The government has suspended six police officers from their jobs for their alleged involvement in unauthorized absence, misconduct and criminal offences in the workplace. Another Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) has been given mandatory retirement on similar charges.
The decision was announced in a separate notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday (November 12th). Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Manzoor Morshed Chowdhury signed the notifications on the order of the President.
The six suspended officers are former additional DIG Praloy Kumar Joarder, former deputy commissioner Md. Nazmul Islam, assistant superintendent of police Md. Sarwar Kabir Sohag and Md. Arifuzzaman and additional superintendents of police SM Shamim and Rubaiyat Zaman. On the other hand, ASP Mohammad Obaidur Rahman, attached to the Rangpur Range DIG office, has been given mandatory retirement.
Six of the charges were dismissed.
According to the notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Praloy Kumar Joarder was absent from work without permission from August 6, 2024, while he was working in the police department as an additional DIG (operations). He did not respond to contact and contact him several times. He has been suspended since August 6, 2024, after being found guilty of fleeing in a departmental investigation.
Former DMP deputy commissioner Md. Nazmul Islam left the workplace on April 17, 2025, while attached to the Barisal Range DIG office. He was supposed to work on April 23rd but did not return. He was suspended from April 23rd after a departmental investigation was found to have been accused of misconduct and escape.
Superintendent of Police Md. Sarwar Kabir Sohag was charged with abuse of power and involvement in criminal offences. On August 23rd, 2021, he went to Dinajpur to investigate a complaint with two police members without permission. When Lutfar Rahman was not found at home, his wife Zahra Begum and son Jahangir were picked up in the microbus and roamed in different places.
Later, one of them was detained at the house of an acquaintance and demanded money on his mobile phone. Police arrested him along with his associates in this connection. He was suspended from his job after being found guilty of misconduct in the departmental investigation.
A.P. Md. Arifuzzaman has been accused of misconduct and escape. He was allowed to go to Dhaka for treatment on October 13, 2024, while working at 2-APBN in Muktagacha, Mymensingh. However, he gave information about treatment at different hospitals without treatment at the designated hospital. Although he submitted medical documents, he did not attend the workplace. He was suspended from October 14, 2014.
Additional Superintendent of Police SM Shamim left the workplace on September 12, 2024, while working at the In-Service Training Centre in Gaibandha. He was supposed to work on September 18th but did not return. The authorities could not contact him as the government and private mobile phones were switched off. Three notices were sent to the permanent address but he did not attend the work. He was suspended from September 18, 2024, after being found guilty of misconduct and escape in the departmental investigation.
Additional Superintendent of Police Rubaiyat Zaman was absent from January 30th when he was working at the In-Service Training Centre in Sunamganj without permission. During his absence, he asked a police inspector on WhatsApp to understand his responsibilities and show him sick. Attempts were made to contact him but his mobile phone was switched off. He was suspended from January 30, 2015, after being found guilty of misconduct and escape in the departmental investigation.
ASP Obaidur Rahman to retire
On the other hand, ASP Mohammad Obaidur Rahman, attached to the Rangpur Range DIG office, has been given mandatory retirement. He had been absent from work without permission since May 29, 2017. He has been instructed several times, but he has not joined the work.
He was suspended from his job after a departmental investigation into allegations of long absence and misconduct. However, considering the seriousness of the complaint, the decision was taken to change the punishment and take mandatory retirement. He was given compulsory retirement after the advice of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission and the approval of the President.