Following publication of several investigative reports detailing militancy connection of Lt Col Mustafizur Rahman, who currently is living in 121-09 85th Avenue Kew Gardens in Queens area in New York City with his wife Nasrin Ahad Chowdhury, son Md Hamza Bin Mustafiz and Khalid Bin Mustafiz; counterterrorism units of the US intelligence agencies reportedly are initiating investigation into Mustafiz.
According to media reports, Lt Col Mustafizur Rahman was maintaining direct connections with several jihadists belonging to Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and also was behind one of the key plotters of Holey Artisan Café terrorist attack in Bangladesh.
Lt Col Mustafizur Rahman’s contacts in AQIS is Tamim Al-Adnani, who is seen as more effective in leadership position for the militancy group in the South Asian region.
Tamim Al-Adnani has been prominent in to inciting and exhorting the Muslim “Ummah” in general and Bengali Muslim youths in particular to accept their “responsibilities” for defending Islam and its Prophet by waging armed jihad under the banner of AQIS.
More about Lt Col Mustafizur Rahman
Lt Col Md Mustafizur Rahman (BA-4051) is a notorious culprit with criminal past and militancy connections, who has been spreading false propaganda against Bangladesh through social media and video-sharing platforms.
Meanwhile, according to credible sources, Lt Col Md Mustafizur Rahman’s father Ali Akbar Talukder had established deeper connections with militants inside prison during his service in Bangladesh prisons. Seeking anonymity, a former colleague of Bangladesh prisons told this correspondent that Ali Akbar Talukder was known as notoriously corrupt and an individual without any morale.
The colleague of Ali Akbar Talukder further said, during his service Talukder was selling drugs inside prisons and was actively collaborating with imprisoned terrorists and top terrorists in collecting extortion money. For this, Ali Akbar Talukder used to get commission from the extortion amount.
It is further learnt, Ali Akbar Talukder was regularly forcing female guards in having sexual relations with him, while he also was having sexual relations with imprisoned young female and sex workers in isolated cell inside prisons.
According to the source, Talukder’s son Md Mustafizur Rahman was also having sexual relations with female prison staffs and guards on a regular basis.
The source said, Ali Akbar Talukder and his family members were known as “anti-Awami League”.
According to information obtained by our reporters, Lt Col Md Mustafizur Rahman, born on September 15, 1969 in Bhorapara village under Kendua upazilla in Netrokona district is a shrewd. His father Ali Akbar Talukdar was known as a notoriously corrupt superintendent of prisons in Bangladesh. With ill-gotten money, Ali Akbar Talukdar built a 5-storied house at Dhaka’s Uttara residential area (House number 109/A, Road number 16, Sector number 14). Current market value of this property is above BDT 60 million.
He also has another house at Dhaka’s Lalmatia area. As this matter of massive corruption came under radar of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Ali Akbar Talukder was summoned by the anti-graft agency for submitting details of his income and wealth. Fearing legal consequences and ending up in jail, instead of appearing before the investigating officers of ACC, Ali Akbar Talukdar secretly fled Bangladesh for the United States. Later he died in the US, and because of his death, ACC’s investigation into his corruption did come to pause.
Md Mustafizur Rahman got commissioned on June 21, 1991 in the Infantry Division by completing Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA)’s 24th Long Course. Although he was known as an officer with average intellect this highly ambitious officer succeeded in getting promoted twice. Onwards he became desperate for a third promotion and adopted “third method” for attaining this goal. As result of his frantic bids and persuasions, Lt Col Md Mustafizur Rahman succeeded in getting promoted from the rank of Major to Lieutenant Colonel. Instead of recovering his professional lacking Mustafizur Rahman then started his fourth bid of another promotion but failed. In 2018 he was sent on retirement which had prompted him in leaving Bangladesh for the United States.
