He was the senior most official of Bangladesh Army executed for the assassination of Ziaur Rahman.

[2] Ahmed was born on 24 December 1939 in Sreenagar Upazila, Bikrampur District, East Bengal, British India.

[3] On 26 March 1971, Ahmed the Adjutant of the East Bengal Center in Chittagong District when Operation Searchlight was launched by Pakistan Army.

[4] He fought a number of skirmishes during the war most notably at Tengratila in Sunamganj District.

[3][5] He was arrested on 2 June, tried in a court martial by Major General Abdur Rahman, and executed on 23 September 1981 in Rajshahi Jail.