In a major reshuffle in the police department, the government today transferred a total of 39 top police officers -- including nine deputy inspectors general (DIGs) and 23 superintendents of police (SPs).
The home ministry issued separate notifications, signed by its Deputy Secretary Md Tausif Ahmed, in this regard today.
All the transferred officers have been instructed to join their new stations as early as possible, added the notification.
Sylhet range DIG Md Mushfequr Rahman has been transferred to the police headquarters (PHQ) as DIG, while Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Commissioner Md Zillur Rahman was made the Sylhet range DIG.
DIG of Special Branch (SB) Md Fayezul Kabir was transferred to the RMP as its commissioner.
On the other hand, Barishal Metropolitan Police (BMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam was posted to the Tourist Police as its DIG and DIG of PHQ Md Ashik Sayeed was made the BMP commissioner.
Additional Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) SN Md Nazrul Islam has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as its DIG while CID DIG Md Abul Bashar Talukder was made the DMP additional commissioner .
Another Additional Commissioner of the DMP Sana Shaminur Rahman has been posted to the CID as its DIG, and current CID DIG Mohammad Shamsul Haque was made additional commissioner of DMP.
Besides, Dr Shahedul Akbar Khan, a former deputy secretary who returned to the police department, has been made the special superintendent (SS) of SB, while current SP at the 13th Armed Police Battalion (APBn) Dr Eliza Sharmin was posted to the PHQ as its SP Training Reserve (TR).
Deputy Commission (DC) of the DMP Md Maksuder Rahman and APBn SP Kazi Akhtarul Alam have been transferred to the SB as its special SP, and DMP DC Md Morshed Alam and Mohammad Ahaduzzaman Miah have been posted to the Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) as its DC.
Besides, Additional Superintendent of Police of the APBn and newly promoted as supernumerary SP Sajedur Rahman has been posted to the DMP as its additional DC.
Meanwhile, 23 SPs were also transferred.
Panchagarh SP Md Rabiul Islam has been posted to the River Police as its SP, while SP Mizanur Rahman, at the 2nd APBn at Mymensingh's Muktagachha, has been made the Panchagarh SP.
Bandarban SP Md Abdur Rahman was transferred to the Rangpur Metrpolitan Police (RpMP) as its DC while Special SP of SB Md Wahabul Islam Khandker has been made Bandarban SP.
Joypurhat SP Mina Mahmuda was posted to the DMP as its DC while SP Shahnaz Begum, attached to the office of the DIG Dhaka range, has been made Joypurhat SP.
Pabna SP Md Anwar Zahid has been transferred to the SB as its special SP while SB Special SP Md Sufi Ullah has been made Pabna SP.
Nilphamari SP Sheikh Zahidul Islam was transferred to the DMP as its DC, while current Industrial Police SP Md Farhad Hossain Khan was made Nilphamari SP.
Narail SP Mohammad Al-Mamun Sikder was transferred to the Tourist Police as its SP, while DMP DC Mallik Ahsan Uddin Sami was posted to Narail as its SP.
Satkhira SP Md Arefin Jewel has been posted to the APBn as its SP, while Abu Saleh Md Ashraful Alam, SP of Bangladesh Police Academy in Rajshahi's Sharda, has been made Satkhira SP.
Chandpur SP Md Rabiul Hassan was posted to the DMP as its DC, while Jhalakathi SP Md Mizanur Rahman has been made Chandpur SP.
CID Special SP Prottush Kumar Majumdar has been made Jhalakathi SP, while Moulvibazar SP Mohammad Billal Hossain was transferred to the River Police as its SP.
RMP DC Md Riazul Islam has been posted to Moulvibazar as its SP, while Chattogram SP Md Nazir Ahmed Khan has been transferred to the APBn as its SP.
DMP DC Md Masud Alam has been made Chattogram SP, while Feni SP Md Shafiqul Islam has been transferred to the PHQ as its assistant inspector general (AIG).
Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) DC Md Mahbub Alam Khan has been posted as Feni SP.
