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Harun Or Rashid
A former high-profile DMP Detective Branch official discussed through protest-period policing controversy, anti-corruption investigation reporting, and administrative suspension records.
SecurityGovernmentHuman rights
- Public identity
- Former Chief of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police
- Era
- 2024-2025
- Main area
- Dhaka
- Organizations
- Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Bangladesh Police
Aliases: Harun or Rashid, DB Harun, Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid
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Why this person is listed
Included because public reporting documents his former DB leadership role, transfer after quota-protest controversy, ACC investigation and summons over corruption allegations, account-freeze reporting, court seizure orders, and later suspension on desertion charges.
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Reported themes: DMP Detective Branch leadership, quota-protest detention controversy, ACC investigation over alleged illegal wealth, account-freeze reporting, income-tax-document seizure orders, and administrative suspension.
Public impact
The public-interest value is understanding how power in state institutions, policing, media, urban governance, or finance is discussed in records.
Historical legacy
Daily Star reports identify Harun Or Rashid as a former head of DMP's Detective Branch. The record should be read as public-role, investigation, summons, court-order, and administrative-status reporting. Allegations of illegal wealth or abuse of power are not presented here as final findings unless supported by a later court or official outcome.
Next steps should model each claim, case, court order, response, or correction as a separate structured record.
Important claims, actions, and controversies
Human rights abuse · Officially investigated
Claims and accountability proceedings concerning the 2013 Shapla Chattar crackdown
Rights groups, human-rights reporting, and later ICT proceedings present differing accounts of the May 5-6, 2013 operation, casualties, and use of state force around the Hefazat rally.
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Important incidents
Human 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 incidentGovernment crackdown · 2013-05-05 2013-05-06
2013 Shapla Chattar rally, crackdown, and accountability proceedings
A record of the May 5-6, 2013 rally and operation around Motijheel's Shapla Chattar, competing casualty accounts, and later ICT proceedings.
Casualty counts vary substantially by source: 2026 tribunal reporting refers to a prosecution account of 58 deaths, a 2013 rights report attributed 61 deaths to Odhikar, and contemporary reporting also described a lower government count. None should be presented as a final judicial finding.
Explore incidentLife, power and events timeline
Hefazat rally
The context of the Hefazat-e-Islam rally at Motijheel's Shapla Chattar.
Operation and disputed casualty accounts
Sources published differing accounts of the operation, use of force, and casualty figures.
Complaint filed
Later reporting says a complaint was filed before the tribunal in 2024.
Arrest and production warrants
Reporting described arrest and production warrants for several accused before the ICT.
Formal charges taken cognisance of
ICT-2 took cognisance of formal charges against Sheikh Hasina and 40 others, with warrants reported for absconding accused.
Trial pending: The matter is awaiting trial.
Cases and legal records
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.
Harun transferred from DB
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 31 Jul 2024
Report identifying Harun Or Rashid as a DMP Detective Branch official and describing his transfer to the crime and operations department after quota-protest related controversy.
ACC starts investigation against DB Harun
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 18 Aug 2024
Report that the Anti-Corruption Commission initiated an investigation against Harun Or Rashid over allegations of acquiring illegal wealth through irregularities and corruption.
ACC summons ex-DB chief Harun over corruption allegations
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 24 Oct 2024
Report that the ACC summoned Harun Or Rashid, former DMP Detective Branch chief, to appear regarding allegations of acquiring assets beyond known income through irregularities and corruption.
Former DMP DB chief Harun's accounts frozen
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 21 Oct 2024
Report that the Central Intelligence Cell of the National Board of Revenue sent account-freeze letters to banks and financial institutions concerning Harun Or Rashid and family members.
Court orders ACC to seize income tax documents of former DB chief Harun
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 8 Jan 2025
Court report that a Dhaka court ordered the ACC to seize income-tax documents in connection with corruption cases and applications alleging illegal wealth.
Ex-DB chief Harun, 17 cops suspended over 'desertion'
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 18 Aug 2025
Report that the government suspended Harun Or Rashid and other police officers on desertion charges under the Government Servants discipline rules.
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.
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.
Shapla Chattar killings: Tribunal issues arrest warrant for Hasina, other absconding accused
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 27 Jul 2026
The report says ICT-2 took cognisance of formal charges against Sheikh Hasina and 40 others over the 2013 Hefazat rally and reported prosecution claims concerning 58 deaths.
ICT-2 accepts charges against Hasina, 40 others in ‘Shapla Chattar’ crackdown case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 27 Jul 2026
BSS reports that ICT-2 took cognisance of the formal charge over the May 5, 2013 crackdown and ordered accused in custody to be produced while warrants remained outstanding for absconding accused.
ICT accepts charges against Hasina, 40 others over 2013 Shapla Chattar crackdown
Reviewedbdnews24.com · 27 Jul 2026
The report describes the complaint filed in 2024, the tribunal's acceptance of charges in 2026, 31 absconding warrants, and competing prosecution accounts of the death toll.
Shapla Chattar incident: ICT issues arrest warrants for Hasina, 4 others
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 12 Mar 2025
The Daily Star reports arrest and production warrants in the Shapla Chattar proceeding and attributes allegations about planning and responsibility to the prosecution.
ICT permits interrogation of accused in Shapla Chattar case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Aug 2025
BSS reports an ICT order permitting interrogation of several accused in the Shapla Chattar proceeding and describes the complaint brought on behalf of Hefazat leaders.
Blood on the Streets: The Use of Excessive Force During Bangladesh Protests
ReviewedHuman Rights Watch · 1 Aug 2013
Human Rights Watch documented the 2013 protest violence through interviews and described the casualty and force accounts as contested and requiring independent investigation.
61 killed in Shapla Chattar drive: Odhikar
DisputedOdhikar, reported by Dhaka Tribune · 15 May 2013
The report attributes a total of 61 deaths to Odhikar's account of the May 2013 operation; this figure is presented as a rights-group claim rather than an established judicial 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.