Former IGP Abdullah Al-Mamun and Shahidul Haque arrested

Two former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and AKM Shahidul Haque have been arrested. The police commissioner confirmed the information of their arrest. Mainul Hasan.

They were arrested by the Intelligence Division (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday (September 3) midnight. Two separate messages sent by the Public Relations Department of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police informed about their arrest.

According to the message of the Public Relations Department, the former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun expressed his desire to surrender while in army custody due to the case against him. Police took him into custody on Tuesday night. In another message, it is said that Shahidul Haque, the police chief of six years ago, was arrested on Tuesday night from Sector 16, Uttara.

In the afternoon after the fall of the government, some officials including the IGP and former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun left the police headquarters in a helicopter. He has not been seen in public since then. He was dismissed before the formation of the new interim government. After the fall of the government, the Ministry of Public Administration canceled its contract on the night of August 6. He was supposed to retire a year and a half ago. Still, Sheikh Hasina kept him as IGP in the contract. Before becoming IGP, he was Director General of RAB. His contract was last extended for another year on July 5.

On the other hand, AKM Shahidul Haque was IGP from December 2014 to January 2018. He became the Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in 2009 after the Awami League government came to power. After their arrest on Tuesday night, they were taken to the DB office. A case has been filed against two of them in connection with the violence in the movement after the fall of the government, police officials said.

Bangladesh /KH