Mujibul Haque (officer)

Mojibul Hoque was a Bangladesh Army officer and commander of Operation Dal-Bhaat. He was killed in the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny in 2009.[1]

Colonel

Mojibul Hoque
Died25 February 2009
Pilkhana, Bangladesh
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service/branch Bangladesh Army
Bangladesh Rifles
Years of service1976-2009
Rank Colonel
UnitCorps of Engineers
Commands held
  • Sector Commander of BDR
  • Director(Administration) of Rapid Action Battalion
  • CO of 14 Engineers Construction Battalion
  • CO of 6 Engineers Regiment
Battles/warsUNOMIG
Police career
UnitRapid Action Battalion
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch Bangladesh Police
Service years2002–2005
Rank Deputy Director
Awards BPM (bsa)

Career

Mujibul Hoque was a counsel at the Bangladesh Embassy in Thailand from 2003 to 2007.[2] He was the United Nations Mission Sector Commandor of Gali Sector in Georgia.[3] He was the commander of the Bangladesh Rifles Dhaka Sector. He was the commanding officer of Operation Dal-Bhaat which was launched by the Caretaker Government during 2007-2008 Bangladesh political crises.[4] He planned to retire on 3 April 2009.[5]

Death

Mujibul Hoque was present at the Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters when the BDR Mutiny started on 25 February 2009. He was taken prisoner by mutinous soldiers. He was then killed in the third floor of a building by Lance Nayek Anwar, Havildar Yusuf, and Sepoy Bazlur Rashid.[6] He was shot and then thrown out of the window.[7]

Personal life

Mujibul Hoque was married to Nehreen Ferdousi.[8] Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Dhaka metropolitan sessions court sentenced 152 mutineers to death, 158 to life imprisonments, and 251 were sentenced to various jail terms in 2013.[9] The verdict was upheld by the Bangladesh High Court in 2017.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Victims' families call for declaring Army Martyr Day". Dhaka Tribune. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. "A tough soldier with a tender heart". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. "Memoir of Colonel M. Mojibul Hoque". colmojibtrust.com. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  4. "Remembering Col. Mujibul Hoque". The Daily Star. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. Ferdousi, Syeda Nazneen. "Tearful adieu". The Asian Age. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. "Witness testifies about killing of Col Mujib". The Daily Star. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. "Bloody terror of Bangladesh mutiny". BBC News. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. "The bereaved want Feb 25 as Shaheed Sena Dibas". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. "Bangladesh sends 152 soldiers to gallows for 2009 mutiny". Rediff. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  10. "Bangladesh court upholds death sentence of 139 BDR soldiers". The Economic Times. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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