Molla Nazrul Islam | |
|---|---|
| 4th Police Commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police | |
| In office 13 July 2022 –1 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Khandker Lutful Kabir |
| Succeeded by | Md Mahbub Alam |
| Police career | |
| Unit | Gazipur Metropolitan Police Armed Police Battalion |
| Allegiance | |
| Department | Crime and operations division |
| Branch | |
| Service years | 2001–2024 |
| Rank | DIG |
Molla Nazrul Islam is a Bangladeshi police officer and deputy inspector general of Armed Police Battalion headquarters. [1] He is the former commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police,responsible for Gazipur. [2] [3] He is a former special superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department. [4]
Islam joined the Bangladesh police through the 20th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service in 2001. [5]
In 2013,two police officers were closed for detaining and extorting 10 million BDT from a businessman from Narail District. [6] They were closed after Narail-1 member of parliament Kabirul Haque Mukti wrote a complaint to the Ministry of Home Affairs that stated the policemen did so on the orders of Islam,then deputy police commissioner of Detective Branch North. [6] Islam claimed he stopped the associates of the lawmaker from assaulting a "minority" person in 2010,and this was retaliation. [6] Islam was transferred to the Protection and Protocol Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. [6]
Islam was the superintendent of Police of Joypurhat District in 2015. [7] He was the Deputy Commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police. [8]
In 2017,Islam,then a special superintendent of organized crime of the Criminal Investigation Department,detained a terror financier. [9] He detained non-profit staff members linked to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of money laundering. [10] He also launched an investigation into how Bangladeshi companies were paying social media companies. [4] He detained individuals,some with links with Bangladesh Open University,who forged tests for admission to the University of Dhaka. [11] He contributed to the investigation of the Bangladesh Bank robbery. [12] He detained Asif Akbar on piracy charges filed by Shafiq Tuhin in 2018. [13] He also investigated the Murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi. [14]
Islam arrested a group of scammers operating under the Max Vision Group of Companies Ltd name. [15] He detained Shamim Kabir,Chairperson of Fareast Islami Multi Cooperative Society Limited,on a three billion BDT default case;money he had collected from 20 thousand small investors. [16] He detained the managing director of S. A. Group Shahabuddin Alam on loan default charges of Bank Asia. [17] He detained Aziz Co-operative Commerce and Finance Credit Society chairperson for embezzling three billion BDT in funds from members of the society. [18]
Islam was promoted to additional deputy inspector general of police in August 2019. [19]
In July 2022,Islam was appointed commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police after he was promoted to deputy inspector general of police. [20] In February 2023,a trader died in the custody of Gazipur Metropolitan Police,which Islam initially denied but later admitted. [21] He detained actress Mahiya Mahi under the Digital Security Act,2018 after she criticized Gazipur Metropolitan Police and Commissioner Islam online. [22] Sub-inspector Rokon Mia filed two cases against Mahiya Mahi and her husband. [23] Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal,Minister of Home Affairs,defended the police action against Mahiya Mahi. [24] She secured bail on 19 March 2023. [25] He deployed 13 thousand police personnel for the Gazipur City Corporation election in 2023. [26]
On 1 June 2023,Md Mahbub Alam replaced Islam as commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police. [27] Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government,he was appointed to the Bangladesh Police Academy and detained in February 2025. [28]