Colonel Gulzar Uddin Ahmed

Colonel Gulzar Uddin Ahmed was an army officer with an difference. Gulzar was a "legend" in the anti-terrorist and anti-militant drives. His skill, professionalism, knowledge and sincerity were beyond question. His commitment was nonparallel.

Col. Gulzar was the founding director of the intelligence wing of Rab. He had led the operation to arrest militant kingpin Shaikh Abdur Rahman who was later convicted and hanged.In December 2008 , he was deputed to BDR as commander of Sylhet Sector from Rab. On February 25, 2009 at Pilkhana in an independent Bangladesh, Gulzar was killed -- his body found mutilated beyond recognition in a grim discovery that parallels a grisly death fed by deep-seated grudge.

On April 4, 1971, the Pakistan army picked up his father Mr. Ahmed along with around 20-25 officers of the factory along with their families. They were brought to the parliament area in Dhaka. The Pakistani army then separated the men from their families to kill them in a hail of bullets. The Pakistani forces told the families that the men had been kept with the army for questioning and asked them to leave. Anwar Uddin had never come back.