527 OCs transferred ahead of national polls
The government has appointed or transferred 527 police officials as officers-in-charge (OCs) across the country through a lottery, a major reshuffle aimed at ensuring stability during the upcoming national election.
The lottery was conducted at the home ministry in the presence of Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday (Monday), AHM Shahadat Hossain, additional inspector general (media and public relations) of police headquarters, told The Daily Star.
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Earlier, the police headquarters had sought "honest and impartial" inspectors and prepared a fit list, from which the new OCs were selected. The list also included the existing OCs.
According to police sources, Bangladesh has 639 police stations -- 527 in districts and 110 in metropolitan areas. Of the district-level postings, 98 OCs have been assigned in Dhaka Range, 111 in Chattogram, 64 in Khulna, 36 in Mymensingh, 46 in Barishal, 39 in Sylhet, 71 in Rajshahi, and 62 in Rangpur.
The list of newly appointed OCs has been sent to the range offices for implementation, Shahadat said.
Postings in 110 metropolitan police stations are yet to be decided, he added.
On November 26, the government appointed or transferred police superintendents of all 64 districts through a manual lottery.
In the same move, 33 additional deputy inspector generals were promoted to DIG, and Rajshahi Metropolitan Police received a new commissioner.
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