Ziaul Ahsan
Bengali military officer
Ziaul Ahsan is a former two-star officer of the Bangladesh Army and the antecedent director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre. Ahsan is known for his alleged extrajudicial and enforced disappearance assignments while tenuring at Rapid Action Battalion under the regime of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He was relieved of his duties and detained forthwith after the Student–People's uprising. The Daily Amar Desh and Mohammad Tajul Islam alleged that he killed a total of 1,030 enforced disappeared persons during his career at the order of Sheikh Hasina.
Early life and education
Ahsan graduated from the Bangladesh Military Academy's 24th long course. He was commissioned on 21 June 1991. He trained as a commando and skydiver.
Military career
Ahsan joined the Rapid Action Battalion on 5 March 2009 as the company commander for the second battalion. He was elevated to the rank of lieutenant colonel the same year and took charge as director of the RAB's intelligence wing on 27 August 2010. He was made the RAB's additional director general (operations) on 7 December 2013 after being promoted to colonel.
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