Gulzar Uddin Ahmed

Career

On 26 March 2004, Ahmed was deputed to Rapid Action Battalion. Mominullah David, Jubodal leader and accused in 31 criminal cases, was killed in a shootout with RAB officers under Ahmed's command in Malibagh in November 2004.

In 2005, the first intelligence wing of the Rapid Action Battalion was formed, and Ahmed was designated chief of the intelligence wing of the Rapid Action Battalion.

Ahmed was notable for anti-terrorism activity against religious extremism in Bangladesh. He was the mastermind of the operation in March 2006, which led to the arrest of hundreds of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen members, a Bangladeshi terrorist group, and 6 top leaders, including Shaykh Abdur Rahman and Bangla Bhai. He led the operation to arrest Bangla Bhai in Mymensingh on 2 March 2006. He led the raid that killed Shakil, alias Mollah Omar, bomb expert of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, in Comilla on 14 March 2006. His team also captured a large stock of explosives, nitric acid, and grenades belonging to Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen in November 2008. He reported the arrest of AKM Fazlul Haque Milon, former member of parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, by RAB on corruption charges on 5 September 2007. He oversaw training of the RAB in human rights from the British High Commission to Bangladesh.

In January 2009, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appointed him as the Sylhet sector commander of the Bangladesh Rifles. Rezanur Rahman Khan replaced him as additional director general of the Rapid Action Battalion. He had called for help but did not get any response during the mutiny. Besides Gulzar Ahmed, all other commanders who were present at the gathering were also assassinated. His body was found ten days after the mutiny with visible signs of torture. He was buried in the Banani Army Graveyard.

Personal life Ahmed married Fatema Sultana. They had two daughters.