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Benazir Ahmed

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In 2022, the Home Ministry issued a notice that the IGP and two other officials were going to Germany on a 9-day visit to check the quality of 100,000 pieces of bed sheet for double cots and pillows for the police department. This news caused controversy. Later the trip was cancelled after an uproar.
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Ahmed denied all allegations and expressed his shock at being sanctioned. He blamed the sanctions on "propaganda" and "anti-state forces." He also accused human rights organizations of misleading US politicians, specifically referring to one unnamed group whose "South Asia director" was "a
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Ahmed joined Bangladesh Police Service as assistant superintendent of police in 1988. He served in various appointments concurrently with his career. He has also received professional training from home and abroad. He was deprived of promotion allegedly during the government of
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in 1982 in English literature. He earned his Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Dhaka. Enrollment qualifications were relaxed by his PhD supervisor
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says proof of corruption found against Ahmed and a case would be filed. On 12 June, the court ordered to confiscate more properties of Ahmed and his family.
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report on the Bangladesh police which he described as criticizing the police "cruelly" and "unjustly" in 2013.
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in 1980 both second division. He completed his undergrad in 1982. He completed his master's from the
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claim that these reports were "untrue and misleading," and were a result of "linguistic confusion".
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On 30 December 2014, Ahmed was appointed director general of the Rapid Action Battalion replacing
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and police officers from minority religions. He was the commissioner of
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Ahmed is married to Zeeshan Mirza. Together they have two daughters.
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is a retired Bangladeshi police officer who served as the 28th
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formed a committee to investigate the wealth of Ahmed after
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Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
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as part of discrimination against police officers from
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Index


Inspector General of Bangladesh Police
Abdul Hamid
Sheikh Hasina
Mohammad Javed Patwary
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun
Director General of Rapid Action Battalion
Abdul Hamid
Sheikh Hasina
Md. Mukhlesur Rahman
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun
Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police
A. K. M. Shahidul Haque
Asaduzzaman Mia
Gopalganj District
East Pakistan
Alma mater
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh Police Academy
Director General
Rapid Action Battalion
Dhaka Metropolitan Police
Rapid Action Battalion
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Police
IGP Rank Badge
IGP

inspector general of the Bangladesh Police
Rapid Action Battalion

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