| Honorific Prefix: | Additional Inspector General of Police | ||||||||||||
| Banaj Kumar Majumder | |||||||||||||
| Native Name: | বনজ কুমার মজুমদার | ||||||||||||
| Office: | 3rd Chief of Police Bureau of Investigation | ||||||||||||
| Appointed: | Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Barrister Mahbubur Rahman, PPM | ||||||||||||
| Successor: | Md Tawfique Mahbub Chowdhury | ||||||||||||
| Termstart: | 31 March 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Termend: | 31 July 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Pirojpur, Bangladesh | ||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi | ||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology Bangladesh Police Academy | ||||||||||||
| Profession: | Police officer | ||||||||||||
| Spouse: | Dr. Joya Mallick | ||||||||||||
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Banaj Kumar Majumder (Bengali: বনজ কুমার মজুমদার, born 1 January 1967) is a Bangladeshi retired police officer. He was Additional IGP of Bangladesh Police and former Chief of the Police Bureau of Investigation.[1] Prior to join PBI, he was Additional Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police[2] in the rank of Additional DIG. He came into limelight when he was SP of Cox's Bazar District.[3]
Majumder completed his graduation from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) in electrical & electronic engineering with distinctive result. He joined at Bangladesh Police through 12th BCS (Police) Batch in 1991.[4]
In 2002, Majumder was the Additional Superintendent of Police Jhenaidah District.[5] He was then transferred to Armed Police Battalion of Chittagong District. He was deprived of promotions, along with other Hindu officers and people from Gopalganj District, during the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.
In 2009 and 2010, Majumder was the Deputy Commissioner of northern section of Chittagong Metropolitan Police.[6] [7]
Majumder, then Additional Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police, provided financial assistance to the family of a constable killed in the line of duty in 2013.[8]
In March 2016, Majumder was promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police while serving as the Additional Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.[9] On 22 January 2022, Majumder was promoted to the rank of additional inspector general of police.[10]
Majumder sued former Superintendent of Police Babul Akter and others in September 2022 after Akter alleged Majumder tortured him in police custody.[11] [12]