Abdul Kahar Akond (Bengali: আব্দুল কাহার আকন্দ) was a Bangladeshi police officer who served as the additional DIG of police in the Criminal Investigation Department.[1]
Career
editAkond investigated major crimes during the first Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government from 1996 to 2001.[2]
Akond was fired from the Criminal Investigation Department after Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power in 2001.[2]
Akond was appointed to the CID again on 28 January 2009 and retired a day after.[2]
Akond was appointed to the Criminal Investigation Department on 19 February 2009 on a two-year contract which would be extended multiple times.[2]
On 16 January 2017, Akond was promoted to the rank of Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police.[3]
Akond's contract was extended for two years on 14 February 2018.[2] He was awarded the Bangladesh Police Medal on 7 February 2019.[4]
Important cases
editAssassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
editAkond was appointed the investigation officer of the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état 18 August 1996 after Sheikh Hasina came to power.[5] He detained Khairuzzaman, K. M. Obaidur Rahman, Shah Moazzem Hossain, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Syed Farook Rahman, and Taheruddin Thakur in the case.[5]
Assassination of General Muhammed Abul Manzur
editAkond was the investigation officer in the murder case of General Muhammed Abul Manzur who was killed in the aftermath of the assassination of Ziaur Rahman in 1981.[6] On 20 March 2017, Dhaka Court granted the 12th three months extension to the investigation.[7]
2004 grenade attack
editAkond was the investigation officer of 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.[8] He testified on 8 October 2009 that grenades were supplied from then government minister's, Abdus Salam Pintu, home.[9] On 3 November 2010, Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Zohurul Hoque ordered Akond to investigate the flow of money from Pakistan to Bangladesh for the attack through Western Union and Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited.[8] On 25 September 2016, he testified that three former officers of the Criminal Investigation Department where involved in the cover-up of the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.[10] Bangladesh Nationalist Party described Akond as an Awami League leader and called for his removal from the investigation.[11]
BDR mutiny
editAkond was the chief investigation officer of the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny.[12][13] He led a 250-person team of the Criminal Investigation Department to investigate the mutiny.[14] He pressed charges against 824 individuals on 24 counts in October 2010 over their role in the mutiny.[15] On 4 February 2014, a Dhaka court ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to take departmental actions against Akond after it found he had been biased in favor of Torab Ali, an Awami League politician and an accused in the mutiny case, during his investigations.[16] On 28 November 2017, Torab Ali was acquitted in the case by a court in Dhaka.[17] It was alleged by Human Rights Organizations that soldiers in the mutiny case were tortured in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department which was denied by Akond.[18]
References
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- ^ a b c d e আব্দুল কাহার আকন্দের মেয়াদ বাড়লো. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 14 February 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ অতিরিক্ত ডিআইজি হলেন কাহার আকন্দ. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ বিপিএম পেলেন সিআইডির অতিরিক্ত ডিআইজি আব্দুল কাহার আকন্দ. Dainik Kishoreganj. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ a b "Char Neta Hoitta & Sipahi-Janata Biplob (1975) - unresolved case - History of Bangladesh". Londoni. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Court asks for death report of Ershad". The Daily Star. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "CID gets three more months for probe". The Daily Star. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ a b "Court asks CID to collect LeT man's bank statements". The Daily Star. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Grenades delivered from Pintu's house". The Daily Star. 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Misdirecting Aug 21 Probe: CID SP testifies against three ex-colleagues". The Daily Star. 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "BNP demands retrial of Aug 21 grenade attack case". New Age. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "BDR subedar 'kills' himself". The Daily Star. 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "AL leader confesses link to mutiny". The Daily Star. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Arms, ammo still all around Pilkhana". The Daily Star. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Court's decision on BDR carnage charges Oct 31". The Daily Star. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ কাহার আকন্দের বিরুদ্ধে বিভাগীয় ব্যবস্থা নিতে আদালতের নির্দেশ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "BDR carnage case: Why was ex-Awami League leader Torab Ali spared?". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ ""The Fear Never Leaves Me" Torture, Custodial Deaths, and Unfair Trials after the 2009 Mutiny of the Bangladesh Rifles". The Justice Department. Human Rights Watch. 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 31 May 2021.