DHAKA, May 8, 2025 (BSS) - The Police Headquarters (PHQ) in a statement today said that four police officers were punished and a three-member probe committee was formed over former President M Abdul Hamid's departure from the country through the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka.

Of the police officers, police super of Kishoreganj Mohammad Hasan Chowdhury and an additional superintendent of immigration police Tahsina Arif were withdrawn. ASI Azharul Islam, investigation officer in a July uprising case filed against Abdul Hamid and others and ATSI Md Solaiman of Special Branch (SB) of police were suspended, it said.

The statement said the police officers were punished for their negligence in duties which led to the departure of Abdul Hamid who is accused in a case filed with Kishoreganj Sadar Police Station.

The PHQ also formed a three-member investigation committee headed by additional IG (admin) Md Matiur Rahman Sheikh to probe the incident, the statement said.

The case was filed against former president Abdul Hamid, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and 122 others with Kishoreganj Sadar Model Police Station on January 14 last for their alleged involvement in an attack on anti-discrimination student movement during the August mass uprising in Kishoreganj.