Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque

He was born in the village of Mostafapur, Moulvibazar District, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. His father Syed Zillul Haque is a businessman. He is a practicing Muslim. He became more fundamentalist after the death of his wife from Cancer.[4]

He joined the Bangladesh Army through the 41st long course of the Bangladesh Military Academy. He studied in the Military Institute of Science and Technology. He is described as being "intelligent" and "skilled in IT". He played a key role in the organization of the 2011 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt. He contacted army officers in different cantonments asking them to take part in the coup to establish Islamic law in the country.[4] The coup was aided by the branch of pan-Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh branch. He started in the engineers corp and has been trained in special operations.[5] He ran after the coup attempt failed. He joined Ansarullah Bangla Team and quickly rose through their ranks.[2] Jamaat’ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh and Ansarullah Bangla Team at a meeting inside the Kashimpur high security jail and agreed to work together. Jamaat’ul-Mujahideen wanted Major Zia to help them with their bomb making skills.[6] In 2016 the government of Bangladesh announced a 4 million Taka bounty on him.[7]