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Published : 11 Dec 2025, 06:21 PM
Police headquarters have been besieged by the Shaheed Pintu Smriti Sangsad, demanding the resignation of Inspector General of Police Baharul Alam.
The organisation’s rally towards the Police Headquarters was blocked near Government Employees Hospital at 4pm on Thursday.
“They stayed for half an hour. We convinced them, and they left without any conflict,” said Masud Alam, deputy commissioner of Ramna Division.
The Pintu Smriti Sangsad was formed in memory of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu, who was arrested after the BDR mutiny and died in prison.
Pintu had been “framed” in the BDR massacre and “killed” in prison, alleged Pintu Smriti Sangsad.
Earlier, the group blocked the Shahbagh intersection for two hours on Tuesday with the same demand.
“If he does not resign, he should be removed,” said Rafique Ahmed Dollar, president of Pintu Smriti Sangsad.
The organisation has been demanding Baharul’s removal, arrest and trial ever since the police chief’s name appeared in the findings of the probe committee formed to investigate the BDR massacre. They also submitted a memorandum to the home ministry.
A total of 74 people, including 57 Army officers, were killed during the BDR massacre on Feb 25 and 26 in 2009.
Baharul was heading the Special Branch of police at the time of the massacre. He is an officer of the 1984 batch of the BCS Police Cadre.
A decade and a half after the killings, demands for a reinvestigation of the incident emerged following the fall of the Awami League government and the formation of an interim government. An investigation commission was formed on Dec 24 last year.
The commission submitted its report to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on Nov 30. Baharul’s name appeared in the report for his “failure to perform duties.”
