Mohammad Ali Mia
Mohammad Ali Mia | |
|---|---|
| মোহাম্মদ আলী মিয়া | |
| 15th Chief of Criminal Investigation Department | |
| In office 29 October 2022 – 13 August 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Preceded by | Mahbubur Rahman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gopalganj, Bangladesh |
| Education | MSS (Criminology) MSS (Economics) MBA (Human Resource Management) |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka Bangladesh Police Academy |
| Awards | Bangladesh Police Medal (BPM) President Police Medal (PPM) |
| Police career | |
| Unit | Criminal Investigation Department Tourist Police Special Branch Chattogram Metropolitan Police |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Department |  Criminal Investigation Department |
| Branch |  Bangladesh Police |
| Service years | 1995–2024 |
| Status | Retired |
| Rank |  Addl. IGP |
| Website | www |
Mohammad Ali Mia is a retired Bangladeshi police officer who was additional inspector general of police in the Bangladesh Police. He served as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Earlier, he was the chief of the Tourist Police.[1] He was posted in different posts of Bangladesh Police. Among them, he served as police's special branch (SB) DIG, Additional DIG of Dhaka Range as well as SP of Habiganj and Manikganj districts.[2]
Early life
[edit]Mia is from Gopalganj District.[3]
Career
[edit]Mia joined the Bangladesh Police as an assistant superintendent of police in 15 November 1995. During the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party government he was sidelined for being from Gopalganj.[3] He served in the Criminal Investigation Department as an additional superintendent of police.[3] In 2007, he was stationed in a diplomatic mission of Bangladesh.[3]
In 2007, Mia was the deputy commissioner of traffic of Chittagong Metropolitan Police.[4] He took actions against 1500 illegal tuktuks and praised the media for their reporting that brought attention to the issue.[4] Mia served as the superintendent of police of Narsingdi District, Manikganj District and Habiganj District .[5][6]
In 2013, Mia was serving as the additional DIG of Special Branch when he was transferred to Rajshahi Range Police.[7]
Mia was made the chief of Criminal Investigation Department on 23 August 2022.[8] He had been serving as the head of the Tourist Police after replacing Mahbubur Rahman.[2] As CID chief, he talked about his intention to crack down on Hundi networks due to the volatile situation of the foreign currency exchange market in Bangladesh.[9][10][11] He played critical role in uncovering the illegal Hundi businesses carried out by the MFS agents and their distributions houses.[12] Furthermore, he spearheaded CID in targeting different financial institutions, organized crime syndicates, real estate firms, trade-based sectors and even non-profitable organizations on allegations of money laundering.[13] He enhanced and expanded the services of the Cyber Monitoring Cell of CID to combat cyber crime rackets such as fraud apps, Ponzi scheme based e-commerce websites, betting apps etc.[14][15] His led the initiative is the drive against medical examination question paper leakers who had been active in their criminal operation for the last 16 years.[16][17]
Mia was sent into forced retirement after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mohammad Ali Mia, inspector general and head of Tourist Police, inaugurates a dedicated YouTube channel of tourist police named 'Hello Tourists' at a ceremony in the capital on Wednesday". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ a b "Mohammad Ali Mia made CID chief". jagonews24.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ a b c d Ahsan, Zayadul. "Pariahs in police". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ a b "New Ctg traffic system from today". The Daily Star. 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "Protesters set fire to 50 houses in Narsingdi". The Daily Star. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ Palma, Porimol; Shah, Jahangir (2011-08-15). "Tragedies written on the wall". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "19 senior cops transferred". The Daily Star. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "CID gets new head in Mohammad Ali Mia". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ Saad, Muntakim; Khan, Mohammad Jamil (2022-09-09). "Remittance: Tk 25,000cr lost to hundi in last four months". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "CID to launch raids against illegal money changers soon". The Business Standard. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "16 including gang leader arrested for money laundering through MFS". The Business Standard. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "MFS agents use Hundi to bring in Tk 3.0b: CID". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "Real estate firms, trading houses involved in money laundering: CID". New Age. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "CID seeks information on individuals involved with MTFE". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "Around five lakh might be victims: CID". The Daily Star. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "Medical question paper leak: 10 remanded in money laundering case". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "Medical admission: CID arrests 12 over question leak". The Daily Star. 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ Report, Star Digital (2024-08-22). "Three more top police officials sent into forced retirement". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-10-13.