Five policemen including an assistant sub-inspector of Chattogram Highway Police have been suspended allegedly for physically assaulting two journalists when they were taking videos of 'extortion’ by police members from different vehicles. The accused policemen are – Assistant Sub-Inspector Masud Rana and Constables Lokman Hossain, Aman, Md. Karim and Md. Zaheer of Sitakunda-Terrial police outpost. Read: Assault on 4 accused at Jamalpur hospital: 4 SI suspended They have been attached to Cumilla region, said Md Abdullah, inspector of Kumira highway police outpost on Thursday. Earlier, the accused were taking money illegally from a passenger bus and a sand-carrying drum truck on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at 11:30 pm on Tuesday. Read: Collision between aircraft: 5 Biman officials, including principal engineer, suspended At that time, two local journalists- MK Monir and Farhan Siddique -were physically assaulted by the cops while they were recording videos of the scene on their mobile phones. The action was taken instantly against those police personnel when the matter came to light, said the inspector.

Two more policemen including the investigation officer of Raihan's murder case were suspended on Wednesday on charges of helping Sub-Inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan – the prime accused – to flee.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has terminated 10 policemen and suspended 18 more for failing dope tests.

The authorities on Sunday suspended 21 police officers, including the in-charge, of Baharchhara police outpost in connection with the killing of a retired army major Major of Bangladesh Army on Marine Drive road in Teknaf.

Four policemen were suspended on Friday after a prisoner fled from Khagrachhari hospital where he was undergoing treatment in police custody.