Rangpur Police Commissioner Abdul Mabud has been transferred, and Special Branch DIG Mahbubur Rashid has been appointed as the new commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police. The transfer was ordered through a Ministry of Home Affairs notification issued on Tuesday.

Mabud assumed responsibility as Rangpur Metropolitan Police commissioner on 12 August. His transfer came only 13 days after taking up the post. The source does not state the reason for the ministry’s transfer order.

The change in the commissioner’s post followed the recovery of four bodies from the Daspara-Machhuapara area of Rangpur city on Saturday night. The victims were retired Rangpur Zilla School teacher Ganapati Chakraborty and three family members. Police later detained two suspects and said they had killed Chakraborty, his wife, daughter and son one by one.