Syed Shahzaman Raj

Syed Shahzaman Raj
Chief of Criminal Investigation Department
In office
16 March 2009 – 14 October 2010
Preceded byMohammad Javed Patwary
Succeeded byMd. Mokhlesur Rahman
Chief of Highway Police
In office
11 June 2005 – 20 October 2005
Succeeded bySheikh Mohammad Sazzad Ali
Commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police
Police career
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch Bangladesh Police
StatusRetired
RankAdditional Inspector General

Syed Shahzaman Raj is a retired additional inspector general of Bangladesh Police and former chief of the Criminal Investigation Department.[1][2] He was the first chief of the Highway Police.[3]

Career

In 2001, Raj was the superintendent of police of Rangpur District.[4]

Raj was the additional deputy inspector general of police of the Dhaka Range in 2005.[5] He was appointed the first chief of the newly created Highway Police.[5]

In June 2008, Raj was appointed the acting additional inspector general of the Bangladesh Police Headquarters.[6] He was the vice-president of the Bangladesh Police Service Association.[7]

Raj was appointed chief of the Criminal Investigation Department on 16 March 2009, replacing Mohammad Javed Patwary.[8] He was serving at the Bangladesh Police headquarters.[9] He oversaw the Criminal Investigation Department's investigation in the 2009 Criminal Investigation Department's investigation into the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny.[10] In January, he was promoted to additional inspector general of Bangladesh Police along with Mohammad Javed Patwary and A. K. M. Shahidul Haque.[11] He served till 14 October 2010 and was replaced by Md. Mokhlesur Rahman.[8]

Raj is a permanent member of the Capital Recreation Club.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "CID, SB, DMP chiefs moved in major police shake-up". Bdnews24.com. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "IGP warns tender culprits". The Daily Star. BSS. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Highway Police Station makes highways safe". Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "The tenure of previous Superintendents of Police" (PDF). Rangpur District. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Major police reshuffle". The Daily Star. 31 March 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "23 senior police officers shuffled". Bdnews24.com. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Police Service Assoc executives". The Daily Star. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  8. 1 2 "CID | Bangladesh Police". Criminal Investigation Department. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Major reshuffle in police admin". The Daily Star. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Trial as soon as possible, says Faruk". The Daily Star. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  11. ↑ ৩ জনের অতিরিক্ত মহা-পুলিশ পরিদর্শক পদে পদোন্নতি. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 18 January 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "Permanent Member – R – The Capital Recreation Club LTD". Retrieved 5 April 2026.