Gazipur Police Commissioner Nazmul Karim removed from duty

The senior officer has been ordered to report to police headquarters after controversy over obstructing public road use

Gazipur Police Commissioner Nazmul Karim Khan has been withdrawn after controversy over closing one lane of a highway while travelling from Dhaka to his workplace.

He was instructed to hand over responsibilities to the next senior officer and report to police headquarters on Tuesday.

The order was issued in a letter signed on Monday by Inspector General of Police Baharul Alam.

An officer confirmed the commissioner’s office had received the directive.

Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) Additional Police Commissioner Md Zahidul Hasan confirmed the development to bdnews24.com, citing the Police Headquarters letter that ordered him to take over as the next senior officer.

Police Headquarters officials said such orders mean the officer is removed or recalled from the assigned workplace.

After being brought back from retirement during the interim government’s tenure and receiving two consecutive promotions, Nazmul was appointed commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police on Nov 11, 2024.

On May 1 this year, he also became president of the Bangladesh Police Service Association.

Although holding the post of Gazipur commissioner, he continued to live in Dhaka. A newspaper recently reported that during his daily commute to Gazipur, a section of the Dhaka–Mymensingh Highway flyover was closed to public use.

This also appeared in a report prepared by Police Headquarters.

The report claimed that on his way to Gazipur, the flyover was made one-way at College Gate in Tongi, while the Dhaka-bound lane was blocked during his return.

Following the report, Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said seven days earlier that Nazmul would be served a show-cause notice over the road closures.

The same report further alleged that DIG Nazmul had been using a car purchased with the personal funds of another officer.

After the news broke, the Anti-Corruption Commission opened an inquiry into his use of the vehicle.

Nazmul, an officer of the 15th BCS batch, was sent into compulsory retirement on Feb 23, 2023 while serving as superintendent of police.

After the interim government took office in September 2024, he was reinstated, promoted twice, and made DIG.

He was first attached to Police Headquarters, then appointed DIG at the Police Staff College in Dhaka, before being made commissioner of the GMP.