Dakat Shahid

Shahidul Bhuiyan, widely known as Dakat Shahid, was a Bangladeshi gangster who rose to prominence in Old Dhaka’s underworld during the late 1980s and 1990s. Shahidul was killed in a shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka.

Early life Shahidul was born into a farmer’s family in Sreenagar Upazila, Munshiganj District, to Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan.

That same year, a robbery case was filed against Shahidul, leading to a three-month jail term. Some family members of his associates publicly blamed him for coercing their children into crime.

With backing from the Abul group, Shahidul became involved in tender manipulation and later aligned with Liakat to expand operations in Wari. He had also ordered the killing of Sagir Ahmed, a leader of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubodal. He was an accused in the ward commissioner Shahadat Hossain Sikder murder case.

Following the creation of the Rapid Action Battalion in 2004, Shahidul relocated to Jessore under the alias "Arman". He later moved to Nepal in 2010. His second in command, Ruhul Amin, was killed in a gunfight with the Detective Branch. He ordered the murder of Dhaka City Corporation ward councillor Ahmed Hossain after receiving a contract from a political rival of Hossain. The rival wanted to sell an LPG factory, co-owned by Hossain, to Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, the chairperson of the Bashundhara Group, who was also questioned by the police during their investigation. Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Md. Delwar Hossain refused a petition by Sobhan to halt the police order summoning him for questioning. He also ordered the killing of Prem Krishno Roy, a goldsmith, for refusing to pay extortion money.

Personal life Shahidul was married to Saleha Begum, with whom he had two daughters. Shahidul's death drew public attention, with hundreds visiting the morgue to view his body. He was buried at Azimpur graveyard. In October, police detained the youngest member of his gang, 14-year-old boy. His followers took over various parts of his territory.