Former Director of DGFI Lieutenant General (retired) MD Saiful Alam was arrested from his residence on Monday, 13 January 2025, for crimes against humanity, corruption, money laundering and assisting former dictator Sheikh Hasina in laundering money from Bangladesh.
Former Director of DGFI Lieutenant General (retired) MD Saiful Alam was instrumental in colluding with Indian RAW and purchasing Indian TATA HEXA cars and Indian-made MRAP vehicles for the Bangladesh Army.
The Bangladesh Army has forced three of its officials into forced retirement, all of whom previously served as the chief of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI).
According to a notice issued by the defence ministry on 10 September 2024, the officials are Lt Gen Md Saiful Alam, Lt Gen Ahmed Tabrez Shams Chowdhury, and Major Gen Hamidul Haque.
The armed forces also removed its officer, Lt Gen Mujibur Rahman, from his position as the general officer commanding (GOC) of the Army Training and Doctrine Command (ARTDOC), according to another notice issued by the ministry on 11 September.
Of the officials, Lt Gen Saiful received a commission in the army as a cadet of the 14th BMA Long Course from Bangladesh Military Academy. He had previously served as an area commander for the 11th Infantry Division of Bogura Cantonment.
He was appointed as the DG of DGFI on 24 February 2020. Following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led government, he was posted to the foreign ministry on 6 August.
On 3 September, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit froze Alam’s bank accounts, including his family’s, and requested all banks to provide account-related information and documents within five working days.
Lt Gen Ahmed Tabrez Shams Chowdhury was commissioned on 26 June 1987, and Major Gen Hamidul Haque was commissioned on 22 June 1990.
Frozen bank accounts
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has frozen the bank accounts of Saiful Alam, the former director general (DG) of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), his wife, and their children.
BFIU today (3 September) sent instructions to banks and financial institutions regarding this, a senior official of BFIU confirmed to UNB.
The BFIU has asked to suspend their businesses’ bank accounts. All transactions through these accounts have been frozen for the next 30 days. The suspension period will be extended if necessary.
The BFIU directive further stated that banks and financial institutions have been asked to send account-related information or documents, such as account opening forms, KYC and transaction statements, etc., to BFIU within five working days.
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