4 police officers suspended
The government has temporarily suspended four police officers, including a former deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Jasim Uddin Mollah, in connection with a case under the International Crimes Tribunal.
The three others suspended are former additional deputy commissioner (Gulshan Division) Md Rafiqul Islam, former assistant commissioner (Traffic-Jatrabari zone) Tanjil Ahmed and assistant police super (APBn, Uttara) Md Rafiqul Islam.
In this regard, the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued four separate notifications signed by Senior Secretary Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen recently.
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According to the notifications, they were suspended temporarily from government service in the public interest as per the provision of 39 (2) under the section 57 of the Public Service Act, 2018.
It said Jasim Uddin Mollah was arrested on 30 October from Rangpur as the ICT accused him of the case on 27 October.
Md Rafiqul Islam, Tanjil Ahmed and Md Rafiqul Islam were arrested under separate cases of the penal code.
