Rise and power base
Public roles are source-confirmed; controversies or allegations must be read separately as source-backed evidence-layer material.
Bangladesh
An elite-force commander discussed through RAB leadership during the 2024 crisis period and later tribunal-process reporting.
Aliases: Md Harun-Ar-Rashid, Md Harun or Rashid, Former RAB DG Harun
Included because public sources document his RAB DG appointment and later ICT arrest-warrant reporting alleging command responsibility during the July-August uprising.
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Public roles are source-confirmed; controversies or allegations must be read separately as source-backed evidence-layer material.
Bangladesh
Reported themes: RAB command, July-August uprising, ICT arrest warrant, enforced-disappearance allegation context.
The public-interest value is understanding how power in state institutions, policing, media, urban governance, or finance is discussed in records.
Daily Star reporting says the ICT issued arrest warrants and attributed allegations to prosecution statements. This is recorded as tribunal-process reporting, not a conviction.
Next steps should model each claim, case, court order, response, or correction as a separate structured record.
Human rights abuse · 2024-07-01 2024-08-15
OHCHR, BSS, and international media have reported on the 2024 student-led protests, violent repression, deaths and injuries, government fall, and subsequent ICT proceedings.
The OHCHR report estimates, based on credible sources, that as many as 1,400 people may have been killed and thousands injured between July 1 and August 15, 2024; these numbers should be displayed as source-based estimates.
Explore incidentBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Jul 2025
State news report that ICT-1 framed charges against Sheikh Hasina and two others in a crimes-against-humanity case and noted the rejection of a discharge plea.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 26 Nov 2025
State news report on release of the ICT-1 judgment text after the tribunal convicted and sentenced Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in the July Mass Uprising case.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · 12 Feb 2025
UN fact-finding report on protest-related human rights violations between July 1 and August 15, 2024, including findings about former-government policy and security-force conduct.
Associated Press · 17 Nov 2025
Wire report on the ICT verdict, including Hasina's response denying wrongdoing and calling the verdict biased and politically motivated.
The Daily Star · 21 Aug 2024
Report on ACC-source discussion of investigations into former and current police officials, naming several senior police figures in post-transition accountability context.
New Age · 5 Jun 2024
Report that Barrister Md Harun-Ar-Rashid replaced former RAB DG M Khurshid Hossain after Khurshid went on retirement.
The Daily Star · 26 Jan 2025
Report that the ICT issued arrest warrants against former RAB DG Md Harun or Rashid over alleged crimes against humanity during the July-August uprising and enforced disappearances.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 8 Dec 2025
BSS report on an ICT case against 45 accused including Obaidul Quader and Anisul Huq, listing 17 arrested accused produced before the tribunal.
The Daily Star · 2 Sep 2025
Report on former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun's ICT testimony naming political and security figures in alleged July-uprising crackdown decision-making.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Aug 2025
BSS reported that 84 of 209 accused in 30 miscellaneous July Uprising crimes-against-humanity cases were in custody, and named former ministers, advisers, a former secretary, retired Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, and dismissed Major General Ziaul Ahsan among people facing charges.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 13 May 2026
BSS report that ICT-1 framed charges against Shamim Osman and 11 others, including Ayan Osman and Tanvir Ahmed Titu, over alleged atrocities in Narayanganj during the July Mass Uprising.
The Business Standard · 28 Jul 2026
Report on prosecution witness testimony at ICT-1 alleging Ayon Osman shot a protester and describing an attack allegedly involving Shamim Osman and associates. The testimony is not treated as a final court finding.
The Daily Star · 10 Aug 2025
The Daily Star reported that the ICT accepted charges against five former police officials over the Rampura July Uprising incident, naming Rashedul Islam, Mashiur Rahman, Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan, and Chanchal Chandra Sarkar alongside former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman.
The Daily Star · 26 May 2025
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 took cognisance of charges against eight police officials over the Chankharpul killings, naming Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, Sha Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam, Mohammad Imrul, and Arshad Hossain among the accused.
The Daily Star · 27 Jan 2026
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 sentenced former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, and Shah Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam to death, and sentenced Mohammad Imrul and Arshad Hossain to prison terms, over the Chankharpul killings.
The Daily Star · 29 Jun 2026
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 convicted five former police officers over Rampura shootings and killings, sentencing Habibur Rahman, Md Rashedul Islam, and Md Mashiur Rahman to death, Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan to life imprisonment, and Chanchal Chandra Sarkar to 20 years.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against former BGB officials Mohammad Redwanul Islam and Md Rafat Bin Alam, former DMP ADC Md Rashedul Islam, and former Rampura OC Md Moshiur Rahman over the killing of 28 people during the July Mass Uprising.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 29 Apr 2025
BSS reported that the ICT sent former additional superintendent of police Ishtiaq Ahmed to jail in a Chankharpul case and quoted a prosecutor alleging that a police digital-forensics team used drones to identify protesters and share information with law-enforcement agencies.