BNP-led government retires 5 additional IGPs

Two had previously been made officers on special duty, while another was attached to Police Headquarters

The Bangladesh government has forced five additional inspectors general of police into retirement.

They have been identified as Abu Hasan Muhammad Tariq, Abdul Alim Mahmud, Masudur Rahman Bhuiyan, River Police’s Kusum Dewan, and Md Tawfique Mahbub Chowdhury, the principal of the Bangladesh Police Academy in Rajshahi’s Sardah.

They were sent into forced retirement by five separate notices issued on Sunday.

Of the five, Tariq and Alim had been made officers on special duty (OSD) and Masudur had been assigned as a training reserve (TR) at Police Headquarters.