Mohammad Abdul Momen is a Bangladeshi retired civil servant and current chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission. [1] [2] Previously he served as the secretary of the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. [3] He was appointed after the fall of the Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina and he sent a number of police officers into retirement after his appointment. [4] [5] [6] He is a member of the board of governors of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. [7]
Momen joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1982. [8]
Momen was sent to forced retirement on 6 June 2013. [8]
Momen was appointed Secretary of the Public Security Division on 18 August 2024 after the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government fell. [9] At the same time four others were made contractual secretaries, Sheikh Abdur Rashid in the Secondary and Higher Education Division, Ehchanul Haque in Roads and Highways Department, Nasimul Gani in Public Department of President Mohammed Shahabuddin's Office, and M. A. Akmal Hossain Azad in Ministry of Railway. [9] He replaced Md Mokabbir Hossain who was transferred to the Ministry of Science and Technology after serving three days as Secretary of the Public Security Division. [8] [10] At the same time the advisor in charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs was changed from Brigadier General M. Sakhawat Hossain to Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. [10]
Momen sent three senior police officers, Mohammad Ali Miah, Mahbubur Rahman, and Joydeb Kumar Bhadra, into forced retirement. [11] In September, he sent sent nine more police officers, AKM Hafiz Akhtar, Bashir Ahmed, Devdas Bhattacharya, Khandker Lutful Kabir, Mir Rezaul Alam, Imam Hossain, Mizanur Rahman, Chowdhury Manjurul Kabir, Dadon Fakir, Shamim or Rashid Talukder, and Rafiqul Islam, into forced retirement. [12] He then sent Krishna Pada Roy, Md Mozammel Haque, and Sarder Rakibul Islam into retirement. [13] He sent three more police officers, Harun Ur Rashid, Shahabuddin Khan, and Kh Mahid Uddin, into forced retirement in October. [14] He rehired five police officers, Abdullah Al Mamun, Ali Hossain Khan, Delwar Hossain Mia, Nazmul Karim Khan, and Zillur Rahman, who were sent to retirement by the previous Awami League government. [15]
Asaduzzaman Mia, is a retired Bangladeshi police officer who served as the 33rd Police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the longest serving commissioner and a former chief executive officer of National Security Affairs Cell under the Cabinet Division. During his tenure as DMP Commissioner, Dhaka Metropolitan Police was considered to be at its peak.
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun He is now in custody. Mamun served as the 31st Inspector general of Bangladesh Police (IGP) who served from 30 September 2022 to 6 August 2024. Previously, he served as director general of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). He was made the DG of RAB in April 2020. Prior to joining RAB, he was the chief of Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Barrister Mahbubur Rahman is a retired Bangladeshi police officer and the former chief of the Criminal Investigation Department.
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M Khurshid Hossain is a Bangladeshi retired police officer and former director general of the Rapid Action Battalion. He is the former additional inspector general of Police Headquarters. Prior to that, he was DIG of Police Headquarters.
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