Hasib Aziz
Bangladeshi police officer
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Hasib Aziz, also spelled Haseeb Aziz, is the commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police of Chittagong, the second largest city of Bangladesh.[1][2][3] He is the former head of the Interpol desk in Bangladesh.[4]
- M. Azizul Haq (father)
Hasib Aziz | |
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হাসিব আজিজ | |
| 33th Police Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police | |
| Assumed office 3 September 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Preceded by | Saiful Islam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 December 1971 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Abdur Rahman Bakaul (grandfather) Abdul Aziz Munshi (Great Grandfather) |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Chief of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) |
| Police career | |
| Unit | |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Branch |  Bangladesh Police |
| Service years | 1995—present |
| Status | Active |
| Rank |  Additional IGP |
| Website | cmp |
Early life
Aziz was born on 30 December 1971 in Sakhipur Union, Debhata Upazila, Shariatpur District, Bangladesh.[5][6] His father, M Azizul Haque, was a former inspector general of Bangladesh Police and advisor in the Iajuddin Ahmed ministry.[5]
Career
Aziz joined Bangladesh Police from the 15th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service on 15 November 1995.[5][6]
He served as SDPO Bagerhat, DySP in CID, DySP in Railway Police and Addl. SP APBN - 9 until 2001. In 2002 he was appointed Addl. SP (HQ), Jhenaidah. In 2004 he was appointed as DCP (Headquarter) in CMP. Aziz led a police team to Chittagong University in 2004 following a bomb threat. In 2006 he was appointed as SP Feni.[7]
In 2008, Aziz was the assistant inspector general of police in charge of Interpol in Dhaka.[8] He sought information from Hong Kong police on wealth of M Morshed Khan, former Foreign Minister, in the city state.[8]
Aziz was appointed commandant (Additional Deputy inspector general) Police Training Centre, Tangail in March 2015.[9] He was serving in Police Telecom.[10] He was transferred to Armed Police Battalion headquarters in May.[11] He led an investigation into a knife attack at Dhaka Airport in 2016.[12] He served at the CID's Detective Training School as additional deputy inspector general.[5]
In September 2024, Aziz was appointed commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[13][14] He replaced Commissioner Saiful Islam while Ahsan Habib Palash was appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Chattogram Range.[13] He was appointed with six other metropolitan commissioners around Bangladesh.[15] Aziz launched block raids to deal with increased crime in Chittagong.[1] He oversaw the detention of Helal Uddin Ahmed, former secretary of Bangladesh Election Commission.[16]