| Honorific Prefix: | Inspector General of Police | ||||||||||||||||
| Khoda Baksh Chowdhury | |||||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | খোদা বকশ চৌধুরী | ||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 2 November 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 29 January 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| President: | Iajuddin Ahmed | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Anwarul Iqbal | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor: | Nur Mohammad | ||||||||||||||||
| Office1: | 3rd Director General Rapid Action Battalion | ||||||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 31 October 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Term End1: | 2 November 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Primeminister1: | Iajuddin Ahmed | ||||||||||||||||
| President1: | Iajuddin Ahmed | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Abdul Aziz Sarkar | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor1: | SM Mizanur Rahman | ||||||||||||||||
| Office2: | 4th Chief Executive of Criminal Investigation Department | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Md. Amjad Hossain | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor2: | SM Mizanur Rahman | ||||||||||||||||
| Appointer2: | Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||||||||||
| Termstart2: | 9 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Termend2: | 1 November 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 15 August 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka Bangladesh Police Academy | ||||||||||||||||
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Mohammad Khoda Baksh Chowdhury (born 15 August 1952) is a former Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police.[1] He is one of the convicts of the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack case.
Chowdhury graduated from the University of Dhaka in 1969.[2] [3]
Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Police in 1979.[4] He became superintendent of police of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in 2001. He then served as the CID chief.[5] On 31 October 2006, he was appointed as the DG of Rapid Action Battalion.[5] 2 days later, he was promoted to Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police by replacing Anwarul Iqbal.[6]
Chowdhury served as the president of Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA) in 2006.[4]
In July 2011, Chowdhury, along with two other former inspectors general, surrendered before the Dhaka Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate for the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack case and were sent to the jail.[7] [8] Chowdhury was released in bail from Dhaka Central Jail in April 2012.[9] While serving as an officer on special duty (OSD), he was sent on forced retirement by the government in July 2017.[10]
In October 2018, Chowdhury was found guilty of misleading the investigation and cooking up the "Joj Mia" story and was sentenced to two years in jail.[11]