Rebuttal: Why Disbanding the DGFI Would Endanger Bangladesh’s Security

Reading Time: 4 minutes This rebuttal is made in response to a recent statement circulated on social media on 8 October 2025, which claimed that “In Bangladesh, the DGFI clearly operates as an arm of the Indian deep state — a proven fact. It is time to dissolve this agency and establish a new intelligence organisation modelled after the KGB or Mossad — one that truly believes in the ‘Bangladesh First’ policy and works solely for the people and sovereignty of the nation,”. The statement, while emotive and provocative, simplifies a complex institutional and geopolitical reality. It reflects frustration with Bangladesh’s intelligence community but misdiagnoses the problem and proposes a remedy that would gravely endanger national security. The DGFI, like any intelligence organisation in a developing democracy, requires reform, modernisation, and improved oversight. However, to accuse it of acting as an “arm of a foreign state” without verifiable evidence, and