Mohammad Javed Patwary


Mohammad Javed Patwary, BPM is a Bangladeshi police officer and a former Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police. Earlier, he served as Additional Inspector General of Police Special Branch.

Early life and education

Patwary was born and grew up in Mandary Village, Sadar upazila, Chandpur district. He completed his SSC and HSC from Baburhat high school and Chandpur Govt. College respectively. He earned his bachelor's and master's in social welfare from the University of Dhaka. He then joined Bangladesh Police as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1986 and awarded first merit position in the 6th Bangladesh Civil Service. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Jahangirnagar University under Public Administration department. His research topic was "Combating Terrorism in Bangladesh: Challenges and Prospects". On 2018 he had been appointed as 28th IGP of Bangladesh police. He retired from police with effect from 15 April, 2020.