Dhaka: In a major reshuffle, the Home Ministry today made changes in some top positions of the police department including the chiefs of the RAB, Special Branch (SB), CID, and Sahrda Police Academy.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, a notification from the home ministry announced that Additional Inspector General of Police (Adi.IGP) from the Police headquarters, Sardar Nurul Amin, has been appointed as the Chief of the Special Branch (SB). Meanwhile, Supernumerary Adi-IGP and Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Chattogram range, Md Ahsan Habib Polash, has been made the Director General (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Adi.IGP of Police headquarters, Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, has been posted to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as its chief. The current chief of CID, Md Sigbat Ullah, has been transferred to the police headquarters as Adi.IGP. Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), Adi-IGP Hasib Aziz, has been posted to the Armed Police Battalions (APBn) as its chief. Additional Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Hassan Md Shawkot Ali, has been made the Commissioner of the CMP.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the SB, Md Moniruzzaman, has been posted to the Chattogram range as its DIG. In another notification, the home ministry posted supernumerary Adi.IGP of the SB, GM Azizur Rahman, as the Principal of the Sharda Police Academy. Additionally, DIG Police headquarters, Md Ashrafur Rahman, has been given the current charge of Adi.IGP at the police headquarters.
The ministry also transferred five Superintendents of Police (SPs) and posted them to new stations. SP of the CID, Md Mortoza Ali Khan, has been posted to Khagrachhari as its SP, while the transfer order of Md Mostak Sarkar, who was earlier posted as SP Khagrachhari, has been canceled. SP Madaripur, Ehtashamul Haque, has been transferred to the CID as its SP, and SP Magura, Md Habibur Rahman, has been posted to Madaripur as its SP. Deputy Commissioner of the DMP, Mollah Azad Hossain, has been made the SP of Magura.
The home ministry has instructed all concerned officials to join their new stations as early as possible.