Abdur Raquib Khandaker

Abdur Raquib Khandaker
আব্দুর রকিব খন্দকার
Inspector General of Bangladesh Police
In office
31 December 1985 – 28 February 1990
Preceded byE A Chowdhury
Succeeded byTaibuddin Ahmed
President of Bangladesh Football Federation
In office
12 October 1980 – 6 March 1986
Preceded bySiddique Ahmed
Succeeded byHarun Ahmed Chowdhury
Personal details
Born(1933-03-01)1 March 1933
Munshiganj, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died25 August 2010(2010-08-25) (aged 77)
Bangkok, Thailand
EducationUniversity of Dhaka
Police career
AllegianceBangladesh
BranchBangladesh Police
Service years1956–1990

Abdur Raquib Khandaker (known as A. R. Khandaker; 1 March 1933 – 25 August 2010) was Bangladesh's inspector general of police.[1]

Early life

University of Dhaka, winners of the Independence Day Football Tournament in 1953 (Khandaker, first one from the left)

Khandaker graduated from Notre Dame College, Dhaka. He studied economics at the University of Dhaka.[2]

Career

Before liberation

Khandaker joined Notre Dame College, Dhaka, as a lecturer.[2] He joined the Police Service of Pakistan in 1956.[3]

After liberation

Khandaker served as the Superintendent of Police in Khulna District in 1971 before the Bangladesh Liberation War.[2] In 1974, Khandaker sustained an injury from an accident while on duty, which affected him for the rest of his life.[2]

From 1976 to 1986, Khandaker served as the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation.[3]

In 1976, he was the deputy inspector general of police stationed in the police headquarters in Dhaka.[4] He also served as the deputy inspector general of the Rajshahi Police range.[2]

Khandaker was appointed the third commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.[5] He served from 2 February 1979 to 8 February 1982.[1] Later he was appointed the commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for a second term from 10 March 1983 to 4 April 1984.

Khandaker was elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 1984.[3] He served in the Crime Prevention and Control Committee of the United Nations.[6]

Khandaker served as the inspector general of the Bangladesh Police from 31 December 1985 to 28 February 1990.[7] He served under military dictator Hussain Mohammad Ershad.[8]

In 1999, Khandaker was awarded the National Sports Awards as a sports organizer.[3] He wrote a memoir, Society Politics & Civil Order, published in 1998. He wrote about experiences as a Bengali officer in the Pakistan establishment and later working in independent Bangladesh.[9] He also wrote for The Daily Star as a columnist.[10]

Death

Khandaker died on 25 August 2010 at Bangkok General Hospital in Thailand.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Former Commissioners". Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Huda, Muhammad Nurul (31 August 2010). "Remembering a braveheart". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ex-IGP Raquib Khandaker passes away". The Daily Star (Press release). 27 August 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Resource Material Series. UNAFEI. 1976. p. 15.
  5. ↑ "History – Dhaka Metropolitan Police". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Khandaker, Abdur Raquib (29 March 2008). "Our parliament and parliamentarians". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Former IGPs". police.gov.bd. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  8. ↑ Daily Report: Near East & South Asia. The Service. 1989. p. 38.
  9. ↑ Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. p. 857. ISBN 978-1-134-46848-5.
  10. ↑ Khandaker, Abdur Raquib (3 May 2008). "Police reforms and criminal justice". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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