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Public recordLast updated 7 Aug 2026
Habibur Rahman
A former capital police commander discussed through metropolitan command responsibility and post-uprising accountability processes.
SecurityGovernmentHuman rights
- Public identity
- Former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner
- Era
- 2023-2025
- Main area
- Dhaka
- Organizations
- Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Bangladesh Police
Aliases: Former DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman, Habibur Rahman DMP
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No allegation is presented as a court finding, and no relationship is presented as proof of wrongdoing.
Why this person is listed
Included because public reporting identifies him as former DMP commissioner and reports ICT death sentences in Chankharpul and Rampura cases.
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Documented patterns
Reported themes: DMP command, July-uprising accountability, ICT convictions, ACC-source reporting.
Public impact
The public-interest value is understanding urban crime, political patronage, law-enforcement operations, and court-process history.
Historical legacy
Earlier investigation-report context is now supplemented by court-reported ICT convictions and death sentences in Chankharpul and Rampura cases; any appeal or correction remains a separate status.
Next steps should add each case, claim, judgment, appeal, acquittal, or withdrawal in the evidence layer.
Important incidents
Human rights abuse · 2024-08-05
Chankharpul July Uprising killings
A record based on ICT-1 conviction and sentence reporting over the killing of six people in Chankharpul.
Explore incidentHuman rights abuse · 2024-07-19
Rampura July Uprising shootings and killings
A record based on ICT-1 conviction and sentence reporting over shootings and killings in Rampura.
Explore incidentHuman rights abuse · 2024-07-01 2024-08-15
July-August 2024 Bangladesh uprising and crackdown
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 incidentLife, power and events timeline
Convicted: A court has entered a conviction; check appeal status separately.
Cases and legal records
ICT-1 Rampura July Uprising case
Rampura July Uprising ICT-1 case
Human rights abuseInternational Crimes Tribunal7 Aug 2025Convicted person1 sources
Three death sentences, one life term, and one 20-year sentence were reported.
ICT-1 Chankharpul July Uprising case
Chankharpul July Uprising ICT-1 case
Human rights abuseInternational Crimes Tribunal25 May 2025Convicted person1 sources
Three death sentences and five prison terms were reported.
Structured sources
ICT frames charges against Sheikh Hasina for July-Aug mass killing
ReviewedBangladesh 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.
Full text of ICT judgment sentencing Hasina to death released
ReviewedBangladesh 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.
Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh
ReviewedOffice 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.
Hasina sentenced to death for crackdown on Bangladesh uprising
ReviewedAssociated Press · 17 Nov 2025
Wire report on the ICT verdict, including Hasina's response denying wrongdoing and calling the verdict biased and politically motivated.
High-ranking cops concerned as ACC probe looms
ReviewedThe 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.
First investigation report submitted to Tribunal against ex-DMP commissioner Habibur, 7 others
ReviewedProthom Alo · 23 Jun 2026
Report that an ICT investigation report named former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman among accused persons in the Chankharpul July-uprising deaths context.
Tribunal sets Feb 9 for probe report in case against Quader, 44 others
ReviewedBangladesh 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.
Hasina, Kamal ordered shooting of July protesters
ReviewedThe 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.
84 accused behind bars in 30 miss cases of July uprising crimes
ReviewedBangladesh 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.
ICT indicts Shamim Osman, 11 others in July crimes against humanity case
ReviewedBangladesh 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.
Shamim Osman's son shot protester beside me, witness tells tribunal
ReviewedThe 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.
Crime against humanity: ICT accepts charges against ex-DMP chief Habibur, 4 others
ReviewedThe 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.
July killings: Charges pressed against eight cops at ICT
ReviewedThe 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.
Chankharpul killings: Ex-DMP chief Habibur, two others to die
ReviewedThe 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.
July uprising: Ex-DMP chief, 2 others to die for Rampura killings
ReviewedThe 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.
ICT indicts four in Rampura crimes against humanity case
ReviewedBangladesh 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.
Ex-Addl SP sent to jail for pinpointing July protesters thru drones
ReviewedBangladesh 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.