The government has sent 17 senior police officials into compulsory retirement.

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News Desk: The government has sent 17 senior officials of the BCS (Police) cadre serving in Bangladesh Police into compulsory retirement. Among them, 16 are of the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and one is of the rank of Additional DIG.

The order was issued on Sunday (May 3) through a notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs. The notification was signed, by order of the President, by the ministry’s Senior Secretary, Monjur Morshed Chowdhury.

According to the notification, these officials have been retired in the public interest under Section 45 of the Government Service Act, 2018. They will receive all retirement benefits in accordance with the rules.

Those sent into retirement include: DIG of the Anti-Terrorism Unit Mofiz Uddin Ahmed, DIG of Highway Police Imtiaz Ahmed, DIG of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Md. Habibur Rahman, DIG (TR) of Police Headquarters Saleh Mohammad Tanvir, Director of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Md. Harun-or-Rashid, and DIG of Dhaka Police Staff College S.M. Aktaruzzaman.

Also included are: Commandant of Noakhali PTC Md. Haidar Ali Khan, Commandant of Khulna PTC Md. Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan, DIG of Tourist Police Md. Ruhul Amin, DIG of Highway Police Md. Rafiqul Hasan Gani, DIG of Naval Police Md. Mizanur Rahman, and Commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police Md. Majid Ali.

Additionally, DIG of Police Headquarters Kazi Zia Uddin, DIG of Railway Police Md. Golam Rauf Khan, Commandant of Rangpur PTC Sheikh Mohammad Rezaul Haider, and DIG of Highway Police Rokhfar Sultana Khanam have also been retired.

Under the same order, Superintendent of Police (Supernumerary Additional DIG) of Railway Police Farhat Ahmed has also been sent into retirement.

The notification states that this order, issued in the public interest, takes immediate effect.