A. B. S. Safdar

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A. B. S. Safdar
Born(1925-12-29)29 December 1925
Mymensingh, Bengal, British India
Commands
Police career
Unit Special Branch
AllegianceFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (Before 1971)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Branch Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation
Bangladesh Police Flag.svg Bangladesh Police
Emblem of the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini.svg National Defence Force
Service years1950 – 1990
StatusRetired
Rank Bangladesh Police Additional IGP Rank.svg Additional Inspector General
BP Two Star Plate.svg
Awards Bangladesh Police Medal - Service.png BPM (bar)
President Police Medal - Service.png PPM (bsa)

A. B. S. Safdar (born 29 December 1925) was a Bangladesh police and intelligence officer. He is a former Director General of National Security Intelligence, the main civilian intelligence agency of Bangladesh.

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Early life

Safdar was born in 1925 in Mymensingh District, East Bengal, British India. [1]

Career

Safdar joined the intelligence wing of Pakistan Police in 1950. [1] In 1959, he became the assistant director of the Intelligence Bureau of Pakistan Police. [1] He received a promotion in 1965 to the post of Deputy Director General of Intelligence Bureau and was in charge of the Bureau in East Pakistan. [1]

During the Bangladesh Liberation war, Safder travelled to the United States under USAID's Office of Public Safety to train at the International Police Academy. [1] Near the end of the war, he and fellow trainee, Abdur Rahim, returned to East Pakistan and joined the Pakistan security establishment. [2] Safdar did counter insurgency and Rahim was placed in the Razakar unit. [2]

After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Safder was appointed the Director General of National Security Intelligence. [2] He met Mahbub Alam Chashi and Taheruddin Thakur before the coup and found prominent roles in the new administration. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lifschultz, Lawrence (1979). Bangladesh, the unfinished revolution. Kai Bird. London: Zed Press. p. 120. ISBN   0-905762-07-X. OCLC   6093387.
  2. 1 2 3 Lifschultz, Lawrence (1979). Bangladesh, the unfinished revolution. Kai Bird. London: Zed Press. p. 123. ISBN   0-905762-07-X. OCLC   6093387.
  3. ↑ "Bangabandhu's men - on Aug 15 and after". The Daily Star. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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