Monirul Islam (police officer)

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Monirul Islam
মো: মনিরুল ইসলাম
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Personal details
Born (1970-06-15) 15 June 1970 (age 53)
Gopalganj, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater
Police Training
Bangladesh Police Academy
Known forChief of Special Branch
AwardsBangladesh Police Medal, BPM (Bar)
President Police Medal, PPM (bar)
Police career
Unit Dhaka Metropolitan Police
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Department Special Branch
BranchBangladesh Police Flag.svg Bangladesh Police
Service years1995–present
StatusActive
Rank Bangladesh Police Additional IGP Rank.svg Addl. IGP
BP Two Star Plate.svg

Md. Monirul Islam (born 15 June 1970) is an Additional Inspector General of the Police of Bangladesh Police and head of the Special Branch. [1]

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The position of Chief (Joint Commissioner, carrying the rank of Additional Deputy Inspector General) of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and the official Spokesperson of this unit earned him much publicity, albeit, he came into wide attention as the point-man of the nation’s counter terrorism offensive following Holey Artisan Bakery mayhem on July 1, 2016 (the grisly killing by violent extremists of twenty-two lives: nineteen foreigners, three natives and two higher rank Police personnel) as the Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) [2] that he pioneered, and is at the helm till date. It subsequently, spotted and cracked a number of terror-dens as well as curbed down the soaring extremist graph by neutralizing a good many violent-operators. [3] [4]

Early life

Islam was born in Gopalganj District. [5] Islam did his Graduation followed by Masters in English from University of Dhaka. Later, he obtained his LLB in British Law from Northumbria University, UK. Islam did another Masters, afterwards, in Criminology along with his Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Genocide Studies from University of Dhaka. [6]

Career

Islam joined Bangladesh Police as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) holding first place in the order of merit in the Police batch through 15th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Exams in 1995. [5] From then on, he held diverse offices ranging from field level law enforcer in District/Metropolitan police to counter-terrorism boss, with positions like law enforcement instructor, intelligence officer and supervisor of investigations in Bangladesh Police Academy, Special Branch and Detective Branch in between. However, he secured independent command as Superintendents of Police (SP) in two districts, too. He served as Deputy Commissioner and, on promotion, as Joint Commissioner of the Detective Branch were, in both capacities, he was the official spokesman, a prestigious internal appointment, of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. [6] [7] [8]

During the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule, Islam was denied promotions and career advancements due to him being from Gopalganj District. [5] In 2001, he was serving in the Chittagong Metropolitan Police. [5] He was posted to Jhenaidah District, Barisal District and Traffic Training School. [5] After the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government was replaced by a neutral caretaker government he was made Superintendent of Police of Bandarban District. [5]

Islam is an adjunct faculty member in Criminology of the University of Dhaka.He is a regular resourced speaker in national level workshops and training centers for professionals. [9] [10] [11]

Islam is associated with number of service/alumni associations and non-profit advisory groups: he served, successfully, twice as the General Secretary of Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA), as Vice-President of Bangladesh Police Service Association for consecutive three years, as President of 15th BCS Forum for last three years, as Vice- President of Bangladesh Society of Criminology (BSC), as President of Dhaka University Criminology Alumni Association, as Advisor (honorary) of Bangladesh Peace Observatory (a think-tank group under Centre for Genocide Studies of University of Dhaka) and as Advisor (honorary) of Center for Social Advocacy & Research Foundation (a think-tank in Bangladesh, specialized in research and security threat analysis). [12] [13] Islam promoted to additional inspector general of police (IGP) of grade-2 on January, 2022. [14]

Awards & medals

Islam was awarded the Bangladesh Police Medal for a fourth time, President Police Medal(PPM) twice, and IGP’s Exemplary Good Services Badge for once. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Counterterrorism chief Monirul Islam gets new assignment to lead Special Branch".
  2. ↑ 'কাউন্টার টেরোরিজম অ্যান্ড ট্রান্সন্যাশনাল ক্রাইম' চিফ মনিরুল ইসলাম. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "DMP spokesman Monirul Islam, 17 others made DIG". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  4. ↑ "Holey Artisan Verdict 'a great achievement': Monirul Islam". The Independent. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ahsan, Zayadul. "Pariahs in police". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  6. 1 2 "Md. Monirul Islam, bpm (bar), ppm (bar)" (PDF). Brac University. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Monirul Islam moved to Antiterrorism Unit from DMP's counterterrorism unit". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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  9. ↑ "Police Staff College Bangladesh | Endeavour for Excellence". www.psc.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  10. ↑ "Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies". www.biiss.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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  12. ↑ "New committee for BPSA". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  13. ↑ "CSARF". csarf. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  14. ↑ "Seven cops promoted to additional IGP". The Business Standard. 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  15. ↑ "Medal galore for police personnel". The Daily Star. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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