Aftab Uddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi police officer and former additional director general of the Rapid Action Battalion. [1] [2] The Rapid Action Battalion jas been accused of widespread human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings. [3] He is the former the commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police. [1]
As an Additional deputy inspector general, Ahmed commanded Rapid Action Battalion-12, based in Sirajganj District. [3] In November 2009, Ahmed was promoted to deputy inspector general. [4]
Ahmed was made the commissioner of the Sylhet Metropolitan Police in February 2010. [5] In Sylhet, he busted a currency counterfeiting ring. [6] He was serving at the Bangladesh Police headquarters as a Deputy Inspector General. [5] Ahmed was appointed the additional director general of Rapid Action Battalion in October 2010. [7] He led an internal investigation of the Rapid Action Battalion into the Seven Murders of the Narayanganj. [8] [9] His report confirmed the murder was committed by Rapid Action Battalion officers led by Lieutenant Colonel Tarek Sayeed Mohammad. [9]
In March 2016, Aftab was appointed deputy inspector general of the Special Branch. [10] Md Abdul Jalil Manda replaced him as the additional director general of the Rapid Action Battalion. [11]