Six police officers including former Additional DIG Proloy Kumar Joardar dismissed, one sent into compulsory retirement

Six police officers, including former Additional DIG Proloy Kumar Joardar, have been dismissed from service. At the same time, another police officer named Mohammad Obaidur Rahman has been sent into compulsory retirement.

The punitive action was taken after allegations of misconduct and long absence from the workplace without permission were proved in departmental cases. The order was issued on Thursday (November 12) in seven separate notifications signed by Home Ministry Senior Secretary Manjur Morshed Chowdhury.

The dismissed officers are former Additional DIG Proloy Kumar Joardar, former Deputy Police Commissioner Md Nazmul Islam, Additional Superintendent of Police SM Shamim, Additional Superintendent of Police Rubaiyat Zaman, Assistant Superintendent of Police Md Sarwar Kabir Sohag and Assistant Superintendent of Police Md Arifuzzaman. Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Obaidur Rahman has been sent into compulsory retirement.

A notification said Proloy Kumar Joardar, while serving as Additional DIG (Operations) at Police Headquarters, had been absent from his workplace without permission since 6 August 2024. Although all police and non-police members were directed to join their workplaces by 15 August, he did not join. Later, despite several attempts to contact him, it was not possible to bring him back to his workplace. He was dismissed from service from 6 August 2024, the date of his desertion.

Another notification said former DMP Deputy Police Commissioner Md Nazmul Islam was due to join his workplace on 23 April 2025 after his leave ended, but remained absent. Although a notice was sent asking him to appear at his workplace, he gave no written reply. After the allegation was proved in a departmental case, he was dismissed from service from 18 September 2024.

SM Shamim, Additional Superintendent of Police at the Gaibandha In-Service Training Centre, left his workplace on leave on 12 September 2024. He was due to join on 18 September after the leave ended, but never returned to his workplace. His official and personal mobile phones were found switched off. Although several notices were sent to his permanent address, he did not join. On a desertion allegation, he was dismissed from service from 18 September 2024.

Rubaiyat Zaman, Additional Superintendent of Police at the Sunamganj In-Service Training Centre, became absent from his workplace after finishing official work on 29 January 2025. The next day, he told a police inspector on WhatsApp to take over his duties in his absence. He later also instructed that he be shown as ill. After that, it was not possible to contact him. After the allegation was proved in a departmental case, he was dismissed from service from 30 January 2025.

While serving as an Assistant Superintendent of Police of the CID in Rangpur district, Md Sarwar Kabir Sohag faced an allegation of grave misconduct. A notification said that on 23 August 2021 he went outside his workplace without permission and conducted a raid in the Chirirbandar area of Dinajpur. Taking two police members who were on leave with him, he went to a house and, not finding Lutfar Rahman, picked up his wife Jahura Begum and son Jahangir in a microbus. The allegation said they were later taken around various places, detained in a house, and money was demanded from them by mobile phone.

In that incident, Chirirbandar police arrested him along with his associates. A case was later filed against them at Chirirbandar Police Station. After the allegation was proved in a departmental investigation, Sarwar Kabir Sohag was dismissed from service.

Another notification said former Assistant Superintendent of Police Md Arifuzzaman had been absent from his workplace without permission since 14 October 2024. Although he sent information about receiving treatment at various times citing illness, inconsistencies were found in the necessary documents. Despite several notices, he did not join his workplace. After the allegation was proved in a departmental case, he was dismissed from service from 14 October 2024.

Mohammad Obaidur Rahman, Assistant Superintendent of Police at the Rangpur Range DIG office, has been sent into compulsory retirement from service. He had been absent from his workplace without permission since 29 May 2017. The punishment was given after long absence from the workplace and allegations of misconduct and desertion were proved in a departmental case.

The departmental order said the punitive measures were taken under the relevant rules of the Government Employees (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 2018. The notifications also said the orders would take effect immediately.