Md Shawkat Imam Explained

Mohammad Shawkat Imam
Native Name:মোহাম্মদ শাওকাত ইমাম
Birth Date:20 May 1961
Birth Place:Tangail, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Death Place:Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Death Cause:Assassination
Allegiance: Bangladesh
Branch:
Serviceyears:1983-2009
Rank: Colonel
Unit:Regiment of Artillery
Commands:
Spouse:Nuzhat Ahsan
Children:1
Alma Mater: Bangladesh Military Academy

Md Shawkat Imam was a colonel in the Bangladesh Army. He held numerous posts, including commander of UN peacekeeping operations. He was the sector commander of Bangladesh Rifles in Teknaf when he was killed in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny.[1] [2]

Early life

Imam was born on 20 May 1961, in Tangail, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[3]

Career

Imam completed the Bangladesh Public Service Commission course. He served as commander of the Bangladesh Rifles battalion 23.[4] After the pro-democracy protests in Myanmar in 2007, the Junta deported Bangladeshi monks. Colonel Shawkat Imam was in charge of the area at the time.[5]

Personal life

Imam married Nuzhat Ahsan, and had one daughter, Sumera Azreen.[6]

Death

Imam was killed in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. He was buried with full state honours along with the other officers killed in the mutiny at the National Parade Square.[7] Imam was buried in the Bangladesh Army Graveyard in Banani, Dhaka on 2 March 2009.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Officers, soldiers who were killed . The Daily Star . 19 November 2016 . 5 November 2013.
  2. News: Army officers' janaza today . The Daily Star . 19 November 2016 . 2 March 2009.
  3. News: Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Para Military Training Exercise 09-1 . Scoop . 19 November 2016.
  4. Web site: BDR pushes back 19 Burmese national to Burma Network . Kaladan Press Network . 19 November 2016.
  5. Web site: 12 more Bangladeshi monks deported from Burma Network . Kaladan Press Network . 19 November 2016.
  6. Al-mahmood . Syed Zain . Anniversary of a Mutiny . The Star . 19 November 2016.
  7. News: Janaza for 41 slain army officers, DG's wife tomorrow (Monday) at National Parade Square . dead . United News of Bangladesh . 1 March 2009 . 19 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040422/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1653867741.html . 1 December 2017 . HighBeam Research.
  8. News: 50 laid to rest with state honours . The Daily Star . 19 November 2016 . 3 March 2009.