A. T. M. Amin

Abu Talib Mohammed Amin
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service / branch Bangladesh Army
Bangladesh Ansar
Years of service1979-2009
Rank Major General
UnitEast Bengal Regiment
Commands
Battles / warsChittagong Hill Tracts Conflict
2006-2008 Bangladeshi political crisis

Abu Talib Mohammed Amin is a retired General of the Bangladesh Army. He is a former Director General of Forces Intelligence, and a former Director General of Ansar and VDP.[1] He was forced into retirement in 2009.[2]

Career

As brigadier general he was director of counter-terrorism unit Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Bureau of the DGFI . Later he was promoted to major general and appointed DG of DGFI. It is stated that under him the DGFI tried to create Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) in Bangladesh composed of members of Harakat ul-Jihad-Islami-Bangladesh and that he pressured former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to convince the US government to support the party.[3] In the past after the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack he was accused and framed as helping one of the suspects escape from Bangladesh with support from DGFI officer Lieutenant Colonel Saiful Islam Joarder and Saiful Islam Duke, the nephew of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[4][5]

Amin flew to the United States soon after the Awami League government came to power. As of 2020, he is a wanted fugitive in Bangladesh after being convicted in the criminal case over the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Major General Amin volunteered to retire". The Daily Star. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ "BDR, Ansar get new chiefs". The Daily Star. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. ^ "DGFI became militants' buddy". The Daily Star. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Justice so far away". The Daily Star. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Tarique okayed Huji plot". The Daily Star. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Aug 21 grenade attack convicts: Where are they?". bdnews24.com. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.