Shafiq-ur-Rahman
Shafiq-ur-Rahman | |
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| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan (before 1972) Bangladesh |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Navy Bangladesh Navy Bangladesh Coast Guard |
| Years of service | 1967 - 1998 |
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Shafiq-ur-Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Shafiq-ur-Rahman was the Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard from February 1995 to August 1998. In 1998 Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission filed cases against him at the Cantonment Police Station for embezzling 70 million taka. He retired as a Naval Commodore. He is a director of Ashiyan Group and executive director of Sentry Security Services Limited.[3][4] He was arrested in September 2016 on the charges filed by Anti Corruption Commission.[5] He is a member of the national executive committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "ACC arrests former DG of Coast Guard". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Ex-Coast Guard DG lands in jail on graft charge". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Former coast guard DG Shafiq-ur-Rahman arrested on graft charges". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "ACC arrests ex-DG of Coast Guard". The Daily Star. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Ex-Coast Guard DG arrested on graft charge". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Ex-Coast Guard DG Shafiq, army corporal arrested". New Age. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.