Three more officers of the rank of Additional Inspector General of Police (Additional IG) have been sent on retirement. This brings the total number of Additional IGs of Police sent on compulsory retirement since the fall of the Awami League government on August 5.
The Home Ministry on Wednesday announced the retirement of three senior police officers in three separate notifications. They are Police Staff College Rector Mallick Fakhrul Islam, Police Telecom Chief YM Belalur Rahman, and Police Headquarters Additional IG Selim Md. Jahangir.
These notifications were signed by Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Nasimul Gani on the orders of the President. It said that they have been retired from government service in public interest as per the provisions of Section 45 of the Government Services Act, 2018 (Act No. 57 of 2018). They will be entitled to retirement benefits in public interest as per the rules. This order issued in public interest will come into effect immediately.
Earlier, on December 2, the government sent 9 police officers on compulsory retirement. They are CID Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Selim Hossain, Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) Assistant Police Commissioner M R Shawkat Anwar Islam, RAB Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Nasir Uddin Bhuiyan, Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Mizanur Rahman and Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Jamal Uddin, APBN Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Matiur Rahman and Assistant Superintendent of Police Jobairul Haque, SAF Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Enayet Hossain and Industrial Area Police Assistant Superintendent of Police (under transfer order to RAB) Md. Mosharraf Hossain.
Earlier, on October 8, former Director General of RAB and Additional IG of Police Headquarters Md. Harun Or Rashid, Additional IG of Highway Police Shahabuddin Khan, and former Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) (currently working in Tourist Police) Supernumerary Additional IG Khandaker Mohid Uddin were sent on compulsory retirement.
On September 22, Additional Inspector General of Police (Additional IG) Devdas Bhattacharya working in the Railway Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of the Integrated Industrial Area Police in Dhaka AKM Hafiz Akhter, who was promoted as a supernumerary Additional IG, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Police Telecom in Dhaka Bashir Ahmed, Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman, who was ordered to be integrated in Dhaka, Assistant Superintendent of Police Rafiqul Islam working in the APBN headquarters, and Assistant Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Dadan Fakir were sent to retirement.
Earlier, on September 2, Additional Inspector General of Police Headquarters Khandaker Lutful Kabir, Additional Inspector General of Tourist Police Mir Rezaul Alam, Additional Deputy Inspector General of Noakhali Police Training Center Chowdhury Manjurul Kabir, and Deputy Inspector General of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) (currently in charge) Imam Hossain were sent on compulsory retirement.
On August 27, Additional Inspector General of Police Headquarters Krishnapada Roy, Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Commissioner (Deputy Inspector General rank) Md. Mozammel Haque and KMP Additional Commissioner (Additional Deputy Inspector General) Sardar Rakibul Islam were sent on compulsory retirement. On August 22, Additional Inspector General of Police Mohammad Ali Mia, Additional Inspector General of Industrial Area Police Md. Mahabubar Rahman and Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Headquarters Joydev Kumar Bhadra were sent on retirement. It is worth noting that Mohammad Ali Mia was attached to Police Headquarters from CID on August 13.
On August 21, Additional Inspector General of Police Md. Atiqul Islam, Deputy Inspector General of Headquarters (Additional Inspector General-Supernumerary) Md. Anwar Hossain, and Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md. Asaduzzaman (of the rank of Deputy Inspector General) were sent on retirement.
Earlier, on August 13, Additional Inspector General of Police (SB-Special Branch) Monirul Islam and DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman were sent on compulsory retirement. On the same day, Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md. Moniruzzaman and Rangpur Range Deputy Inspector General of Police Md. Abdul Baten were sent on compulsory retirement.