| Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury | |
| Office: | 19th Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence |
| President: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Primeminister: | Khaleda Zia |
| Predecessor: | Mohammad Abdul Halim |
| Successor: | Sadik Hasan Rumi |
| Term Start: | 2005 |
| Term End: | 2006 |
| Branch: | Bangladesh Rifles |
| Serviceyears: | 1977-2009 |
| Rank: | Major General |
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| Unit: | East Bengal Regiment |
Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury is a retired Bangladesh Army officer who is the former director of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and National Security Intelligence.[2] [3]
Chowdhury maintained regular contact with Tarique Rahman while at Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.[4] He was the director general of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence from 2005 to 2006.[5] He met with Paresh Baruah of the United Liberation Front of Asom to discuss smuggling arms for Indian separatist outfit.[6] He also served as the directors general of the National Security Intelligence from 20 April 2008 to 17 March 2009.[7]
Chowdhury was sentenced to death in 2014 for the 2004 arms and ammunition haul in Chittagong.[8] The arms were destined for ULFA rebels in India.[9] He held meetings with officials of ARY Group and the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI regarding the smuggling of arms.[10] As of 2014, he was in prison.[11] Chowdhury was sentenced to death in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack which was an attempted assassination of Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and leader of Awami League.[12]