Former chief of Detective Branch (DB) Mohammad Harun ur Rashid -Photo : Collected

DHAKA, Aug 18, 2025 (BSS) - The government has suspended 18 police officers 
including additional police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) 
and former chief of Detective Branch (DB) Mohammad Harun ur Rashid as they 
have been absent from duty without permission from the authorities concerned.

The remaining others suspended police officers are: Sanjit Kumar Roy, Joint 
Police Commissioner (Additional DIG), DMP, Rifat Rahman Shamim, former Joint 
Commissioner of Police, DMP, Currently Additional DIG, Office of Range DIG, 
Chattogram, Kazi Ashraful Azim, Superintendent of Police, Chittagong, Office 
of Range DIG, Chittagong, and Former Deputy Commissioner of Police, DMP, 
Dhaka, Hasan Arafat, Additional Superintendent of Police (Promoted to the 
Post of Supernumerary Superintendent of Police), Police Training Centre, 
Khulna, Syed Nurul Islam, former DIG, Dhaka Range and currently DIG, 
Bangladesh Police Academy, Sharda, Rajshahi, Md Asaduzzaman, former 
Superintendent of Police, Dhaka District and currently Superintendent of 
Police, Bangladesh Police Academy, Sharda, attached to Rajshahi, Mohammad 
Zaedul Alam, Additional DIG, APBn and Specialized Training Center, 
Khagrachhari, Mohammad Farid Uddin, Additional DIG, APBn (Hill Districts), 
Shyamal Kumar Mukherjee, Additional DIG, Range DIG's Office, attached to 
Rajshahi, Ayesha Siddika, Superintendent of Police (Promoted as Supernumerary 
Additional DIG), Office of Range DIG attached to Rajshahi, Rajan Kumar Das, 
Additional Superintendent of Police, 8 APBn, Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Mirza 
Salauddin, Additional Superintendent of Police, Police Staff College, Dhaka, 
Md Habibullah Dalal, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Police Staff 
College, Dhaka, Rashedul Islam, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, 
BMP, Barisal, Md Moniruzzaman Additional DIG, Tourist Police, Dhaka, Md. Abu 
Maruf Hossain, former Deputy Commissioner of Police, RPMP, Rangpur, currently 
ATU, Dhaka, Ashrafuzzaman, DIG (Commandant).

The 18 police officers have been charged with the punishable offence of 
"Desertion" as per Rule 3(c) of the Government Servants (Discipline and 
Appeal) Rules, 2018 and are hereby suspended from service with effect from 
the date of their absence in duty as per Sub-rule (1) of Rule 12.

The suspended police officers will be entitled to subsistence allowance 
during the period of suspension.