Mujibul Haque (officer)

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Colonel

Mojibul Hoque
Born3 April 1957
Barisal, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Died25 February 2009(2009-02-25) (aged 51)
Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Service / branchFlag of the Bangladesh Army.svg  Bangladesh Army
brddaar gaardd baaNlaadesher ptaakaa.svg Bangladesh Rifles
Years of service1976-2009
Rank Bangladesh-army-OF-5.svg Colonel
UnitCorps of Engineers
Commands
  • Sector Commander of BDR
  • Director(Administration) of Rapid Action Battalion
  • CO of 16th Engineers Construction Battalion
  • CO of 5th Engineers Regiment
Battles / wars UNOMIG
2007-2008 Bangladesh political crises
Bangladesh Rifles revolt  
Police career
Unit Rapid Action Battalion
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
BranchBangladesh Police Flag.svg Bangladesh Police
Service years2004–2005
Rank Bangladesh Police Additional DIGP Rank.svg Director
Awards Bangladesh Police Medal.png BPM (bsa)

Mojibul Hoque was a Bangladesh Army officer and commander of Operation Dal-Bhaat. He was killed in the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny in 2009. [1]

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Career

Mujibul Hoque was a counsel at the Bangladesh Embassy in Thailand from 2003 to 2007. [2] He was the United Nations Mission Sector Commandor of Gali Sector in Georgia. [3] He was the commander of the Bangladesh Rifles Dhaka Sector. He was the commanding officer of Operation Dal-Bhaat which was launched by the Caretaker Government during 2007-2008 Bangladesh political crises. [4] He planned to retire on 3 April 2009. [5]

Death

Mujibul Hoque was present at the Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters when the BDR Mutiny started on 25 February 2009. He was taken prisoner by mutinous soldiers. He was then killed in the third floor of a building by Lance Nayek Anwar, Havildar Yusuf, and Sepoy Bazlur Rashid. [6] He was shot and then thrown out of the window. [7]

Personal life

Mujibul Hoque was married to Nehreen Ferdousi. [8] Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Dhaka metropolitan sessions court sentenced 152 mutineers to death, 158 to life imprisonments, and 251 were sentenced to various jail terms in 2013. [9] The verdict was upheld by the Bangladesh High Court in 2017. [10]

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References

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