Mujibul Haque (officer)
Colonel Mojibul Hoque | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 April 1957 Barisal, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Died | 25 February 2009 (aged 51) Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Service |  Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Rifles |
| Years of service | 1976-2009 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Unit | Corps of Engineers |
| Commands |
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| Battles / wars | UNOMIG 2007-2008 Bangladesh political crises Bangladesh Rifles revolt † |
| Police career | |
| Unit | Rapid Action Battalion |
| Allegiance | Bangladesh |
| Branch |  Bangladesh Police |
| Service years | 2004–2005 |
| Rank |  Director |
| Awards |  BPM (bsa) |
Mojibul Hoque was a Bangladesh Army officer and commander of Operation Dal-Bhaat. He was killed in the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny in 2009.[1]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Md Shawkat Imam- Sector Commander killed in the Mutiny
- Gulzar Uddin Ahmed-Sector Commander killed in the Mutiny
- Quadrat Elahi Rahman Shafique -Sector Commander and Nephew of Hussain Muhammad Ershad killed in the Mutiny
References
[edit]- ^ "Victims' families call for declaring Army Martyr Day". Dhaka Tribune. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "A tough soldier with a tender heart". The Daily Observer. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Memoir of Colonel M. Mojibul Hoque". colmojibtrust.com. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Remembering Col. Mujibul Hoque". The Daily Star. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Ferdousi, Syeda Nazneen. "Tearful adieu". The Asian Age. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Witness testifies about killing of Col Mujib". The Daily Star. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Bloody terror of Bangladesh mutiny". BBC News. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "The bereaved want Feb 25 as Shaheed Sena Dibas". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh sends 152 soldiers to gallows for 2009 mutiny". Rediff. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh court upholds death sentence of 139 BDR soldiers". The Economic Times. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2019.