Tofayel Mustafa Sorwar

Tofayel Mustafa Sorwar, BPMS, psc is a Bangladesh Army brigadier general and the former additional director general (operations) at the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite multi-service unit of the Bangladesh Police. He has been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for human rights violations at RAB during his time at the agency.

Early life Sorwar was born on 7 December 1973 in Sunamganj District, Bangladesh (now in Sylhet Division).

Sorwar previously served in the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and Army Intelligence. He previously served as the deputy commander of Bangladeshi Battalion-5 of MONUSCO in the Congo. He had served in the Bangladeshi Battalion-4 in the United Nations Mission in Liberia and the Bangladeshi Battalion-5 in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. The committee called for an investigation into allegations of human rights violations by the RAB. On 18 September 2019, Sorwar sought permission from the Ministry of Home Affairs to go to Canada to purchase a backpack IMSI-catcher, a mass surveillance device, along with Md. Jahangir Alam, joint secretary of the Public Security Division. On 26 October 2020, he oversaw the detention of Erfan Selim, son of member of parliament Haji Mohammad Salim. He also saw the creation of an app that tracked COVID-19 infections of RAB members during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. The accused in the Major Sinha murder case alleged he was tortured by Sorwar in custody. He oversaw the arrest of Salim Prodhan.

On 16 March 2021, Colonel Khan Mohammad Azad replaced Sorwar as the additional director general (operations) at the Rapid Action Battalion. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. He currently the station commander of Savar Cantonment and the president of the Cantonment Board. He is the chairperson of the Development Committee of Savar Golf Club. He was one of seven serving and former officers of RAB to be sanction by the United States.