A. B. S. Safdar (born 29 December 1925) was a Bangladesh police and intelligence officer. He is a former Director General of National Security Intelligence, the main civilian intelligence agency of Bangladesh.
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Born | Mymensingh, Bengal, British India (now Mymensingh, Bangladesh) | 29 December 1925
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Unit | Special Branch |
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Service years | 1950 – 1990 |
Status | Retired |
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Early life
editSafdar was born in 1925 in Mymensingh District, East Bengal, British India.[1]
Career
editSafdar joined the intelligence wing of Pakistan Police in 1950.[1] In 1959, he became the assistant director of the Intelligence Bureau of Pakistan Police.[1] He received a promotion in 1965 to the post of Deputy Director General of Intelligence Bureau and was in charge of the Bureau in East Pakistan.[1]
During the Bangladesh Liberation war, Safder travelled to the United States under USAID's Office of Public Safety to train at the International Police Academy.[1] Near the end of the war, he and fellow trainee, Abdur Rahim, returned to East Pakistan and joined the Pakistan security establishment.[2] Safdar did counter insurgency and Rahim was placed in the Razakar unit.[2]
After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Safder was appointed the Director General of National Security Intelligence.[2] He met Mahbub Alam Chashi and Taheruddin Thakur before the coup and found prominent roles in the new administration.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Lifschultz, Lawrence (1979). Bangladesh, the unfinished revolution. Kai Bird. London: Zed Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-905762-07-X. OCLC 6093387.
- ^ a b c Lifschultz, Lawrence (1979). Bangladesh, the unfinished revolution. Kai Bird. London: Zed Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-905762-07-X. OCLC 6093387.
- ^ "Bangabandhu's men - on Aug 15 and after". The Daily Star. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2021-06-27.