The government has sent 17 senior officials of the Bangladesh Police into compulsory retirement.
They include 16 deputy inspectors general and one additional deputy inspector general.
These officials, belonging to the BCS (Police) cadre, were retired from government service under Section 45 of the Government Service Act, 2018, according to a gazette notification issued on Sunday.
The notification, signed by Senior Secretary Manzur Morshed Chowdhury of the Ministry of Home Affairs, was issued under the president’s order.
Those who were given retirement are — DIG of the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) Mofiz Uddin Ahmed, DIG Highway Police Imtiaz Ahmed, DIG Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Md Habibur Rahman, DIG attached with police headquarters Saleh Mohammad Tanvir, DIG and Director (current) of the National Security Intelligence (NSI)Md Harun-or-Rashid, DIG Police Staff College SM Akhteruzzaman, DIG and Commandant (current) Police Training Centre (PTC) Noakhali Md Haidar Ali Khan, DIG and Commandant (current) PTC, Khulna, Md Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan, DIG Tourist Police Md Ruhul Amin, DIG Highway Police Md Rafiqul Hassan Gani, DIG River Police Md Mizanur Rahman, Commissioner (DIG) Rangpur Metropolitan Police Md Mazid Ali, DIG Police Headquarters Kazi Zia Uddin, DIG Railway Police Md Golam Raufe Khan, Commandant (DIG) PTC Rangpur Sheikh Mohammad Rezaul Haidar, DIG Highway Police Rakhfar Sultana and Additional DIG of Railway Police Farhat Ahmed.
The officers will be entitled to all retirement benefits as per the rules, read the notification.
This order was issued in the public interest and would take immediate effect.
On 22 April, the government also sent 13 senior police officials into compulsory retirement.
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