The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The home ministry has transferred three deputy inspectors general of police (DIG), one police commissioner, one assistant inspector general (AIG), eight deputy police commissioner, five special superintendents of police, and 13 superintendents of police, total 31 police officials in reshuffles of police administration.

The government issued the transfer orders yesterday as part of the ongoing shake-up in the grassroots administration ahead of the general elections slated for December.

Of those transferred, DIG of Highway Police Md Sadiqur Rahman has been made DIG of the Armed Police Battalion (APBN), while DIG of

APBN Nazmul Huq has been transferred to Police Headquarters as a DIG.

DIG of Police Headquarters Moniruzzaman has been made commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) and CMP commissioner Akbar Ali has been appointed commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan police (BMP).

Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of police headquarters Abdul Jalil Mandal has been made additional police commissioner of CMP, and Special Police Super (SS) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Nawsher Ali has been appointed joint police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

The same directive cancelled an April 30 order regarding transfer of Dhaka CID SS Nazmul Karim Khan to Netrokona police.