Exercising powers under Section 45 of the Public Service Act, 2018, the government has sent 17 senior officers of the BCS (Police) cadre into compulsory retirement. The decision was announced in separate notifications issued on Thursday (July 23) by Police Branch-1 under the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The notifications specified that the order, issued in the public interest, takes immediate effect. The retired officers will be entitled to all retirement and post-pension benefits as per statutory rules.
List of Retired Officials
The list of officers sent into compulsory retirement includes 17 high-ranking officials holding ranks of Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Additional Deputy Inspector General (Addl. DIG), and Superintendent of Police (SP).
They are:
Deputy Inspectors General (DIG): Highway Police DIG Mohammad Abdullahil Baqui, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) DIG Sana Shaminur Rahman, and Bangladesh Police Academy DIG Md. Walid Hossain.
Additional Deputy Inspectors General (Addl. DIG): CID Addl. DIG Mohammad Sarwar Hossain, Tourist Police Addl. DIG Bidhan Tripura, Police Staff College Addl. DIG Dr. A.K.M. Iqbal Hossain, Armed Police Battalion (APBN) Addl. DIG Sahely Ferdous, CID Addl. DIG Rebeka Sultana, Bangladesh Police Academy Addl. DIG Mohammad Tabarak Ulla, Police Telecom Addl. DIG Hasina Rahman, Police Headquarters Addl. DIG Faysal Mahmud and Kaniz Fatema, Tourist Police Addl. DIG Sultana Nazma Hossain, River Police Addl. DIG Jasmine Begum, and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint Police Commissioner (Addl. DIG) Farida Yasmin.
Other Senior Officials: Rangpur Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md. Habibur Rahman and Traffic & Driving School (Dhaka) Superintendent of Police (SP) Abdur Rahim Shah Chowdhury.
