Ex-BGB DG held at airport

Staff Reporter :

Former Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Mainul Islam, has been detained along with his wife by immigration police at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while attempting to travel abroad.

The police detained them on Tuesday afternoon as they were leaving for the United States.
An official from the Immigration Police confirmed the matter to the media.

Mainul served as director general of then-BDR from February 28, 2009, to May 9, 2010.
He assumed the position after Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed, who was killed during the 2009 BDR mutiny.

Currently, he holds the position of vice president of the Bangladesh Olympic Association.
Notably, Mainul is the brother of former Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam.