Bangladesh Jail

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Bangladesh Jail
Formation1973
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
IG Prison
 Brigadier General Syed Muhammad Motahar Hussain
Parent organization
 Ministry of Home Affairs
Website Bangladesh Jail

Bangladesh Jail is a law enforcement agency responsible for the management and security of jails in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] [2] Inspector General of Prison Brigadier General Syed Muhammad Motahar Hussain is head of the force. [3]

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The Bangladesh Jail manages 13 central jails and 55 district jails. [4] The Department of Prison operates seven divisional prison and 68 prisons. [4] Bangladesh Jail is under the Department of Prison which is under the Ministry of Home Affairs. [4]

History

Bangladesh Jail traces its origins to a Criminal Ward established in 1788 by the East India Company. [4] The company passed the Bengal Regulation III of 1818 for preventive detention. [4] The company built more prisons in 1986 in Comilla, Dhaka, Jessore, and Rajshahi. [4] The British Raj declared jail in Dhaka and Rajshahi to be the Dhaka Central Jail and Rajshahi Central Jail. [4]

Bangladesh jail was established in 1971, after the Independence of Bangladesh. They operate 13 central jails and 55 districts jails in Bangladesh. [5]

On 4 december 1975, four senior leaders of the Awami League were murdered in Dhaka Central Jail. [6] The four were former President Syed Nazrul Islam, former prime ministers Tajuddin Ahmed and Muhammad Mansur Ali, and President of Awami League Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman. On 4 November 1975, jailer Aminur Rahman took the four from their separate rooms and placed them in one room. [7] Aminur told them an important representative of the Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad government would meet them. [7] Five Army officers led by Moslemuddin were refused entry to the jail by the Deputy inspector general of prisons but were eventually allowed following the orders of President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. [7] [8] The army personnel marched into the jail and shot the four leaders in their jail cell killing all except Muhammad Mansur Ali. After hearing the groans and Muhammad Mansur Ali call for water one of the prison guards, Motaleb, went and informed the army team who had returned to the entrance of the jail. [7] The team returned and bayoneted all four Awami League leaders in their jail cells. [7] It is observed as Jail Killing Day in Bangladesh. [9]

Inspector generals of jail

NameTerm startTerm endReference
Amir Hossain Khan19471957 [10]
Md. Nasim Uddin Sarkar19571968 [10]
A Obaidullah19691972 [10]
ATM Nuruzzaman19731977 [10]
Brigadier General AFM Abdul Haque19771982 [10]
Colonel Moksul Hossain Chowdhury19821987 [10]
Colonel Md. Mujibur Rahman19871989 [10]
Colonel Abdul Matin19891991 [10]
Colonel Md Iskandar Hossain19911992 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Abul Hossain19921996 [10]
Brigadier General Md Waliur Rahman Chowdhury19972001 [10]
Md. Liaquat Ali Khan10 May 200119 November 2011 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Zillur Rahman20022004 [10]
Brigadier General Md Taufiqul Alam20042005 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Zakir Hasan20052009 [10]
Brigadier General AHM Moqbul Hossain19 February 200928 July 2009 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Ashraful Islam Khan20092013 [10]
Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin18 December 201310 December 2018 [10]
Brigadier General AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha 11 December 20188 October 2020 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Mominur Rahman Mamun8 October 202012 October 2021 [10]

special unit

The Bangladesh jail has specialized units, they are: [11]

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  2. ↑ "Nothing free in prison". The Daily Star. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ↑ sun, daily. "Brig Gen Anisul Haque made new IG Prisons | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "কারা অধিদপ্তর". www.prison.gov.bd. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh Jail History". prison.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Khan, Tamanna (12 November 2010). "Justice For An Undisclosed Chapter". The Daily Star. Star Weekend Magazine . Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Ahmed, Mahbub Uddin (3 November 2021). "Jail Killing Day: How the horrors of November 3 transpired". The Daily Star. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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  9. ↑ "Jail Killing Day: Bangladesh remembers 4 national leaders". Dhaka Tribune. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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