A total of 140 members of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka for Darfur, Sudan to join the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions, said a press release issued from the Police Headquarter yesterday.
The police contingent left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a UN chartered plane early Saturday led by Superintendent of Police Sarwar Murshid Shamim as the chief of contingent.
Senior police officers were present at the airport to see them off. The contingent will replace existing BANFPU in South Sudan.
According to the Police Headquarters, a total of 1,376 Bangladeshi policemen have been performing their duties efficiently in different UN Peacekeeping Missions in various countries including Congo, South Sudan, Darfur, Ivory Coast, Mali and Haiti.