Faizur Rahman Ahmed joined as a Sub-Divisional Police Officer in Pirojpur. He experienced the disdain of the rulers of West Pakistan after the 1970 Bhola cyclone that affected his area too. Later when the Pakistan Army cracked down on Bangladeshis in Dhaka on March 25 he decided to join the Bangladesh Liberation War. On March 27, when he heard the declaration of independence by Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman he distributed around 200 rifles from the armory of Police to the common people as a preparation for the Bangladesh Liberation War.