Mainul Islam appointed new police chief, Chowdhury Al-Mamun is sacked

The government has sacked IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun

A new police chief has been named after the government fired Sheikh Hasina-appointed IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun late Tuesday night.

Md Mainul Islam, commandant of Traffic and Driving School, will take over as the new Inspector General of Police, or IGP, the public administration ministry announced on Tuesday.

The sacked IGP was on contract, which the authorities cancelled through a notification, after reaching the age of retirement roughly two years ago. A second extension to his job as police chief came recently on Jul 5.

Mamun’s removal came in the wake of a complete breakdown of law and order across Bangladesh.

Mainul, 58, began his police career in Jan 1991 and has also served in police’s elite force, Rapid Action Battalion.

The new head of police was what is known as a supernumerary additional inspector general and has less than a year in the job if he retires at age 59.

With his promotion to the top job, the driving school chief bypasses many other additional IGPs holding key positions in the force but is surely senior to most of them in the civil service cadre.