title: Askar Ibne Shaikh
text: # Askar Ibne Shaikh
  
  M Obaidullah (known by his pen-name Askar Ibne Shaikh; March 30, 1925 – May 18, 2009) was a Bangladeshi writer and theater activist.
  
  ## Career
  
  Shaikh served as a faculty member of the University of Dhaka at the Department of Statistics.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Bidrohi Padma
  
  ## War Crime
  
  Dr. Obaidullah alias Askar collaborated with Pakistan Army in during the Operation Searchlight to assassinate his colleague and once his teacher Abu Naser M. Moniruzzaman, Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta and Govinda Chandra Dev.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award (2006)
  * Nazrul Padak (2008)
  * Ekushey Padak (1986)
  * Bangla Academy Literary Award (1960)
  