Sheikh Mohammad Sarwar Hossain

Sheikh Md Sarwar Hossain (born 10 January 1972) is a retired(?) major general of the Bangladesh Army who previously served as the Chairman of the Bangladesh Tea Board.[1] He has been accused of crimes against humanity by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh and is currently in custody pending legal proceedings.[2]

Early life

Hossain was born on 10 January 1972.[3]

Career

Hossain was commissioned into the Bangladesh Army's Infantry Corps as part of the 25th Long Term Course.[3] He graduated from the Bangladesh Military Academy on 20 December 1991.[3]

Hossain served as a director of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence, overseeing the Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Bureau.[4][2] In October 2024, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Bangladesh Tea Board.[3] He met the Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Mohang Salim Uddin, and discussed plans for the board.[3] He was charged with crimes against humanity in October 2025 and taken into custody by the Bangladesh Army.[5][6] He was one of 15 serving officers detained by the Bangladesh Army.[7] Other former directors of the Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Bureau, Md Touhidul Ul Islam, Kabir Ahmad, Md Mahbubur Rahman Siddique, and Ahmed Tanvir Mazahar Siddiqui, were also charged with him.[4]

Role in enforced disappearances and Aynaghar

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina administration in August 2024, the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances was established on 27 August 2024 to investigate state-sponsored abductions and secret detention centers also known as Aynaghar.[8] In its findings, the commission named Sheikh Mohammad Sarwar Hossain among former military officials implicated in enforced disappearances, citing his role as Director of the Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Bureau of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence from 2018 to 2019.[9]

On 18 November 2024, acting on recommendations from the inquiry commission, the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs instructed the Department of Immigration & Passports to cancel his passport to prevent travel abroad during ongoing investigations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Govt order to cancel passports of 22 officers |url=

References

  1. ↑ "Tea industry needs climate-adaptive varieties: experts". The Daily Star. 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  2. 1 2 Sarkar, Pradip (2025-10-13). "Formal charges against 94 accused including Sheikh Hasina". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Maj Gen Sarwar joins as Tea Board chair". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  4. 1 2 "15 military officers in 'custody over crimes against humanity', says Army HQ". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  5. ↑ "Enforced disappearance: 15 officers facing warrants taken into custody, 1 missing, says Army HQ". The Business Standard. 2025-10-11. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  6. ↑ "15 officers taken into custody: Army". thefinancetoday.net. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  7. ↑ "Plan to keep officers in military custody during tribunal proceedings". Prothomalo. 2025-10-12. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  8. ↑ "Interim govt forms commission to inquire into enforced disappearances". Jago News 24. 27 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "২৪ সেনা কর্মকর্তার পাসপোর্ট বাতিলের নির্দেশ" [Instructions to cancel passports of 24 army officers]. Business Bangladesh (in Bengali).
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