Police Headquarters Seeks Case and Discipline Records of 357 Officers from 30th and 31st BCS by 3 November

Police Headquarters has sought information on criminal cases and departmental discipline against 357 officers of the 30th and 31st batches of the BCS police cadre. Letters have been sent to police units across the country directing them to send the necessary information by 3 November.

The directive was given in a letter sent on Sunday (1 November) from the Crime Analysis branch of Police Headquarters. Of the officers whose information was sought, 179 are from the 30th BCS and 178 from the 31st BCS.

The letter asks whether there is any criminal case against the officers concerned and, if so, the latest status and updated information on the case. The information must be sent within the stipulated time in both hard copy and soft copy.

The letter, signed by AIG (Crime Analysis) Mohammad Saifullah, was sent to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner, the Additional IG of Railway Police, DIGs of various ranges and metropolitan police commissioners.

Earlier, on Thursday (29 October), the Personnel Management-1 branch of Police Headquarters had also directed that departmental discipline and criminal case information on the officers concerned be sent urgently. In continuation of that, the Crime Analysis branch has sought the information again from various units.

All 357 officers on the list hold the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police and Additional Deputy Police Commissioner. They are serving in various police units including Police Headquarters, DMP, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), the Armed Police Battalion (APBN), various ranges and district police, Highway Police, Industrial Police and In-Service Training Centres.

On the matter, AIG Kamarum Munira of the Media and Public Relations department of Police Headquarters said: 'This letter has been given as routine work; there is nothing else to it.'