The Highway Police is a specialized unit of the Bangladesh Police that is responsible for law enforcement on Bangladesh roads. [1] [2] The unit is led by an Additional inspector general of Bangladesh Police. [3] [4]
Highway Police Bangladesh হাইওয়ে পুলিশ | |
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Motto | Disciplined Secured Highway |
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Formed | 11 June 2005 |
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Operations jurisdiction | Bangladesh |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 34, Shahjalal Avenue, Sector # 4, Uttara, Dhaka-1230 |
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Parent agency | Bangladesh Police |
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The Highway Police was established on 11 June 2005 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. It can only investigate crimes under a few sections of Penal Code 1860 and the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1983. [5] The Highway Police has jurisdiction over 5,487 kilometre of national highways and 4,165 kilometre of local roads. [6]
On 28 August 2018, the Highway Police suspended the Officer in Charge of Bonpara Highway Police Station GM Shamsun Nur. This was after a bus without proper registration papers was involved in a fatal road accident in which 15 people died. [7]
Name | Term Start | Term End | Reference |
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Syed Shahjaman Raj | 11 June 2005 | 20 October 2005 | [8] |
Sheikh Mohammad Sazzad Ali | 20 October 2005 | 22 March 2006 | [8] |
Md. Amir Uddin | 22 March 2006 | 27 November 2006 | [8] |
Mohammad Najibur Rahman | 3 December 2006 | 8 February 2007 | [8] |
Md. Saiful Alam | 4 March 2007 | 14 April 2007 | [9] |
M. Sadikur Rahman | 12 June 2007 | 31 August 2008 | [9] |
Md. Sohorab Hossain | 31 August 2008 | 24 February 2011 | [9] |
Md. Humayun Kabir | 24 February 2011 | 5 November 2012 | [9] |
Md. Asaduzzaman Mia | 5 November 2012 | 7 January 2015 | [9] |
Mallik Faqrul Islam | 18 January 2015 | 31 October 2016 | [9] |
Md. Atiqul Islam | 6 November 2016 | 2 July 2019 | [9] |
Mahbubur Rahman | 17 June 2019 | 5 May 2020 | [9] |
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