Mohammad Akbar Hossain is a retired lieutenant general in the Bangladesh Army and former commandant of National Defence College.[1]
Mohammad Akbar Hossain | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 (age 59) |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Service/ |  Bangladesh Army |
| Years of service | 1985 - 2023 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Regiment of Artillery |
| Commands held |
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| Awards |  Senabahini Padak (SBP) Bishishto Seba Padak (BSP) Sena Utkorsho Padak(SUP) |
| Police career | |
| Unit | Rapid Action Battalion |
| Allegiance | Bangladesh |
| Branch |  Bangladesh Police |
| Service years | 2004–2007 |
| Rank |  Deputy Director |
Career
Hossain is the former general officer commanding of 9th Infantry Division and commander of Savar area.[2] He previously served as Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.[3] He also served as Director of Counter Intelligence Bureau of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. He previously Commanded a Artillery Brigade and a Air Defence Artillery Brigade. He was an artillery officer who was commissioned in the 13th BMA long course on 20 December 1985 from Bangladesh Military Academy.[4] Under him a new monogram of DGFI was designed.[5][6]
On October 2005, Akbar was posted to 2nd Rapid Action Battalion as commanding officer. On February 2007 the battalion surveillance team had spotted a Hummer in Panthapath and asked the owners to come to their camp where they were detained.[7] Assistant director Monayem Hossain of the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Harunur Rashid for tax fraud in March 2007 with Tejgaon police station and then pressed charge in July.[8][9] Harunur Rashid had imported a Hummer H2 on 25 April 2005 without paying tax as per his privilege as a member of parliament but later sold the to Ishtiak Sadek, violating the rules of the duty free facility, who sold it to Enayetur Rahman Bappi.[10][11][12] A vehicle imported duty free using such a privilege may not be resold within three years of its importation.[11]
Hossain became the 1st Colonel Commandant of the Remount Veterinary and Farm Corps in December 2020.[13]