Former Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Mainul Islam has been detained by immigration police.
He was detained on Tuesday evening (December 24) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while attempting to leave for Canada with his wife.
On February 25, 2009, following the BDR mutiny and the brutal massacre at Pilkhana that claimed the lives of 57 army officers and 74 people in total, Mainul Islam was appointed as the Director General of the force within 48 hours of that time.