DB chief Harun transferred 'in public interest'

DB chief Additional Commissioner Md Harun-Or-Rashid has been transferred to the post of additional commissioner (Crime and Operations) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) "in public interest".

He will be replaced by Md Ashrafuzzaman, additional police commissioner (Logistics, Finance and Procurement) of the DMP, according to a notification signed by DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman issued today (31 July).

Md Ashrafuzzaman will be replaced by Kh Mahid Uddin, additional commissioner (Crime and Operations) of the DMP.

"The officers have been transferred in public interest until further orders," reads the notification.

"The order will be effective immediately," it added.

Harun-Or-Rashid recently became a topic of discussion after the Detective Branch detained six coordinators of the quota reform movement, citing "security reasons."

On 28 July, the six coordinators of the quota protests called off all protest programmes of the movement while they were in DB custody.

On the same day, Harun-Or-Rashid shared multiple photos on Facebook of himself dining with the coordinators at the DB office.

On the following day, the High Court expressed its indignation over the release of a video showing six coordinators of the quota reform movement dining at the Detective Branch office in Dhaka, terming the incident a "mockery" of the nation.

Md Ashrafuzzaman. Photo: Collected

Born in 1969 in Meherpur's Gangni, new DB chief Ashrafuzzaman joined the Bangldesh Police in 1998.

Previously, he was stationed in Police Training Centre in Khulna.