Additional Deputy Commissioner Harun or Rashid has been suspended over the torture of two leaders of the ruling party’s student wing at Shahbagh police station in Dhaka.
A notification was issued in this regard on Monday afternoon.
The notification signed by Senior Secretary Md Mostafizur Rahman, BPM, read that ADC Harun has been suspended following 39 (1) section of Government Service Law, 2018.
The ADC has to be refrained from all government activities for public interest, said the notification.
Earlier, a three-member committee was formed on Monday afternoon to look into the allegation of torture.
The committee was also asked to submit its report within two working days.
The president and general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League visited the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) headquarters on Monday over the torture of two leaders of the ruling party’s student wing at Shahbagh police station in Dhaka.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Harun or Rashid of DMP’s Ramna Division was transferred to the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) on Sunday.
Earlier, he was withdrawn from his post and reassigned to the DMP's Public Order Management Division on Sunday, following allegations of his involvement in the assault of two leaders belonging to the Central Committee of the Chhatra League.
According to reports, the incident occurred when ADC Harun took the two Chhatra League leaders to the Shahbagh police station on Saturday.
The duo are Anwar Hossain Nayeem, Chhatra League central organizing secretary and president of the Dhaka University (DU) Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall unit, and Sharif Ahmed Munim, the central science affairs secretary and general secretary of DU Dr Muhammad Shahidullah Hall unit.
