Md. Asaduzzaman is the retired deputy inspector general and former chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit. [1] [2] [3]
On 8 November 2017, Asaduzzaman was promoted to additional deputy inspector general while serving as the superintendent of police of Bogra District. [4]
Asaduzzaman had served in the Special Branch of Bangladesh Police. [5] He is a former additional commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. [5]
Asaduzzaman was appointed chief of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in April 2021. [6] He replaced Monirul Islam. [7] He led the investigation into the jail break of two members of Ansar al-Islam, who had been sentenced to death for the murder of Faisal Abedin Deepan, from the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Court using pepper spray in November 2022. [8] [9]
In October 2023, Asaduzzaman prevented Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from holding a rally at Motijheel after Bangladesh Police denied them permission. [10] He denied allegations that Haris Farooqi, head of Indian branch of the Islamic State, was in Bangladesh. [11] He detained the chief of Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya. [12] He worked on security for the 12th parliamentary elections in Dhaka. [13] [14]
On 21 August 2024, the interim government of Bangladesh sent him on forced retirement due to public cause. [1] [15]