Sacked Bangladesh Army general arrested on murder charge
Hindustan TimesDhaka: A two-star general of the Bangladesh Army, who was sacked a day after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government and has been linked to several enforced disappearances, was arrested by Bangladesh Police on a murder charge. Major General Ziaul Ahsan, former Director General of National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre, is being produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka on August 16. “On a tip-off, former director general of NTMC Ziaul Ahsan was arrested in connection of a case with New Market Police Station,” said a brief statement from Dhaka Metropolitan Police. A day after Hasina stepped down and fled to India, Ahsan was sacked by Bangladesh Army chief Gen Waker-uz-Zaman, and Maj Gen ASM Ridwanur Rahman was appointed the new director general of NTMC.
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