ATM Amin is a retired

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of the Bangladesh Army. He is a former

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, and a former Director General of Ansar and VDP. He was forced into retirement in 2009.

Career

As Brigadier General he was director of counter-terrorism unit Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Bureau of the DGFI . Later he was promoted to Major General and appointed DG of DGFI. It is stated that under him the DGFI tried to create Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) in Bangladesh composed of members of Harakat ul-Jihad-Islami-Bangladesh and that he pressured former Prime Minister

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to convince the US government to support the party. In the past after the 2005 Dhaka Grenade attack he was accused and framed as helping one of the suspects escape from Bangladesh with support from DGFI officer Lieutenant Colonel

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and

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, the nephew of Prime Minister

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. Amin flew to the

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soon after the

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government came to power. As of 2020, he is a wanted fugitive in Bangladesh after being convicted in the criminal case over the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amin, ATM Living people Bangladesh Army generals Directors General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Year of birth missing (living people)