Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury

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Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury
AllegianceBangladesh
Service/branchBangladesh Army
RankMajor General
Commands heldDirector of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence[1]

Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Army officer who is the former Director of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.[2][3]

Career[]

Rezzakul was sentenced to death in the 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong on 2014.[4] The arms were destined for ULFA rebels in India.[5] He held meetings with officials of ARY Group and the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI regarding the smuggling of arms.[6] He maintained regular contact with Tarique Rahman while at Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.[7] He is currently in prison.[8] He was a former directors general National Security Intelligence.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to death". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh court sentences 14 to death in arms smuggling case". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Ex-CUFL GM faints, Rezzakul says verdict 'dictated'". The Daily Star. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  4. ^ Ahmed, Farid. "Bangladesh ex-politicians, army officers sentenced to death". CNN. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh court sentences 14 to death over 2004 arms smuggling". Reuters. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. ^ "ISI in thick of things". The Daily Star. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. ^ "'Rezzakul was in touch with Tarique'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Nizami, Babar, 12 others get death sentence in Ctg 10-truck arms haul case". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. ^ "2 ex-DGs of NSI to be quizzed at jail gate". The Daily Star. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2016.


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