Monirul Islam (police officer)

Islam is associated with number of service/alumni associations and non-profit advisory groups: he served, successfully, twice as the General Secretary of Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA), as Vice-President of Bangladesh Police Service Association for consecutive three years, as President of 15th BCS Forum for last three years, as Vice- President of Bangladesh Society of Criminology (BSC), as President of Dhaka University Criminology Alumni Association, as Advisor (honorary) of Bangladesh Peace Observatory (a think-tank group under Centre for Genocide Studies of University of Dhaka) and as Advisor (honorary) of Center for Social Advocacy & Research Foundation (a think-tank in Bangladesh, specialized in research and security threat analysis). Islam promoted to additional inspector general of police (IGP) of grade-2 on January, 2022.

The position of Chief (Joint Commissioner, carrying the rank of Additional Deputy Inspector General) of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and the official Spokesperson of this unit earned him much publicity, albeit, he came into wide attention as the point-man of the nation’s counter terrorism offensive following Holey Artisan Bakery mayhem on July 1, 2016 (the grisly killing by violent extremists of twenty-two lives: nineteen foreigners, three natives and two higher rank Police personnel) as the Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) that he pioneered, and is at the helm till date, and that, subsequently, spotted and cracked a number of terror-dens as well as curbed down the soaring extremist graph by neutralizing a good many violent-operators.

During the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule, Islam was denied promotions and career advancements due to him being from Gopalganj District. In 2001, he was serving in the Chittagong Metropolitan Police. He was posted to Jhenaidah District, Barisal District and Traffic Training School. After the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government was replaced by a neutral caretaker government he was made Superintendent of Police of Bandarban District.

Islam joined Bangladesh Police as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) holding first place in the order of merit in the Police batch through 15th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Exams in 1995. From then on, he held diverse offices ranging from field level law enforcer in District/Metropolitan police to counter-terrorism boss, with positions like law enforcement instructor, intelligence officer and supervisor of investigations in Bangladesh Police Academy, Special Branch and Detective Branch in between. However, he secured independent command as Superintendents of Police (SP) in two districts, too. He served as Deputy Commissioner and, on promotion, as Joint Commissioner of the Detective Branch were, in both capacities, he was the official spokesman, a prestigious internal appointment, of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Md. Monirul Islam (born 15 June 1970) is an Additional Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police and head of the Special Branch.