Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury
14th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
In office
1 December 2001 – 21 January 2003
Preceded byMohammad Abu Ishaque Ibrahim
Succeeded byJahangir Alam Chowdhury
Military service
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch/service Bangladesh Army
Bangladesh Rifles
Years of service1977-2009
Rank Major General
UnitEast Bengal Regiment
Commands

Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury is a retired Bangladesh Army officer who is the former Director of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and National Security Intelligence.[2][3]

Career

Chowdhury maintained regular contact with Tarique Rahman while at Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.[4] He was the Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence from 2005 to 2006.[5] He met with Paresh Baruah of the United Liberation Front of Asom to discuss smuggling arms for Indian separatist outfit.[6] He also served as Directors General of the National Security Intelligence from 20 April 2008 to 17 March 2009.[7]

Chowdhury was sentenced to death in the 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong on 2014.[8] The arms were destined for ULFA rebels in India.[9] He held meetings with officials of ARY Group and the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI regarding the smuggling of arms.[10] He is currently in prison.[11] Chowdhury was sentenced to death in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack which was an attempted assassination of Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and leader of Awami League.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to death". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh court sentences 14 to death in arms smuggling case". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Ex-CUFL GM faints, Rezzakul says verdict 'dictated'". The Daily Star. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  4. ^ "'Rezzakul was in touch with Tarique'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. ^ Staff Correspondent. "Aug 21 grenade attack convicts: Where are they?". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ Azad, M. Abul Kalam (30 January 2014). "Terror sponsored by the state". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  7. ^ "2 ex-DGs of NSI to be quizzed at jail gate". The Daily Star. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ^ Ahmed, Farid. "Bangladesh ex-politicians, army officers sentenced to death". CNN. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh court sentences 14 to death over 2004 arms smuggling". Reuters. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  10. ^ "ISI in thick of things". The Daily Star. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Nizami, Babar, 12 others get death sentence in Ctg 10-truck arms haul case". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Steps taken to start HC hearing of Aug 21 grenade attack cases soon". www.dhakatribune.com. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.


Categories