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Reshuffle in Police, Rab

Shahidul new IGP, Benazir Rab chief

Staff Correspondent
Ending speculations that had been running wild for months, the government yesterday appointed Additional Inspector General of Police
(Admin) AKM Shahidul Hoque as inspector general of police (IGP).
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Benazir Ahmed, who had reportedly been vying for the post, was made director general of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
Deputy Inspector General (Highway) Asaduzzman Miah, hailing from Faridpur, would replace Benazir as DMP commissioner and Additional IGP Mukhleshur Rahman, who was the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), was transferred to the Police Headquarters. The home ministry yesterday evening issued a circular in this regard.
A number of senior and influential police officials had begun lobbying campaigns months ago to get the job oftheIGP.
Incumbent IGP Hasan Mahmud Khandker's four-and-half-year tenure ends
today. What would happen to current Rab boss Mukhleshur Rahman is yet to be determined.
Sources said there was strong competition between new IGP Shahidul and Additional IGP Mohammad Javed Patwari, who was the chief of the Special Branch of Police, for the IGP post.
They said Benazir, who is junior to both of them, was also a strong contender for the IGP post as he had the backing of an influential group of pro-Gopalganj police officers. Benazir hails from Gopalganj, an Awami League stronghold.
The three-way lobbying campaign created sharp divisions among mid-and high-ranking officers, sources in the police claimed.
IGP Shahidul hails from Shariatpur but he enjoyed the blessings of some influential Awami League leaders and mid-ranking police officials of Gopalganj, the sources said requesting anonymity.
Many believed Additional IGP Javed would get the IGP job as he had topped the merit list in his batch.
There is still speculation that Javed might not be in his current post and that he would be moved to a more "lucrative" position.
Benazir became the DMP commissioner in 2010 and had so far enjoyed a good reputation in the government.
Some high-ranking police officials believe Benazir would be considered for the IGP post again after Shahidul retires in early 2018.
Newly appointed IGP Shahidul joined the police department in 1986 as an assistant superintendent of police after getting his masters' degree in social welfare from Dhaka University. He is also a bachelor of laws from Dhaka University and has an MBA from a private university.
He held many important posts in the department including that of the DM P commissioner.
As recognition of his extraordinary performance, he was awarded with BPM (Bangladesh Police Medal) and PPM (Presidential Police Medal), says a press release from the police headquarters.
Shahidul also authored several books, including "Police and Community with Concept of Community Policing", "Community Policing Concept, Aims and Objectives", and "Bangladesh Police Book”.
Newly appointed Rab boss Benazir has a masters' degree in English Literature from Dhaka University. He has an LLB and is also a business graduate, according to the DMP website.