Col Jamil Uddin Ahmad, who was the military secretary to the then president Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been promoted to brigadier general (posthumous).
In the early hours of August 15, 1975, Col Jamil informed Bangabandhu of the attack on him and his family members at Dhanmondi residence over phone, said an Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) release yesterday.
Jamil instantly contacted with various persons for taking necessary steps to save Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members. At about 4:30am, Jamil himself left his place for Dhanmondi residence but he was barred and shot dead at Sobhanbagh, it said.
The government has given the promotion to Jamil recognising his "outstanding sense of duty and appropriate worthiness," said ISPR.