The police reform debate seems to be attracting a wider and more serious audience.
Over 80,000 members of the police force, which comprises around 2 lakh personnel, were recruited over the past 15 years based on their political affiliations, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali yesterday.
Militarisation of police force cannot be accepted under any pretext
But without political reforms, any change risks being superficial
Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah, Rajshahi, yesterday discharged 58 more trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) from the 40th outside cadet batch on the grounds of “breaching discipline”.
60 officials of BFIU, Bangladesh Police, NBR, ACC, BSEC and the Department of Narcotics Control will receive the training
The stage was all set. The Bangladesh Police Academy at Sardah was decked up for the year’s highlight. Another batch of assistant superintendents was about to pass out. Many of the guests and dignitaries had already arrived in Rajshahi the evening before. They would watch 62 ASPs — all BCS recruits — march in their passing-out parade.
A total of 252 trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) of the 40th Outside Cadet batch have been dismissed just a month before graduating from the Sarda Police Academy in Rajshahi.
Independent oversight body is needed to investigate such crimes
Kalabagan Krira Chakra Club President Shafiqul Alam Feroz, who was arrested last night from the club on charges of possessing an illegal firearm and drugs, has been placed on 10-day remand.
A suspended official of Uttara East Police Station and a former BGB member are sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for their attempt to loot $ 18,800 dollars (Tk 15 lakh) from the owner of a money exchange company.
An accused in a drug case escaped from police custody in Bogura. Md Saiful Islam alias Sagar, 28, hailing from Sherpur upazila in the district, managed to flee the scene from Bogura Chief Judicial Magistrate courtyard.
A policeman was held allegedly for attempting to snatch Tk 10.5 lakh from a businessman in Dhaka’s Motijheel area yesterday. The detainee is Al Mamun, 38, constable of Bangshal Police Station.
A mother of two in Jashore alleged that a police sub-inspector and his informant raped her on Tuesday night, but police yesterday claimed that she registered a case against four persons, excluding the SI.
An unidentified man hacked an on duty police constable in front of the traffic police office in the city’s Bhatapara area yesterday afternoon.
An unidentified attacker stabs a police constable and snatches away his helmet in Bhatapara area of Rajshahi city this afternoon.
A Bangladeshi police official died of sudden illness when he was on a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali.
Police claim to have arrested 10 people, including a councilor of Narayanganj City Corporation, for their alleged involvement in attacking and vandalizing the car of a ruling-party lawmaker in Naraynganj’s Sidhdhirganj area last night.
A court in Patuakhali has sent two policemen to jail in a case filed for taking over Tk 13 lakh bribe from a person last year.
