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Bangladesh
Public recordLast updated 7 Aug 2026
Lt Gen Mohammad Saiful Alam
A senior military-intelligence figure discussed through DGFI leadership, National Defence College command, post-August 2024 administrative actions, and later ICT/ACC proceedings.
SecurityGovernment
- Public identity
- Former Director General of DGFI
- Era
- 2020-2024
- Main area
- Bangladesh
- Organizations
- Bangladesh Army, Directorate General of Forces Intelligence
Aliases: Lt Gen Md Saiful Alam, Md Saiful Alam, Mohammad Saiful Alam, Saiful Alam DGFI, Lt Gen Saiful Alam
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 and official records identify him as a former DGFI chief and NDC commandant, and later reporting documents forced retirement, BFIU account-freeze context, ACC inquiry/seizure reporting, and ICT JIC case charge-framing status.
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Documented patterns
Reported themes: DGFI leadership, NDC command, military reassignment, forced retirement, BFIU account-freeze reporting, ACC inquiry/seizure reporting, and ICT JIC charge-framing context.
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
bdnews24.com and National Defence College records support official-role context. Daily Star, Prothom Alo, TBS, and BSS reporting support administrative-action, ACC inquiry/seizure, and ICT JIC case status context. The profile treats these as role records, inquiry/seizure reporting, and charge-framing/trial posture, not as final findings or convictions.
Next steps should model each claim, case, court order, response, or correction as a separate structured record.
Life, power and events timeline
Charges framed
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against 13 people in the JIC case.
Trial pending: The matter is awaiting trial.
Cases and legal records
Structured sources
Saiful Alam made DGFI chief as five major generals get new duties in army shake-up
Reviewedbdnews24.com · 24 Feb 2020
Report that Md Saiful Alam of the 11th Infantry Division was appointed director general of DGFI, with background on prior division command and BMA recognition.
Lt Gen Md Saiful Alam Joins as Commandant of NDC
ReviewedNational Defence College · 11 Feb 2024
Official NDC notice that Lt Gen Md Saiful Alam joined as commandant of National Defence College on 11 February 2024.
3 ex-DGs of DGFI sent into forced retirement
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 12 Sep 2024
Report that Lt Gen Md Saiful Alam, a former DGFI director general, was sent into forced retirement and had been subject to BFIU account-freeze reporting.
Lt Gen Mujibur dismissed, Saiful sent on forced retirement
ReviewedProthom Alo · 12 Sep 2024
Report that Lt Gen Md Saiful Alam was forced to retire early and had served as DGFI director general, Quartermaster General, and GOC of 11 Infantry Division.
ACC seizes Tk2.42 crore from former DGFI chief Saiful's house
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 2 Mar 2025
Report that the ACC seized Tk2.42 crore during an inquiry involving former DGFI chief Md Saiful Alam; the profile treats this as inquiry and seizure reporting, not a final finding.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against 13 people, including Md Saiful Alam, in the JIC enforced-disappearance and torture case; this is charge-framing/trial posture, not conviction.
3 ex-DGs of DGFI sent into forced retirement
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 12 Sep 2024
Report that Major General Hamidul Haque, a former DGFI director general, was sent into forced retirement after the August 2024 transition.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against 13 people in the JIC enforced-disappearance and torture case; this is charge-framing/trial posture, not conviction.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against 13 people in the JIC enforced-disappearance and torture case; this is charge-framing/trial posture, not conviction.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against 13 people in the JIC enforced-disappearance and torture case; this is charge-framing/trial posture, not conviction.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against 13 people in the JIC enforced-disappearance and torture case; this is charge-framing/trial posture, not conviction.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges in the JIC case and named detained officers produced before the tribunal; this is not conviction reporting.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against 13 people in the JIC enforced-disappearance and torture case; this is charge-framing/trial posture, not conviction.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges in the JIC case and named detained officers produced before the tribunal; this is not conviction reporting.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges in the JIC case and named detained officers produced before the tribunal; this is not conviction reporting.
ICT indicts Hasina, 12 others in JIC enforced disappearance case
ReviewedBSS · 18 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against 13 people in the JIC enforced-disappearance and torture case; this is charge-framing/trial posture, not conviction.