Despite a recommendation from Police Headquarters to withdraw the suspension of former Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) Commissioner Md Nazmul Karim Khan, the Home Ministry has yet to take any decision in this regard, even after eight months.
Sources at the Police Headquarters said in a significant development concerning the suspension, the Police Headquarters had recommended withdrawing it back on March 2 in a letter to the Home Ministry, saying it had no documents or information about the allegations against him or the grounds for the punitive action.
The recommendation has raised questions about the basis on which a serving DIG was sent away from his post and subsequently placed under suspension by the Home Ministry, apart from the last eight months in which the recommendation to withdraw the suspension has been ignored.
In a letter sent to the Home Ministry on March 2, 2026, the Police Headquarters said it had no relevant documents regarding a report allegedly submitted by the then Inspector General of Police (IGP) to the ministry against Nazmul Karim Khan.
The letter, signed by then Additional DIG (Personnel Management-1) Khandaker Shamima Yasmin, said the then IGP had sent a report to the Home Ministry on October 20, 2025, under IGP Diary No.488.
However, the Police Headquarters said no documents relating to the matter were preserved there.
It further stated that no inquiry had been conducted into the allegations mentioned in the two instances referred to in the correspondence, as the headquarters had no information or supporting documents regarding them.
The letter also said the concerned officer (DIG Nazmul Karim Khan) had not been informed of the circumstances leading to the officer's suspension and the Police Headquarters had no relevant information on record.
In view of these circumstances, the headquarters recommended withdrawal of Nazmul Karim Khan's suspension, according to the letter sent in response to a Home Ministry communication dated March 1, 2026.
Earlier, on September 1, 2025, the Police Headquarters issued an order directing Nazmul Karim Khan to report to its headquarters the following day. He was also instructed to hand over charge of the Gazipur Metropolitan Police to the next senior officer.
The order was signed by Mohammad Sharif Uddin, then Additional DIG (Headquarters).
Subsequently, on November 10, 2025, the Home Ministry issued a notification placing Nazmul Karim Khan under temporary suspension and attaching him to the ministry.
The notification, signed by Senior Secretary Nasimul Gani on behalf of the President, stated that it was necessary and appropriate in the public interest to keep him away from government service.
Invoking Section 39(1) of the Government Service Act, 2018, the ministry ordered his temporary suspension and attachment to the Home Ministry. He was also entitled to subsistence allowance in accordance with the applicable rules during the suspension period, the notification said.
Nazmul Karim Khan assumed office as GMP Commissioner on November 12, 2024, and remained in the position until September 2, 2025, according to his personal service record.