Mizanur Rahman (police officer)

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Mizanur Rahman is a former deputy inspector general Bangladesh police and Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. [1] [2] He was involved in a notable bribery scandal. [3] [4] He was convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment in a bribery case. [5] He was accused of forcefully abducting a woman and marrying her against her will. [6]

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Early life

Rahman is from Gopalganj District. [7]

Career

Rahman was denied promotions and important postings during the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule because he was from Gopalganj District. [7] The government descriminated against religious minorities, people from Faridpur District and Gopalganj as they were perceived as being loyal to the opposition Awami League. [7] He was stationed at the Police Training Centre, Noakhali. [7] He also served at the Laxmipur Police Circle and Rajbari Sadar Upazila. [7]

Rahman was an additional Superintendent of Police in Chuadanga District and Comilla District. [7] After which he was posted at the Police Training Center, Rangpur. [7] He was then posted at the Police Telecom Training School. [7] He served in the Armed Police Battalion in Barbunia, Rangamati. [7] He was promoted to Superintendent of Police in charge of telecom. [7]

In 2008, Rahman was the sports secretary of the Bangladesh Police Service Association. [8]

Rahman was accused of attempting to kidnap a female journalist in December 2017. [9] [10] The kidnapping was prevented as locals stopped the car upon hearing the screams of the reporter. [9]

Rahman was withdrawn from Dhaka Metropolitan Police, where he was the Additional Commissioner, on 9 January 2018 after reports of him forcefully marrying a woman came to light and was attached to Directorate of Police. [11] [12] Asaduzzaman Khan, Minister of Home Affairs, announced an investigation into the allegations against Rahman. [9] He allegedly picked up the 25-year-old woman from Panthapath and married her against her wishes as his second wife. [9] He had the woman arrested after accusing her of ransacking his apartment. [9] He also threatened to kill a journalist of Jamuna Television for reporting against him. [9] Dhaka Union of Journalists and Crime Reporters' Association of Bangladesh protested his threats. [13] He apologized for threatening the reporter. [14] His first wife was in Canada. [9] Rahman tried to pay 4 million taka to an investigator of Anti-Corruption Commission, Director Khandaker Enamul Basir, to stop a corruption investigation against him. [11] Bangladesh Police formed a three-member investigation committee led by Mainur Rahman Chowdhury, the Additional Inspector General of Police. [11]

On 6 June 2019, Rahman was sued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012 with the Anti-Corruption Commission investigator Khandaker Enamul Basir. [12] On 24 June, the Anti-Corruption Commission sued Rahman, his wife, nephew, and brother. [15] Bangladesh High Court rejected his anticipator bail on 1 June. [16] Judge KM Emrul Kayesh rejected in bail application in July. [17] He skipped a meeting with the Anti-Corruption Commission. [18] On 20 June, court ordered the seizure of his assets. [19]

On 9 February 2020, Judge KM Imrul Qayesh accepted the charge sheet against Rahman. [20] In October, the trial against him and three members of his family started. [21]

Justice Sheikh Nazmul Alam sentenced Rahman on 23 February 2022 to three years imprisonment. [12] [22] He was convicted of trying to bribe Basir sentenced and Basir was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in a corruption case. [23] [22] On 13 April, Rahman was granted bail by Bangladesh High Court Justice Md. Mostafizur Rahman in the bribery of the investigator of the Anti-Corruption Commission case but could not be released due to the pending corruption case against him. [24] [25] Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman also accepted an appeal from Rahman seeking the squashing of his conviction. [26] He bail was upheld by Bangladesh Supreme Court on 19 April. [22] Bangladesh High Court rejected his bail petition in the other corruption case on 26 April. [24] On 3 November 2022, the Government of Bangladesh announced Rahman had been terminated from the police force effective from the date of the High Court verdict under the Public Service Act, 2018. [12] [27]

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  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "'Forced Marriage, Torture on Woman': DIG Mizan withdrawn". The Daily Star. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
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  12. 1 2 3 4 "Suspended DIG Mizanur Rahman sacked". Dhaka Tribune. 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
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