Addl IGP Rowshan killed in Congo road accident

Staff Correspondent: Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh police Rowshan Ara Begum was killed in a road accident in Congo on Sunday at 6:30 pm (Congo local time).

Assistant Inspector General (AIG-Media and PR) Sohel Rana of Police Headquarters confirmed this.

The additional IGP was on her way to attend a Medal Parade of the BANFPU, when her vehicle collided with a civil truck and killed Rowshan Ara on spot.
The driver and two other passengers, which included Superintendent of Police (SP) Farzana, were injured in the accident.

She was working in peacekeeping missions there.

Rowshan began her professional police career in February, 1988 and served in a variety of high-profile positions including Assistant Police Commissioner of the Accounts Section, Reserve Office, Traffic Division and Training Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police - the largest police unit of Bangladesh Police.

She was the first woman police officer in the Bangladesh Police given the responsibility of a Superintendent of Police (SP) at the district level.

She successfully performed her duty as the SP of Munshiganj district from 1998 to 2000. She later served in different units as Deputy Commissioner, Additional Commissioner and Acting Commissioner of Police.

She was twice awarded with the “Inspector General Good Services Badge” for playing an important role in controlling terrorist activities, arresting terrorists, and recovering illegal drugs, arms, and ammunitions.

She was awarded the Anannya award in 1999 given to an outstanding woman in Bangladesh from the national magazine, Anannya.

She served as a Crime Analysis Officer in a UN Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo, and as Chief-of-Staff, UNMIS-UNPOL Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan. At the same time she served as ex-officio President of Women’s Network for UNMIS-UNPOL with a membership from 42 countries.


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