Former Narayanganj superintendent of police (SP) Harun-Ur-Rashid was removed from the responsibilities due to several allegations, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said.
He said while addressing the press at the secretariat after a meeting on present law and order situation on Thursday, reports Bangla Tribune.
He said: "Investigation into the allegations against him [Harun] will be launched soon."
However, despite being removed from his duties as the SP of Narayanganj and being asked to join Bangladesh Police headquarters with immediate effect by the Public Security Division of the home ministry on November 3, Harun is yet to hand over his duties to someone else.
Harun on Wednesday was seen attending a program of the Fire Service and Civil Defence in Purbachal, Narayanganj using the car allotted for the respective regions SP where he welcomed Home Minister Kamal along with Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Jasim Uddin.
Reportedly, the minister talked to Harun sporting a sombre expression.
None of the officials present during the event were willing enough to say what the minister had said to Harun, but he was not seen when the program started.
Harun, the general secretary of the Police Service Association, has made news headlines several times, first for beating up the BNP's former chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque during a demonstration in front of the parliament building in 2011.
Former Narayanganj SP Harun on November 2, at a press conference, claimed, Detective Branch officials stopped the SUV in the Signboard area of Siddhirganj around 2:45am on Saturday and seized 28 bullets, 1,200 yaba pills, 24 bottles of foreign liquor, 28 cans of beer, and Tk22,380 in cash from the car.
He also claimed that they detained Russell's driver, wife and son from the car for interrogation, but released the family members keeping the driver in custody. Two cases under Arms and Narcotics Control Acts were filed with Siddhirganj police station against Russell and his driver.
Later, in a press release, Narayanganj police claimed they detained the driver, Russell’s wife Farah Russell and son from the SUV after finding bullets, alcohol, and drugs from Russell's SUV after chasing the vehicle down in Narayanganj from Dhaka.
Russell fled the scene after pulling a gun on policemen during an altercation amid traffic congestion in Dhaka’s Tejgaon in early hours of Saturday, they claimed.
But the CCTV footage of Russell's Gulshan house showed his wife and son were picked up by law enforcement, some in plain clothes, in the early hours of November 2 (Saturday).
Officials confirmed that Gulshan police station was not informed by Narayanganj police before Russell’s family members were picked up on the day.
This action led to immediate action against the Narayanganj SP.
Meanwhile, the High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Russell in two cases filed against him until the police submit probe reports for the cases.
