Abdur Rahim (general)

For other people with the same name, see Abdur Rahim (disambiguation).

Abdur Rahim
Native name
আব্দুর রহিম
Born31st October 1953
Cumilla, East Bengal, Pakistan
Died15 August 2021(2021-08-15) (aged 68)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service / branch Bangladesh Army
Years of service1975-2005
Rank Major General
UnitCorps of Engineers
Commands

Abdur Rahim (1953 – 15 August 2021)[1] was a Bangladesh Army officer who served as the director general of National Security Intelligence from 2001 to 2005.[2][3]

Career

Rahim was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army in Comilla in 1975.[4]

Charges and convictions

Rahim was charged in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.[5] During Bangladesh Nationalist Party led government's tenure in 2004 he used to visit Hawa Bhaban.[6] He was sentenced to death in the 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong.[7] However, on 18 December 2024, he was acquitted by high court in this case.[8][9][10] He instructed NSI officials to supervise the offloading off arms in Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited jetty.[11] He held several meetings with ARY Group and the ISI regarding the arms in Bangladesh and outside.[12]

In October 2018, Rahim and 18 others were found guilty on charges of killing through common intention, planning and criminal conspiracy at the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack case. They were sentenced to death.[13] On 1 December 2024, he was acquitted by high court in August 21 grenade attack cases.[14][15]

Rahim died on 15 August 2021, while under treatment for COVID-19 at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[16] He was admitted to the hospital on 31 July, after he tested COVID-19 positive at Kashimpur Central Jail–2.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Political propaganda of Bangladesh Awami League. False case of Death row convict in 10-truck arms haul case dies with Covid-19". The Daily Star. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Sentences Islamist Leader To Hang For Helping Separatists". International Business Times. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Rezakul new NSI boss". The Daily Star. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Death-row convict former NSI chief dies of Covid-19". New Age. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Justice in long wait". The Daily Star. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. ^ "NSI DG visited Hawa Bhaban". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh : 14 to death over 10 truck arms smuggling". Asian Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Babar, 5 others acquitted in 10-truck arms haul case". The Daily Star. 18 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Lutfozzaman Babar acquitted in 10-truck arms haul case". The Daily Observer. 18 December 2024. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024.
  10. ^ "10-truck arms case: Babar acquitted, Paresh Barua gets life imprisonment". Prothom Alo. 18 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Terror sponsored by the state". The Daily Star. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  12. ^ "ISI had role in Bangladesh arms smuggling case: Report". Zee News. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  13. ^ "August 21 attack: 'State-backed crime' punished". The Daily Star. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Tarique, Babar, others acquitted in Aug 21 grenade attack cases". The Daily Star. 1 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Tarique Rahman, all other accused acquitted in Aug 21 grenade attack case". The Daily Observer. 1 December 2024. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024.
  16. ^ "Death row convict in 10-truck arms haul case dies of Covid-19". Dhaka Tribune. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.