Munsi Kabir Uddin Ahmed Explained

Munsi Kabir Uddin Ahmed was the superintendent of police of Comilla District who was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[1] He was killed for refusing to give the Pakistan Army based in Comilla Cantonment the police armory.^[2] He was posthumously awarded the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian award, in 2014.^{[3] [4]}

AKM Samsul Haque Khan, Deputy Commissioner, ordered the Superintendent of Police in Comilla District, Ahmed, to stop cooperating with the Pakistan Army.^[5] On 24 March 1971, hours before the start of Operation Searchlight on 25 March, AKM Samsul Haque Khan was detained along with Ahmed.^[6] He was never seen again. According to Anthony Mascarenhas both of them were executed by Pakistan Army.

Notes and References

1. News: 25 March 2014 . PM distributes Independence Day Award . 15 February 2024 . Dhaka Tribune.
2. Web site: PM hands out Independence Awards . 2024-02-15 . bdnews24.com . en.
3. Web site: 2014-03-25 . Prime minister distributes Independence Award . 2024-02-15 . Prothomalo . en.
4. Web site: Bss . Dhaka . 2014-03-26 . 10 get Swadhinata Puroskar . 2024-02-15 . The Daily Star . en.
5. News: মুক্তিযুদ্ধে প্রথম শহীদ জেলা প্রশাসক . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022050824/http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-12-19/news/209776 . 2018-10-22 . 14 July 2020 . prothom-alo.com . Prothom Alo.
6. News: মুক্তিযুদ্ধে প্রথম শহীদ জেলা প্রশাসক . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022050824/http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-12-19/news/209776 . 2018-10-22 . 14 July 2020 . prothom-alo.com . Prothom Alo.