Mohammad Akbar Hossain

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Mohammad Akbar Hossain
Born	(1965-08-09) 9 August 1965 (age 59) Raozan, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Service / branch	Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1985 - 2023
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	Commandant of NDC GOC of 9th Infantry Division Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Commander of 6th Independent Air Defence Artillery Brigade Director of CTIB Commander of 24th Artillery Brigade
Awards	Senabahini Padak (SBP) Bishishto Seba Padak (BSP) Sena Utkorsho Padak(SUP)

Police career
Unit	Rapid Action Battalion
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Police
Service years	2004–2007
Rank	Director

Mohammad Akbar Hossain is a retired lieutenant general in the Bangladesh Army and former commandant of National Defence College.^[1]

Career

Hossain is the former general officer commanding of 9th Infantry Division and commander of Savar area.^[2] He previously served as Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.^[3] He also served as Director of Counter Intelligence Bureau of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. He previously Commanded a Artillery Brigade and a Air Defence Artillery Brigade. He was an artillery officer who was commissioned in the 13th BMA long course on 20 December 1985 from Bangladesh Military Academy.^[4] Under him a new monogram of DGFI was designed.^[5]^[6]

In October 2005, Akbar was posted to 2nd Rapid Action Battalion as commanding officer. In February 2007 the battalion surveillance team had spotted a Hummer in Panthapath and asked the owners to come to their camp where they were detained.^[7] Assistant director Monayem Hossain of the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Harunur Rashid for tax fraud in March 2007 with Tejgaon police station and then pressed charge in July.^[8]^[9] Harunur Rashid had imported a Hummer H2 on 25 April 2005 without paying tax as per his privilege as a member of parliament but later sold the to Ishtiak Sadek, violating the rules of the duty free facility, who sold it to Enayetur Rahman Bappi.^[10]^[11]^[12] A vehicle imported duty free using such a privilege may not be resold within three years of its importation.^[11]

Hossain became the 1st Colonel Commandant of the Remount Veterinary and Farm Corps in December 2020.^[13]

References

^ "Gen Sarwar Hasan made chief of general staff, replaced by Gen Akbar as NDC commandant". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Changes in top army positions". The Daily Star. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ "Brig. Gen. Akbar made Director General of DGFI". The Daily Ittefaq. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "Govt names new DGFI chief". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "Govt won't use DGFI for political purpose: PM". The Daily Star. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "Trust Bank Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017.
^ "Case of MPs Abusing Duty-free Car Import". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "BNP MP gets 5yrs in jail for dodging taxes". The Daily Star. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
^ "HC upholds MP Harun's 5-year jail term". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "HC commutes BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid's jail sentence in tax evasion case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "HC scraps BNP lawmaker Harun's appeal against graft case conviction". RTV Online. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "Graft, Arms Cases". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "Debut of 1st Colonel Commandant of remount veterinary and farm corps". The Asian Age. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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