A. B. S. Safdar

Safdar was born in 1925 in Mymensingh District, East Bengal, British India.^[1]

Safdar joined the intelligence wing of Pakistan Police in 1950.^[1] In 1959, he became the assistant director of the Intelligence Bureau of Pakistan Police.^[1] He received a promotion in 1965 to the post of Deputy Director General of Intelligence Bureau and was in charge of the Bureau in East Pakistan.^[1]

During the Bangladesh Liberation war, Safder travelled to the United States under USAID's Office of Public Safety to train at the International Police Academy.^[1] Near the end of the war, he and fellow trainee, Abdur Rahim, returned to East Pakistan and joined the Pakistan security establishment.^[2] Safdar did counter insurgency and Rahim was placed in the Razakar unit.^[2]

After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Safder was appointed the Director General of National Security Intelligence.^[2] He met Mahbub Alam Chashi and Taheruddin Thakur before the coup and found prominent roles in the new administration.^[3]