Taslim Ahmed was the last

Inspector General of Police An inspector-general of police is a senior police officer in the police force or police service of several nations. The rank usually refers to the head of a large regional command within a police service, and in many countries refers to the most ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

and the first Home Secretary of Bangladesh under President

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangl ...

Career

Ahmed was the appointed Inspector General of Police of East Pakistan on 22 January 1970. He expressed support for

after Mujib won the

1970 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 7 December 1970 to elect members of the National Assembly. They were the first direct general elections since the independence of Pakistan and ultimately the only ones held prior to the independence o ...

. He supported the Bengali people during the

Non-cooperation movement (1971) The non-cooperation movement of 1971 was a historical movement in then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by the All Pakistan Awami Muslim League, Awami League and the general public against the Military coups in Pakistan, military government of Pa ...

. He served till 17 May 1971. Mozaffar Ahmed Chowdhury, a non-Bengali police officer, replaced him. He was on a grey list and transferred to West Pakistan. Ahmed was appointed Secretary of the

Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the i ...

after the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971. His appointment was controversial as he allegedly supported Pakistan during the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...

Death

Ahmed died on 29 February 2012 in Ottawa, Canada.

References

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