Major Reshuffle at the Top of the Police: 13 Senior Officers Transferred and Posted
There has been a major reshuffle at the top of the Bangladesh Police. Thirteen senior officers of the BCS (Police) cadre have been transferred and given new postings. The orders, issued in the public interest, will take effect immediately, the notifications said.
The changes were made on Tuesday (3 November) through two separate notifications signed by Touhif Ahmed, deputy secretary of the Police-1 branch of the Public Security Division under the home ministry, by order of the President.
Under the first notification, Additional IGP Md Ahsan Habib Palash has been transferred from the post of director general of the SARB to Police Headquarters. Additional IGP Faruk Ahmed of the Highway Police has been posted in his place as SARB director general.
Additional IGP Md Sayedur Rahman has been transferred from Police Headquarters to the Highway Police. Additional IGP Gazi Jashim Uddin has been moved from the Industrial Police to the Police Telecom organisation at Rajarbag.
Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) Commissioner (DIG) Md Israil Hawlader has been posted as additional IGP of the Industrial Police. Rajshahi Range DIG Md Ashik Sayeed has been made GMP commissioner.
Railway Police DIG Mir Ashraf Ali has been transferred and posted to the Rajshahi Range.
The second notification brought changes at district level as well. Nilphamari Superintendent of Police Md Farhad Hossain Khan has been made a special superintendent of police in the CID. Munshiganj SP Md Menhazul Alam has been transferred as SP of Nilphamari.
Md Badruddoza, serving as deputy director (SP) of the SARB, has been posted as SP of Munshiganj, cancelling his earlier order transferring him as SP of Netrokona.
Jamalpur SP Mst Farhana Yasmin has been made a deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Barguna SP Kudrat-e-Khuda has been posted as SP of Jamalpur, and SARB SP KMA Mamun Khan Chishti as SP of Barguna.
In addition, the transfer order of Md Tariqul Islam to the CID as superintendent of police of Netrokona district, issued under a home ministry memo of 9 September, has been cancelled.
