BANGLADESH : Hindu Police Officers' Promotion Blocked
BangaLakshmi
A damning report from DAILY STAR of deliberate blocking of promotion of
police officers, both those from Gopalganj, and those who are Hindu,
during
last 5 years of BNP-Jamaat regime.
Ten Hindu officers of the rank of SP and above were posted to Police
Academy, Police Training Centre (PTC), Armed Police Battalion (APBn),
Range
Reserve Force (RRF), Traffic Training School (TTS), Detective Training
School (DTS), Highway Police, railway police, staff colleges and Police
Headquarters (PHQ) during the five-year period. All of them were
superseded, mostly multiple times.
Full report here:
http://thedailystar.net/2007/01/21/d7012101033.htm
Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Pariahs in police
Zayadul Ahsan
Policemen coming from Gopalganj, the birthplace of Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman, and belonging to a certain religion had become pariahs
in the police administration in the last five years of the BNP-led
four-party alliance government.
Throughout the tenure, they had been deprived either of promotions or
better postings. Worse still, the differential treatment continues even
now--during the caretaker government.
Analysing track records of the Hindu and Gopalganj-born officers of the
superintendent of police (SP) rank and above, The Daily Star found that
the immediate past government had posted those mostly to places of
little significance.
All too often the officers had been superseded and denied due
promotions.
Ten Hindu officers of the rank of SP and above were posted to Police
Academy, Police Training Centre (PTC), Armed Police Battalion (APBn),
Range Reserve Force (RRF), Traffic Training School (TTS), Detective
Training School (DTS), Highway Police, railway police, staff colleges
and Police Headquarters (PHQ) during the five-year period. All of them
were superseded, mostly multiple times.
Hailing from Gopalganj, 11 other officers of the same rank had similar
postings and history of deprivation.
At the beginning of its term, the immediate past government had run
through the rank and file of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to
identify and get rid of the ones coming from Gopalganj. Even the one of
constable rank was not spared.
"We thought the unfair treatment that we'd long been dealt out would
end with the caretaker government taking over," said an officer having
roots in Gopalganj. "But it didn't took long for me to be disillusioned
as I found myself posted to an even more unimportant place."
Another officer of the SP rank, who was superseded several times,
reasoned: "May be my religion has been the major stumbling block to
rise in my career."
GOPALGANJ LINK
Mohammed Nazibur Rahman, who has recently been transferred as a deputy
inspector general (DIG) to Highway Police, was SP Sirajganj in 2001.
Over the years of last BNP-Jamaat rule, he was transferred to Police
Academy , made SP Bandarban and a deputy commissioner of DMP.
Nazibur was closed to the police headquarters for not agreeing to
intercept and disperse a peaceful procession of the then opposition.
Later, he was transferred to the Police Special Training School (PSTS)
at Betbunia, Rangamati and then to Tangail PTC on promotion. From
there, he was sent to SB Training School and then Sardah Police Academy
. He is the second man of his batch.
Additional DIG Benazir Ahmed remains posted to PTC Tangail though one
of his junior officials has already been made DIG. He did not get due
raise even during the caretaker regime.
In 2001, he was at Sardah Police Academy as an SP and later posted to
the PHQ.
Police Super ZA Morshed (12th batch) was posted to Bilaychchari APBn in
Rangamati in 2001. Superseded thrice, he was first shifted to Uttara
APBn and then to Sylhet APBn where he is still serving.
Mahfuzul Haq Nuruzzaman, another SP of the 12th batch, was transferred
to Barbunia APBn after the BNP-led government came to power in 2001. He
was relocated to APBn Chittagong but only after being superseded twice
in his previous posting.
The caretaker government first sent him to the PHQ and later to
Chittagong Railway.
In 2001, SM Muniruzzaman was ASP (riot) in the DMP. After being
superseded thrice, he was promoted to Additional SP of Khulna. While in
that post, he was superseded on 10 occasions.
Now he is stationed at Mohalchhari APBn at Khagrachhari.
M Khurshid Hossain was additional SP, Pabna in 2001. During the last
five years, he was made SP Chuadanga, SP Pabna and transferred to the
PHQ where he is still posted.
Didar Ahmed was additional SP in 2001. He was transferred to the Khulna
Metropolitan Police (KMP) and APBn Barbunia before being promoted as SP
Bandarban. Lately, the caretaker government has placed him at Sardah
Police Academy .
