Abdur Rahim (general) explained

Abdur Rahim
Native Name:আব্দুর রহিম
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Date:23 March 1953
Birth Place:Khulna, East Bengal, Pakistan
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Serviceyears:1975-2005
Rank: Major General
Unit:Corps of Signals
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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] He instructed NSI officials to supervise the offloading off arms in Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited jetty.[8] He held several meetings with ARY Group and the ISI regarding the arms in Bangladesh and outside.[9]

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.[10]

Rahim died on 15 August 2021, while under treatment for COVID-19 at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[11] He was admitted to the hospital on 31 July, after he tested COVID-19 positive at Kashimpur Central Jail–2.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: 15 August 2021 . Death row convict in 10-truck arms haul case dies with Covid-19 . 15 August 2021 . The Daily Star . en.
  2. Web site: Bangladesh Sentences Islamist Leader To Hang For Helping Separatists . International Business Times . 7 October 2016 . 30 January 2014.
  3. News: Rezakul new NSI boss . The Daily Star . 5 January 2005 . 25 January 2020.
  4. News: Death-row convict former NSI chief dies of Covid-19 . 15 August 2021 . New Age . en.
  5. News: Justice in long wait . The Daily Star . 7 October 2016 . 21 August 2016.
  6. News: NSI DG visited Hawa Bhaban . bdnews24.com . 7 October 2016.
  7. Web site: Bangladesh : 14 to death over 10 truck arms smuggling . Asian Tribune . 7 October 2016 . 9 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161009213151/http://asiantribune.com/node/70449 . dead.
  8. News: Terror sponsored by the state . The Daily Star . 7 October 2016 . 30 January 2014.
  9. News: ISI had role in Bangladesh arms smuggling case: Report . Zee News . 7 October 2016 . 30 January 2014.
  10. News: August 21 attack: 'State-backed crime' punished . 11 October 2018 . The Daily Star . en . 25 January 2020.
  11. News: 15 August 2021 . Death row convict in 10-truck arms haul case dies of Covid-19 . 15 August 2021 . Dhaka Tribune.