Sadik Hasan Rumi is a former Major General of Bangladesh Army who served as Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) from May 2002 to May 2007.[1][2]
Sadik Hasan Rumi | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Service/ |  Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Ansar |
| Years of service | 1975-2008 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Unit | East Bengal Regiment |
| Commands held |
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| Battles/wars | 1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny |
| Other work | President of Bangladesh Archery Association |
Career edit
During the 1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny, Captain Rumi led an operation to rescue Abdul Gafoor Mahmud, Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force.[3]
Rumi was in charge of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence during the 21 August 2004 bombing in Dhaka that tried to assassinate then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina.[4] His help was sought by Abdul Aziz Sarkar, the Director General of Rapid Action Battalion, to capture Tajuddin, a terrorist and brother of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Minister Abdus Salam Pintu, who was the prime suspect in the 21 August bombing.[5] He directed Directorate General of Forces Intelligence officer Lieutenant Colonel Saiful Islam Joarder to find Tajuddin.[5] Saiful instead provided shelter to Tajuddin and Maulana Abdus Salam, the founder of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami in a DGFI safehouse in Gulshan.[5] After confirming the involvement of Tajuddin and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami in the attacks, Directorate General of Forces Intelligence officers including Rumi and Saiful helped Tajuddin and Abdus Salam go to Pakistan on the orders of Home Minister Lutfozzaman Babar.[5][6] Prime Minister Khaleda Zia tried to bury the case.[4]
Rumi was appointed President of Bangladesh Archery Association on 17 November 2005.[7]
Rumi left Bangladesh for London before the 2007 military takeover by General Moeen U Ahmed and formation of his caretaker government.[8] He was against Major General Rezzakul Haidar Chowdhury, Director General of National Security Intelligence.[8]
Rumi was known as Kala Rumi among his colleagues to differentiate him from his fellow officer, Major General Syed Fatemi Ahmed Rumi, who was known as Shada Rumi.[9] In 2008, Rumi was appointed Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party.[9] He left military service soon after.[9]
In 2011, Rumi, in a statement to a court in Chittagong implicated Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury, former Director General of National Security Intelligence, in the 2004 arms and ammunition haul in Chittagong.[10] He had reached the site with Minister of Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and Director General of Rapid Action Battalion Anwarul Ikbal by helicopter.[10][11] He reported the weapons were bought from China for the United Liberation Front of Asom.[10] He had denied that he met the leader of United Liberation Front of Asom, Paresh Barua, denying the report of Assistant Superintendent of Police Moniruzzaman of the Criminal Investigation Department.[12]
In 2012, Rumi told the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 in the hearing of the 21 August 2004 bombing in Dhaka case that he was refused permission by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to investigate the case.[13][14]
References edit
- ^ "'Moeen asked Khaleda to leave country'". bdnews24.com. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "'Khaleda took no action'". The Daily Star. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ Mahmud, A. G. (2013). My destiny. Dhaka: Academic Press and Publishers Library. ISBN 978-984-08-0301-9. OCLC 859668083.
- ^ a b Manik, Julfikar Ali; Halder, Chaitanya Chandra (18 August 2012). "A test for investigators". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d "How an accused was sent abroad". The Daily Star. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "Senior DGFI officials helped Tajuddin flee". The Daily Star. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Gen Rumi made Archery Assoc president". The Daily Star. BSS. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ a b Chowdhury, Mukhlesur Rahman (11 November 2016). "The Role Of The UN And The Western World During Bangladeshi Military Coup In 2007: An Empirical Research". countercurrents.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Chowdhury, Mukhlesur Rahman (2019). Crisis in Governance: Military Rule in Bangladesh during 2007–2008. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-5275-4393-5.
- ^ a b c "Govt high-ups had link with the cache". The Daily Star. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "CID grills Rezzakul, Rahim". The Daily Star. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Ex-DGFI chief Rumi cross examined". The Daily Star. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Ex-DGFI chief cross-examined". The Daily Star. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Then PM didn't let DGFI launch probe". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 October 2022.