Internal army sources and documents suggest that some officers of the Bangladesh Army’s Artillery Division may have been involved in the supply of specific bore bullets used in July-August 2024.
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November 23, 2025. A courtroom at the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka. The then chief prosecutor, Tajul Islam, abused defense lawyer Nazneen Nahar in extremely offensive language and threatened her. None of the senior lawyers present in the courtroom protested. Even the judges did not warn Tajul Islam.
As Nazneen was leaving the courtroom, dismissed army officer Hasinur Rahman told her: “I will tear you apart.” He also abused barrister Nazia Kabir.
Senior foreign journalist David Bergman, who was present there, consoled Nazneen and Nazia and led them out of the courtroom. Such a serious incident of contempt of court was suppressed in the media.
Barrister Nazneen Nahar (left) and Tajul Islam
Dismissed Lt. Col. Hasinur Rahman is alleged to have worked as a trainer for Indian separatist groups such as ULFA (Assam) and NSCN (I-M), as well as Bangladeshi militant organizations Harkat-ul-Jihad and Hizb-ut-Tahrir.
Secret documents show that he was convicted and sentenced in a court-martial by a military court led by Brigadier Kamrul Islam on charges of having close links with various foreign separatist and terrorist organizations.
From 2009 to 2011, the then Additional Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Lieutenant Colonel Ziaul Hasan (now a retired Major General and under trial), led the operations of the Indian separatist group ULFA and Naga rebels in Bangladesh and eliminated them. Under his leadership, Maulana Yahya’s armed group of Harkat-ul-Jihad was also eliminated.
Hasinur Rahman
RAB’s investigation revealed Hasinur’s deep connections with Indian separatist groups and Harkat-ul-Jihad.
Hasinur was dismissed and sentenced to 4 years and 3 months rigorous imprisonment following a court-martial verdict on March 15, 2012. Her associates, Lt. Col. Afzalul Haque and Major Mohsinul Karim, were also dismissed in separate orders.
Hasinur has close contacts with Indian separatist leaders John and Rajesh. Afzalul Haque, at Hasinur’s request, sheltered foreign separatist groups in his Sarail in Brahmanbaria. Mohsinul Karim maintained close contacts with Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. Hasinur, Afzal and Mohsin established links between Indian separatist groups and local separatist groups in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, such as the UPDF and the JSS, and held several meetings in Mymensingh.
On April 21, 2014, then-former Army Chief General (retd) Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan personally arranged for Hasinur’s release before the end of her sentence.
7X62 caliber bullets manufactured in a Bangladesh Army factory, recovered from the banks of the Turag River in 2024
On August 20, 2018, another secret document raised new allegations of anti-state and anti-government activities against Hasinur. She was involved in an organized campaign against senior military officials, especially the then army chief, General (retd) Aziz Ahmed.
His activities were allegedly supported by Lieutenant General (retd) Hasan Suhrawardy and General (retd) Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan. They influenced various journalists, including Al Jazeera, to prepare reports against Sheikh Hasina and General Aziz Ahmed.
Since December 2023, General Bhuiyan and General Suhrawardy have been in contact with like-minded retired and serving military officers to plan to overthrow Sheikh Hasina’s government.
They had close contact with Artillery Brigadier Rafiq and DGFI Brigadier Tanvir Mazhar Siddiqui in July-August 2024. Brigadier Rafiq is alleged to have engaged in anti-state activities on August 5, 2024, ignoring the chain of command, yet he is currently awaiting promotion.
After the formation of the BNP government, he was considered for promotion and appointment as the Prime Minister’s Military Secretary.
Azmi, the son of a Razakar, has said in interviews on various occasions how much respect Army Chief Waqar-uz-Zaman speaks to him.
Hasinur, who was convicted of anti-state activities, now regularly appears on TV talk shows and openly claims that she and her associates were armedly involved in the July-August 2024 unrest.
Intelligence agencies have not revealed how the dismissed and unwanted military officers acquired deadly weapons. There is evidence that members of the ULFA, Naga separatist groups, and the Arakan Rohingya group participated in the unrest aimed at overthrowing Sheikh Hasina’s government, but no action has been taken against them.
The dismissed officers, Hasinur, Afzal and Mohsin, are professional mercenary trainers for foreign separatist groups. Intelligence reports say they invest their earnings in the stock market and Bitcoin trading. Hasinur and his associates are also in touch with Brigadier (dismissed) Azmi, the son of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief and Razakar Ghulam Azam, who was convicted of war crimes.
Azmi is said to have exerted influence over “anti-India” officers in the army. Azmi returned to Dhaka from Turkey after August 5 and claimed that he was being held in a DGFI “safe house”. He has met Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman several times and has claimed to have influence over him in various interviews.
There are allegations against some Bangladesh army officers that they are training regional separatist groups including Myanmar-India.
Most of the deaths in Dhaka between July 16 and August 4, 2024, were caused by 7.62 mm caliber bullets used in sniper rifles. Such weapons are commonly used by the army’s artillery division, the unit responsible for public security in Dhaka. Various pieces of evidence suggest that foreign mercenaries were involved in killing police during the unrest.
At least three Americans—Matthew VanDyke, Terrence Orville Jackson, and Richard Daniel Roman—who were secretly in contact with US security agencies were reportedly present in Bangladesh in July-August 2024. The sniper rifles and 7.62 mm bullets used in the political unrest were sourced from some officers of the army’s artillery division and foreign separatist groups.
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