Ahmed Sharful Hossain, also known as Shariful Islam, (born 19 January 1943) is a Bangladesh Army officer and a fugitive involved in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 1975, and the related Jail Killing incident in November 1975.

[1][2] Some mid-ranking officers in the Bangladesh Army launched a coup d'état on 15 August 1975 that resulted in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the president of Bangladesh, and the formation of a government led by Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad.

He was part of the unofficial command council formed at the Gonobhaban (then the president's office) that ruled the country after the coup.

[7] Hossain was an accused in the Jail Killing case filed on 4 November 1975 by Kazi Abdul Awal, the deputy inspector general of Prisons.

In October 2004 Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge's court sentenced Hossain and 11 others to life imprisonment and 3 others to death.