Two police officers of Patiya Police Station have been withdrawn for allegedly working for an independent candidate, who is the incumbent MP, in Chattogram-12 parliamentary constituency.
The suspended officers are Sub-Inspector Sanjay Ghosh and ASI Ziaul Haque Zia. The two withdrawn police officers were added to the district police lines on Monday.
Earlier, Patiya Police Station OC Nezam Uddin was withdrawn on the same charge.
Md Jasim Uddin, the current officer-in-charge (OC) of Patiya Police Station, confirmed the withdrawal information of the two officers.
Earlier, on December 29, Awami League South District unit President Motaherul Islam Chowdhury lodged a written complaint with the Chief Election Commissioner against Patiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) Md Solaiman, SI Sanjay Ghosh, Md Asadur Rahman, Ratan Kanti Dey, Akram Hossain Sumon, Shimul Chandra Das, Zia Uddin, ASI Md Foyez Ahmed and ASI Anup Kuman.
They were accused of harassing and intimidating Awami League, Jubo League, Chhatra League leaders and public representatives in various ways in favor of independent candidate Shamsul Haque Chowdhury, the incumbent MP who served as the ruling party whip in the 11 Jatiya Sangshad.
However, when AL revealed its picks for the 12th parliamentary election, he was revealed as one of the 71 AL MPs who were denied the boat symbol this time around. He then decided to run as an independent.