Former director general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Lt Gen (Retd) Mainul Islam has been detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while leaving the country for Canada along with wife.
He was detained by the immigration police at the airport on Tuesday (December 24) evening.
It may be mentioned that 74 people including 57 army officials were brutally killed at Pilkahana in Dhaka during the BDR (new name BGB) mutiny on February 25, 2009. Just 48 hours after the mutiny, the then government of Sheikh Hasina appointed Lt Gen (Retd) Mainul Islam as the director general of the BGB. He served as the BDR DG from February 28, 2009 to May 9, 2010.
After Mainul Islam took over the charge of the DG, the uniform of the BGB was changed and an intelligence unit was added to the force. Then he was promoted to the post of Lieutenant General and made General Staff at the Army Headquarters.
In July of 2015, Mainul Islam made Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division. In February of the following year, he went on retirement from the Army. He also served as the chief trainer at the Bangladesh Armed Forces War Courses (AFWC) before joining as the DG of BGB.
It may be mentioned that Mainul Islam is a brother of former mayor of the Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam.
