Abdul Majed, Maj. Syed Faruque Rahman, Maj. Khandaker Abdur Rashid and Maj. Shariful Haque Dalim.

With the coup, Mosharraf promoted himself to the rank of major general and the post of Chief of Army Staff after placing Maj. Gen. Ziaur Rahman under house arrest while the mid-ranking officers went on exile, as was agreed upon between the belligerents.

The coup lasted 3 days, after which Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem was installed as president while Mosharraf served as the Chief Martial Law Administrator.

Following the deadly famine of 1974 he formed a special security force, the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini, and created a one-party state, BAKSAL under Second Revolution programme.

They were worried about army discipline with "junior mutinous officers" Abdul Majed, Syed Faruque Rahman, Khandaker Abdur Rashid and Shariful Haque Dalim "issuing orders from the presidential palace".

[6][7] As it appeared a military confrontation was imminent, AVM Muhammad Ghulam Tawab, the Chief of the Air Staff, was able convince the rebels to negotiate their way out of power.

[6] Khaled Mosharraf ordered the arrests of KM Obaidur Rahman, Nurul Islam Manzur, Shah Moazzam Hossain, and Taheruddin Thakur, who were Awami League politicians who had aligned themselves with Mostaq Ahmad.

Gen. Khaled Mosharraf was killed in a counter-coup resulting from Sipahi-Janata Revolution led by Col. Abu Taher with the support of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.