Munirul Islam, the first man of the 15th batch, was in Chittagong
Metropolitan Police (CMP) in 2001. From there, he was posted to
Jhenidah, TTS, Barisal , and Sardah before the interim government made
him SP Bandarban.
He was superseded on as many as 14 occasions. When most of his batch
mates were made SP, he was still an additional SP despite being the
course senior.
Mohammad Ali Mia was AC DMP in 2001.Over the last five years, he worked
in Kurigram, then at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as an
additional SP, and in the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) as an SP
CID. He is now stationed in a foreign mission.
Awlad Ali Fakir was posted to PHQ in 2001. After supersedence for two
times, he was made additional SP Gaibandha and later shifted to Khulna
RRF. The caretaker government has transferred him to the DMP as DC
transport.
Mizanur Rahman, a course senior, was in Gazipur in 2001.During the
BNP-Jamaat rule, he was transferred to Noakhali PTC, Laxmipur circle,
Rajbari Sadar and RMP. He served as an additional SP in Chuadanga,
Comilla, and then at Rangpur PTC, TTS and Barbunia APBn before being
made SP (telecom).
PARIAH FOR RELIGION
Additional IGP Nabo Bikrom Kishor Tripura was a DC in the CMP in 2001.
In 2002, he was made special superintendent (SS) at the CID. He was
then transferred to Khulna Range additional DIG, Police Academy and
then Detective Training School .
He was later sent to National Defence College to complete an 11-month
course. On completion, he was transferred to the PHQ and then to the
Staff College .
The caretaker government has brought him back to the PHQ.
DIG Foni Bhushan Chowdhury was SS CID in 2001. Superseded several
times, Foni was promoted to additional DIG and transferred to Khulna
PTC. He was again superseded on a number of occasions before being made
DIG crime.
Sources said he is not being promoted because he will become additional
IGP of CID once he gets the next promotion.
On assuming power, the BNP-led government transferred Krishna Bandhu
Das to Barisal APBn. He is now in a UN mission.
Binoy Krishna Bala was made an officer on special duty (OSD) while he
was an SP in 2001. In the course of the next five years, he was
transferred to Chittagong RRF, Muktagachha APBn, Khulna APBn and lastly
to CID where he now serves as an additional DIG.
Bhanulal Das was SP Gaibandha in 2001. The BNP-led alliance government
transferred him to Police Staff College and made him SP Gaibandha. The
caretaker government has made him SP Kurigram.
Shoibal Kanti Chowdhury was at TTS as an additional SP in 2001.
Superseded several times, he was transferred to Chittagong Railway
Police on promotion, then to the PHQ and then Chittagong RRF.
Nibash Chandra Maji was SP Sherpur in 2001. He was transferred to RRF
Dhaka and is still there.
Banoj Kumar Majumder was sent to Jhenidah as an additional SP in 2002.
He was first transferred to Chittagong APBn, then RRF Chittagong and
the PHQ. The caretaker government has sent him to APBn Chittagong
again.
Debdash Bhattacharya was in the CID in 2001. There he was superseded
thrice before being posted to PTC Khulna, and later to the CID.
Currently, he is working at RRF Sylhet.
Krishna Pada Roy was at Sardah Police Academy . During the last
government tenure, he was made additional SP of Syedpur Railway police
and then transferred to Khulna APBn. He is now in a foreign mission.
Of the above-mentioned officers, only two will be on election duty.
Apart from them, officers of lower ranks like additional SP, ASP,
inspector and sub-inspector had also been subjected to discrimination,
said sources.
Amulya Bhushan Barua is among those from other religious minorities who
had suffered discrimination. He was AIG crime in 2001. When most of his
batch mates and juniors have been made additional IG, he is still
stranded in the post of AIG crime. He was second in his batch.
A number of officers from districts adjacent to Gopalganj too were
victims of politicisation.
After taking over, the caretaker government transferred DIG (current
charge) Sheikh Hemayet Hossain Mia of Faridpur to railway police.
When BNP took office in 2001, he was SP Jhalakathi. The then government
transferred him to Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP). He had long
remained an exception when all his batch mates got promoted one after
another.
He was promoted to additional DIG and was transferred to Barisal but
not before all his batch mates had been made DIG by that time. He was
later transferred to Rangpur PTC as an additional DIG.
Asaduzzaman Mia of Faridpur who was in Chittagong Railway in 2001 was
transferred to Syedpur Railway and then to APBn Bogra. During his stint
in Bogra, he was superseded. Now he is serving at PTC Noakhali.
Mouli Ghosh
Bengal Voice Communications
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