Mohammad Ali Mia

Mohammad Ali Mia is a Bangladeshi police officer and an Additional Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police. He is the chief of Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Earlier, he was the chief of Tourist Police.[1] He was posted in different posts of Bangladesh Police. Among them, he served as police's special branch (SB) DIG, Additional DIG of Dhaka Range as well as SP of Habiganj and Manikganj districts.[2]

Additional Inspector General of Police
Mohammad Ali Mia
মোহাম্মদ আলী মিয়া
15th Chief Executive of Criminal Investigation Department
Assumed office
29 October 2022
Appointed byMinister of Home Affairs
Preceded by Mahbubur Rahman
Personal details
BornGopalganj, Bangladesh
Alma mater
Police Training
Bangladesh Police Academy
AwardsBangladesh Police Medal (BPM)
Police career
Unit
Allegiance Bangladesh
DepartmentCriminal Investigation Department
Branch Bangladesh Police
Service years1995–present
StatusActive
Rank Addl. IGP
Websitewww.cid.gov.bd

Early life

Mia is from Gopalganj District.[3]

Career

Mia joined Bangladesh Police as an assistant superintendent of police in 15 November 1995. During the 2001 to 2006, Bangladesh Nationalist Party government he was sidelined for being from Gopalganj, the heartland of Awami League.[3] He served in the Criminal Investigation Department as an Additional Superintendent of Police.[3] In 2007, he was stationed in a diplomatic mission of Bangladesh.[3]

In 2008, Mia was the Deputy Commissioner of Traffic of Chittagong Metropolitan Police.[4] He took actions against 1500 illegal tuktuks and praised the media for their reporting that brought attention to the issue.[4] Mia served as the Superintendent of Police of Narsingdi District in 2013.[5]

Mia served as the Superintendent of Police of Manikganj District in 2013.[6]

In 2015, Mia was serving as the Additional DIG of Special Branch when he was transferred to Rajshahi Range Police.[7]

Mia was made the chief of Criminal Investigation Department on 16 August 2022.[8] He had been serving as the head of the Tourist Police after replacing Mahbubur Rahman.[2] As CID chief, he talked about his intention to crack down on Hundi networks due to the volatile situation of the foreign currency exchange market in Bangladesh.[9][10][11]

References
  1. "Mohammad Ali Mia, inspector general and head of Tourist Police, inaugurates a dedicated YouTube channel of tourist police named 'Hello Tourists' at a ceremony in the capital on Wednesday". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  2. "Mohammad Ali Mia made CID chief". jagonews24.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  3. Ahsan, Zayadul. "Pariahs in police". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  4. "New Ctg traffic system from today". The Daily Star. 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  5. "Protesters set fire to 50 houses in Narsingdi". The Daily Star. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  6. Palma, Porimol; Shah, Jahangir (2011-08-15). "Tragedies written on the wall". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  7. "19 senior cops transferred". The Daily Star. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  8. "CID gets new head in Mohammad Ali Mia". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  9. Saad, Muntakim; Khan, Mohammad Jamil (2022-09-09). "Remittance: Tk 25,000cr lost to hundi in last four months". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  10. "CID to launch raids against illegal money changers soon". The Business Standard. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  11. "16 including gang leader arrested for money laundering through MFS". The Business Standard. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
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