Khandaker Abdur Rashid is a Bangladeshi fugitive and former officer of the Bangladesh Army who was a key organizer of the 15 August 1975 coup d'état.

[1][2] Khandaker Abdur Rashid was born on 21 July 1946 in Comilla of then Bengal Province, British India.

Despite having a similarity in family name, the only relation between Abdur Rashid and Khandaker Moshtaque Ahmed was their common birth district.

He was part of the team that raided the armory of the 2nd Field Artillery on 11:30 pm August 15 to use the weapons in the coup.

[7] In 2016, the government of Bangladesh passed a law that allowed for the seizure of the properties of those convicted in the killing of Sheikh Mujib.