A former army officer, Ziaul Ahsan, a 2-Star rank Bangladesh Army officer, who was the director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), has been arrested in connection with a murder case filed at the New Market Police Station in the capital.
The arrest was made on Friday (16 August), according to sources familiar with the matter.
Ziaul Ahsan is currently being held in the custody of the Detective Branch (DB) of the police.
On 6 August, Bangladesh Army made a major reshuffle in its top posts with Major General Ziaul Ahsan, popularly known as Major Zia, being relieved from service and some others being reassigned.
He was replaced as NTMC director general by Major General ASM Ridwanur Rahman.
Major General Ziaul Ahsan has been serving as director general of NTMC since 2022. Prior to that, he was the director of that company.
Ziaul Ahsan became the vice-captain of RAB-2 in 2009 when he was a major.
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed director of the intelligence wing of the RAB headquarters the same year.
