Benazir Ahmed

Benazir Ahmed is a Bangladeshi police officer.[1] In April 2020, he was selected as the Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.[2]

Benazir Ahmed
Native name
বেনজীর আহমেদ
Born (1963-10-01) 1 October 1963
Gopalganj District, Bangladesh
AllegianceBangladesh
Service/branchBangladesh Police
Years of service1988-present
RankInspector General of Police
Commands held
  • Director General - Rapid Action Battalion
  • Additional Inspector General - Police Headquarters
  • Police Commissioner - Dhaka Metropolitan Police
  • Commandant - Police Training Center, Tangail
  • Deputy Inspector General (Admin & Op) - Police Headquarters
  • Deputy Inspector General (Finance) - Police Headquarters
  • Chief Instructor - Bangladesh Police Academy
  • Deputy Police Commissioner North-Dhaka Metropolitan Police
  • Superintendent of Police - Bangladesh Police Academy
Battles/warsUN peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Kosovo
Awards
  • Bangladesh Police Medal (BPM)
  • IGP’s Exemplary Good Service Badge
  • UN Medal for the Service for Peace in Bosnia
  • UN Medal for the Service for Peace in Kosovo
  • UN Medal for the Service for Peace in UN Headquarters, New York, USA
Alma materDhaka University
Websitewww.police.gov.bd

Education

Ahmed studied English Literature at Dhaka University and earned his PhD in Business Administration from an American university.[3]

Career

Ahmed joined Bangladesh Police Service as Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1988. He served in various appointments all along his career. He has also received many professional trainings from home and abroad. He was deprived of promotion allegedly during the government of Bangladesh Nationalist Party as part of discrimination against police officers from Gopalganj and police officers from minority religions.[4] He was the former Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.[5] He criticized Transparency International Bangladesh report on Bangladesh police which he described as criticizing the Police "cruelly" and "unjustly" in 2013.[6] He is the former Director General of Rapid Action Battalion.[7] He was made the Inspector General of Bangladesh Police in April 2020.[8]

U.S. sanctions

On 10 December 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added Ahmed to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. Individuals on the list have their assets blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.[9]

References
  1. "New information emerges about Neo-JMB, 'spiritual leader' Kashem to be grilled for seven days". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. "Benazir Ahmed becomes new IGP". The Daily Star. 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. "New IGP, RAB DG, DMP commissioner named in a major police shake-up". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. Ahsan, Zayadul. "Pariahs in police". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. "Police do not kill for money: Benazir Ahmed". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  6. "DU study finds 82% people happy with police service". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  7. "RAB chief claims they know who are funding, backing militancy in Bangladesh". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  8. "Benazir Ahmed becomes new IGP". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  9. "Global Magnitsky Designations; North Korea Designations; Burma-related Designations; Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies (NS-CMIC) List Update". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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