Muhammad Nurul Huda

Muhammad Nurul Huda
Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police
In office
7 June 2000 – 6 November 2001
Preceded byA. Y. B. I. Siddiqi
Succeeded byMudabbir Hossain Chowdhury

Muhammad Nurul Huda is a Bangladeshi police officer who served as the inspector general of police during 2000–2001.[1] He is a columnist at The Daily Star.[2][3] He worked as a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme.[4]

Career

Huda joined the Police Service of Pakistan in 1970.[5] He received training from the Federal Bureau of Investigation as an East Pakistan Police officer.[6][7]

In 1994, Huda was made the national law enforcement consultant for the United Nations Drug Control Programme in Dhaka.[5] He served in that position till 1997.[8]

From 7 June 2000 to 6 November 2001, Huda was the inspector general of police.[8] During the caretaker government led by chief advisor Latifur Rahman.[9]

Huda retired as the secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2003.[5]

Huda is a member of the advocacy group of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute.[5] In June 2024, he criticized the Bangladesh Police Service Association for posting a statement against journalists investigating corruption by police officers.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Former IGPs". police.gov.bd. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  2. ↑ "Everyone has a role to play". The Daily Star. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  3. ↑ "Muhammad Nurul Huda". The Daily Star. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  4. ↑ Shahidullah, Shahid M. (2017-03-30). Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Evolving Science of Criminology in South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Springer. p. 442. ISBN 978-1-137-50750-1.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Author Page". The University Press Limited. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  6. ↑ FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice. 1964.
  7. ↑ Directory of Graduates of the FBI National Academy and Officers of the FBI National Academy Associates. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. 1990. p. 215.
  8. 1 2 3 "Police association should not protect anyone who runs afoul of the law: ex-IGP Huda". Bdnews24.com. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  9. ↑ "Police must practise fairness in election duty: Ex-IGP". Prothom Alo. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2024-09-19.