Sylhet Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Azbahar Ali Sheikh has been withdrawn from Sylhet. He has been attached to to Rajshahi Range DIG office as a superintendent of police (SP).
Azbahar Ali led the police force during the recent student movement in Sylhet. During all the clashes, he was seen ordering the policemen under him to open fire. On August 2, he called out to the protesting students and people in front of Mount Adora Hospital in Akhalia, Sylhet, "If you are a son of your father, come forward." Video footage of the scene is now viral on Facebook.
Meanwhile, Habiganj district superintendent of police of Sylhet division has also been transferred. Habiganj SP Akhter Hossain has been attached to the Rangpur DIG range office.
According to a notification signed by Deputy Secretary of Public Security Division of the Home Ministry Md Mahabur Rahman Sheikh, 12 deputy inspectors general (DIGs) of police and superintendents of police of 10 districts including Kishoreganj, Manikganj, Bagerhat, Magura, Natore, Sirajganj, Gaibandha, Habiganj and Patuakhali have been transferred.
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