Bangladesh’s Home Ministry has reassigned 17 senior police officers to new responsibilities, affecting key positions in the Rapid Action Battalion, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Police Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigation Department, Special Branch, Armed Police Battalion and Rangpur Metropolitan Police. The changes were made through three separate notifications signed on Tuesday by Deputy Secretary Tawsif Ahmed.

PBI DIG Md Humayun Kabir was transferred as additional director general of RAB, while Railway Police Additional DIG Md Tofayel Ahmed Mia was appointed joint police commissioner of DMP. SB DIG Md Mahbubur Rashid was named commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police. Several officers were also attached to APBN and the Specialized Training Centre in Khagrachhari.

The notifications also cancelled two earlier transfer orders: one involving DMP Joint Police Commissioner Mohammad Kamruzzaman’s move to Police Headquarters and another involving DMP Deputy Commissioner Mallik Ahsan Uddin Sami’s proposed posting as Narail police superintendent. In a separate order, nine officers of police superintendent rank were transferred, including several PBI officers posted to CID, APBN and training centres.