Mohammad Jahangir Alam

Mohammad Jahangir Alam
Mohammad Jahangir Alam
	Jahangir while serving in RAB
Born	19 October 1973; Dinajpur, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Army
Service years	1993 - Present
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Commands	Commander of 309th Infantry Brigade; Commander of President Guard Regiment; Commander of 203rd Infantry Brigade; Commander of 38th East Bengal Regiment; Additional Director General (Operation) of Rapid Action Battalion;
Conflicts	UNIKOM
	Police career
Unit	Rapid Action Battalion
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Police
Service years	2018–2019
Rank	Additional Director General
Awards	BPM (bar)

Mohammad Jahangir Alam is a one star officer of Bangladesh Army and former commander of the President Guard Regiment. Alam served in the Rapid Action Battalion and became one of seven officers of the force to be sanctioned by the United States for violation of human rights for his involvement in Extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh. Alam is also one of the officers detained by the Bangladesh Army because of crimes against humanity by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh after the July Revolution and is currently in custody pending legal proceedings.