The officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali police station allegedly harassed a cameraperson and a reporter of private NTV while they were capturing video of detention of BNP men in Chattogram city on Thursday. The accused OC Jahedul Kabir also took away the camera from the cameraman Suman Gowsami and deleted footage of the incident. In an instant reaction, journalists from a rally in front of Chattogram Press Club demanded the OC be withdrawn within the next 24 hours. Otherwise, they will go for a tougher movement. NTV Senior Reporter Arich Ahmed Shah said OC Jahedul obstructed them from capturing the incident of detention of the BNP men in front of the party office in the city’s Kazir Dewri area around 2pm. “He (OC) threatened to arrest us within two minutes when we protested the incident of deletion of footage from the memory card after taking away the camera from Suman (cameraperson),” he said. Atonu Chakrabartya, assistant commissioner (Kotwali zone) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police, said they detained four BNP men from in front of the BNP office and they were shown arrested over the clash with the cops on January 16. However, no higher police officers agreed to make comments over the harassment by the OC.  Read more: Journalist suspensions widen rift between Twitter and media 

Former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter appealed to court seeking security for life alleging Officer-in-Charge of Feni Model police station searched his cell in Feni jail without permission from district magistrate or court. On behalf of Babul, who is in jail in a case over the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016, his counsel advocate Golam Mowla Murad submitted the appeal to Chattogram Metropolitan Session Court Judge Dr Jebunnesa Begum on Monday. However Feni model police station OC Nizamuddin denied the allegation brought against him when contacted by the UNB reporter. Also read: Ex-SP Babul lodges complaint against 6 PBI officials Babul’s counsel Murad said, “ On September 10 at 12pm OC Nizam Uddin went to Feni jail and searched Babul’s cell for a long time. According to jail code, it is a punishable offence for a police officer appointed with a police station to enter jail and search a prisoner’s cell without permission from district magistrate or court.” According to Babul’s lawyer the search was done to keep his client under mental pressure as on September 8 he lodged a complaint against six officials of Police Bureau of Investigations (PBI) for torturing and attempting to kill him in police custody. Investigation in the incident and direction to Feni jail superintendent for providing security to Babul has been sought in the appeal made to court, he said. Also read: Babul hired killers at Tk 3 lakh to kill Mitu: PBI OC Nizam Uddin said, “On Sunday I went to Feni jail Superintendent’s room for another case related issue but not about Babul’s case. I didn’t search any prisoner’s cell, breaching the jail code.”

The officers-in-charge (OCs) of police stations must be as enchanting as the Pied Piper of Hamelin to win the hearts and minds of the public, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed said Saturday. The IGP came up with the remark while addressing August's crime review meeting of Dhaka Range as the chief guest.   Habibur Rahman, the deputy inspector general (DIG) of Dhaka Range police, chaired the meeting. Superintendents of police (SPs) and officers of all the districts under the range attended it. READ: IGP urges the rich to help the Covid-hit poor people Comparing the society with a flowing river, the IGP said as the society changes, the law and order and crime situations follow suit. So he directed the field level officers to keep up with these changes. Describing beat policing as an effective method, Benazir said it can play an effective role in maintaining law and order and controlling crime in every union. READ: Strictly maintain health rules during shopping: IGP Referring to the responsibility of the higher ranking policemen in making their subordinates competent, the IGP said good examples should be set for them. "We have to motivate and supervise them. Every police member must perform duties with professionalism." Also, the IGP expressed satisfaction over the innovative practices of the Dhaka Range, and suggested other units should follow the same. 

A court on Sunday placed suspended Feni  Police Station OC Saiful Islam, a member of the district Detective Branch, on another 4-day remand, in a case over snatching 20 gold bars from a businessman on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on August 8.Feni Senior Judicial Magistrate Kamrul Hasan passed the order after the investigation officer of the case produced the accused before court and prayed for a 7-day remand.The same court Saturday placed five other Detective Branch officials involved in the incident - sub-inspectors Motaher Hossain, Mizanur Rahman, Nurul Haque and assistant sub-inspectors Abhijit Barua and Masud Rana -  on a second spell of 3-day remand. Also read: Snatching gold bars: 5 Feni DB officials remanded again They were initially remanded for three days on August 11, said Golam Jilani, a police inspector posted at Feni court.Meanwhile, the case was handed over to the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Sunday.Feni district police Superintendent Khondokar Nurunnabi handed the case over to PBI Superintendent Md Asaduzzaman.PBI Inspector Shah Alam, investigation officer of the Nusrat murder case, has been given the responsibility to investigate the case now.Six members of the DB of Feni police were arrested Tuesday night for allegedly robbing a businessman of 20 gold bars worth Tk 1.24 crore.The same day the six accused were temporarily suspended by the district police authority. Also read: Six detectives rob bizman of 20 gold bars in Feni, heldAccording to police sources, some 15 of the 20 looted gold bars have been recovered from the possession of the accused, and the remaining 5 gold bars were not recovered yet.As per the complaint of Gopal Kanti Das, the six detectives intercepted Gopal's car on the road under Fatehpur flyover on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, looted the gold bars and left the spot on August 8.A robbery case was  filed against the six at the Feni model police station.

A man, believed to be the leader of a robber gang, was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Barankhola area of Boalmari upazila on early Wednesday.

Dhaka, Sept 15 (UNB) – New Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mohammad Shafiqul Islam on Sunday said if people do not get desired services from any police station, he is ready to work there as its officer-in-charge (OC).