SP Jahangir Alam Arrested in Chattogram in Sedition Case, Phone Messages Spoke of 'Rehabilitation by December'
Police have arrested Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Chattogram Range Reserve Force (RRF), in a case filed on allegations of sedition. He was arrested on Saturday (14 November) night from the Police Officers' Mess in the city.
Chattogram Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Md Abdul Quddus Chowdhury said two serious messages were found on SP Jahangir Alam's mobile phone.
According to the DIG, the messages said that 'the previous government (the activities-banned Awami League) will be rehabilitated by December'. In his briefing, the DIG also raised the line 'everyone will take to the field risking their lives' in connection with the messages found on the phone.
The arrested officer, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, was serving as Superintendent of Police of the Chattogram Range Reserve Force (RRF). Police arrested him from the city's Police Officers' Mess on Saturday night.
The case against him was filed on allegations of sedition. Sedition refers to criminal activities against the sovereignty, security and constitutional order of the state.
According to DIG Md Abdul Quddus Chowdhury's briefing, the two messages found on SP Jahangir's phone are at the centre of this case — in which the rehabilitation of the activities-banned Awami League by December was mentioned.
The filing of a sedition case against a serving superintendent of police and his arrest has become the centre of discussion in the Chattogram Range police administration.
