Hasib Aziz

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]

Additional IGP Commissioner of Police Hasib Aziz
হাসিব আজিজ
33th Police Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 September 2024
Appointed by	Minister of Home Affairs
Preceded by	Saiful Islam
Personal details
Born	(1971-12-30) 30 December 1971 (age 53) Shariatpur, Bangladesh
Parent	M. Azizul Haq (father)
Relatives	Abdur Rahman Bakaul (grandfather)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka Bangladesh Police Academy
Known for	Chief of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP)
Police career
Unit	Chattogram Metropolitan Police Armed Police Battalion
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Police
Service years	1995—present
Status	Active
Rank	Additional IGP
Website	cmp.gov.bd

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]

Aziz led a police team to Chittagong University in 2004 following a bomb threat.^[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]