The Bangladesh Police is the national law enforcement agency of Bangladesh,operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It plays a crucial role in maintaining peace,and enforcement of law and order within Bangladesh. Though the police are primarily concerned with the maintenance of law and order and security of persons and property of individuals,they also play a big role in the criminal justice system. Bangladesh Police played an important role during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police is the unit of Bangladesh Police responsible for law enforcement in the metropolis of Dhaka,the national capital and most populous city in Bangladesh. The DMP is the largest police force unit in Bangladesh. At present,the DMP commissioner is Md. Mainul Hasan.
The Criminal Investigation Department is a specialized intelligence and investigation wing of the Bangladesh Police. It is headquartered in Malibagh,Dhaka and maintains a training school named the Detective Training School. Personnel attached to this wing essentially work in plain clothes. Mohammad Ali Mia,BPM,PPM is the head of the Criminal Investigation Department.
The Detective Branch is a specialized unit of the Bangladesh Police. According to Human Rights Watch,there is extensive documentation of human rights violations by the Detective Branch and the Rapid Action Battalion. According to Human Rights Watch,70 percent of extrajudicial deaths involving the police involved the Detective Branch.
Asaduzzaman Mia,is a retired Bangladeshi police officer who served as the 33rd Police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police,the longest serving commissioner and a former chief executive officer of National Security Affairs Cell under the Cabinet Division. During his tenure as DMP Commissioner,Dhaka Metropolitan Police was considered to be at its peak.
Shafiqul Islam is a retired police officer who served as the 34th police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. He was made the DMP commissioner on 14 September 2019. He previously served as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun is a Bangladeshi police officer who was sacked for involvement in mass killing during the Bangladesh student protest. He is now in custody. Mamun served as the 31st Inspector general of Bangladesh Police (IGP) who served from 30 September 2022 to 6 August 2024. Previously,he served as director general of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). He was made the DG of RAB in April 2020. Prior to join RAB,he was the chief of Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA) is the association of the BCS cadre police officers of Bangladesh.
Barrister Mahbubur Rahman is a retired Bangladeshi police officer and the former chief of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Banaj Kumar Majumder is a Bangladeshi retired police officer. He was additional IGP of the Bangladesh Police and former chief of the Police Bureau of Investigation. Prior to joining PBI,he was additional commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police in the rank of additional DIG. He came into limelight when he was SP of Cox's Bazar District.
Harun-or-Rashid is a former police officer who served as the chief of the detective branch of Bangladesh police. On 13 August 2024,he was named as one of the 7 accused in the illegal shooting and killing of various students across Dhaka during the Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement along with former prime minister Sheikh Hasina,former minister Obaidul Quader,former minister Asaduzaman Khan Kamal and police officer Biplob Kumar Sarker. According to various media reports,he has either absconded or been admitted at an unknown hospital in Dhaka after being lynched by a mob due to his orders of shooting at students. He is known for his controversial actions.
Biplob Kumar Sarker is a former Bangladeshi police officer who served as the joint commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Earlier he served as Additional Deputy Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Dhaka Range.
Mohammad Ali Mia is a retired Bangladeshi police officer who was additional inspector general of police in the Bangladesh Police. He served as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Earlier,he was the chief of the Tourist Police. He was posted in different posts of Bangladesh Police. Among them,he served as police's special branch (SB) DIG,Additional DIG of Dhaka Range as well as SP of Habiganj and Manikganj districts.
Khandker Golam Faruq is a Bangladeshi police officer and an additional inspector general of police of the Bangladesh Police. He served as the 35th commissioner of DMP. Prior to join here,he was the 13th rector of Police Staff College Bangladesh. Before that he served as principal of Bangladesh Police Academy,Sardah,Rajshahi. He is a former deputy inspector general of Chittagong Range of Bangladesh Police.
Mohammed Nazibur Rahman is an additional inspector general of the Bangladesh Police and former rector of Police Staff College,Bangladesh. He is the former principal of Bangladesh Police Academy. He is a former commissioner of Khulna Metropolitan Police and director of the National Security Intelligence. He had previously served in the Bangladesh High Commission to India and was the first chief of the Bangladesh Police's Anti-Terrorism Unit.
Shoibal Kanti Chowdhury is a Bangladesh police officer and former commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police. He was removed from the post of commissioner after he was found involved in the creation of a 7.7 million taka bribery fund for police officers. He later headed the Criminal Investigation Department and the Special Security and Protection Battalion.
Devdas Bhattacharya is a Bangladeshi police officer who served as Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police and the Chief of Bangladesh Railway Police. He is the former deputy inspector general (DIG) of Mymensingh Range and Rangpur Range of Bangladesh Police.
Syed Nurul Islam is a former deputy inspector general of the Bangladesh Police and former in charge of Dhaka Range. He is the former deputy commissioner of Motijheel Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. He was the additional deputy commissioner of Ramna Division.
Molla Nazrul Islam is a Bangladeshi police officer and deputy inspector general of Armed Police Battalion headquarters. He is the former commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police responsible for Gazipur. He is a former special superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Md. Mainul Hasan is a Bangladeshi police officer. He is the 36th Commissioner of DMP. Prior to join here,he was Deputy Inspector General of Criminal Investigation Department of police.
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