people) Criminal Investigation Department (Bangladesh) officers