Sadik Hasan Rumi

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 2006 to May 2007.

Career

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. 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. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia tried to bury the case.

Rumi left Bangladesh for London before the 2007 military takeover by General Moeen U Ahmed and formation of his caretaker government. He was against Major General Rezzakul Haidar Chowdhury, director general of National Security Intelligence. In 2008, Rumi was appointed director general of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party. He had reached the site with Minister of Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and Director General of Rapid Action Battalion Anwarul Ikbal by helicopter. He reported the weapons were bought from China for the United Liberation Front of Asom.

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 Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to investigate the case.