The Bangladesh police administration underwent a major reshuffle on Tuesday, with 39 high and mid-level officials transferred and posted to new stations, and two senior Rangpur police officials forced to retire reportedly in connection with the murder of Abu Sayeed.
Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayeed was shot dead by police during聽 protests for government job quota reforms on July 16.
Separate notifications issued by public security division of home ministry, signed by deputy secretary Md Mahabubur Rahman Sheikh, disclosed the reshuffle and the retirement.
The retired officers are Rangpur Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Moniruzzaman and deputy inspector general of Rangpur range Md Abdul Baten.
According to a notification, both Md Moniruzzaman and Md Abdul Baten were forced to retire in the public interest as per the provisions of section 45 of the Public Service Act 2018.
According to another notification, additional inspector general Md Tawfique Mahbub Chowdhury of police department was transferred to police bureau of investigation, and AIG Mohammad Ali Mia of Criminal Investigation Department was transferred to police department in Dhaka.
Additional deputy inspector general of police Md Anwar Hossain was transferred to Armed Police Battalion and specialized training centre, Khagracchari; ADIG AFM Anjuman Kalam was transferred to CID; ADIG Md Kamrul Ahsan was sent to police department; ADIG Shahzada Md Asaduzzaman of range reserve force Chattogram was transferred to police department of Dhaka; APBn Khulna ADIG Md Masud Karim was transferred to Dhaka Metropolitan Police as joint commissioner, Sylhet APBn ADIG Md Faridul Islam and Sylhet Range ADIG Syed Harun-ar Rashid were sent to DMP as joint commissioner; and DIG Hasan Mohammad Showkat Ali of Barishal Metropolitan Police was appointed as the DMP joint commissioner.