Harun-Ur-Rashid has been appointed as the superintendent of police in Narayanganj less than a month before the general elections.

It comes following BNP’s complaint against immediate past superintendent Anisur Rahman on grounds that his wife, Fatema Tuzzahura, is a lawmaker at the parliament from reserved seat.

Election Commission, earlier today, approved the appointment of Harun, a deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, in Narayanganj district. The home ministry made the appointment this evening, hours after the clearance.

Anisur Rahman has been attached with the Police Headquarters as Assistant Inspector General (AIG). Barishal Range Additional DIG Azad Mia was transferred to Gazipur Metropolitan Police.

SP Harun made the headlines a few years back for beating up BNP's former chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque during a demonstration in front of the parliament building.

On the appointment of Harun, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul, at a press conference on Friday, termed the situation as “out of the frying pan into the fire”.

For his controversial play, the BNP had also lodged a complaint against Harun when he had been working in Gazipur during union council elections in 2016. 

The government then withdrew him for a period of time for the sake of fair election.