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41ST BCS POLICE CADRE

100 candidates facing fresh verification
SB to recheck their backgrounds, political affiliations, ‘potential links to militancy’
PARTHA PRATIM BHATTACHARJEE and MOHAMMAD JAMIL KHAN
The interim government is re-verifying the background of 100 individuals who passed the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service examinations and were recommended for police cadre jobs.
The second verification process will be conducted to reexamine the candidates’ political affiliations and whether they have links to militancy, according to police officers with knowledge of the development.
The reassessment will determine whether these individuals would be recruited.
These candidates’ backgrounds had already been checked in a process known as “police verification”. Following that, Bangladesh Public Service Commission recommended that they be recruited as police officers.
They have been waiting for a year-long basic training at the Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah, Rajshahi.
The interim government has recently been facing criticisms for abruptly postponing a passing-out parade for 62 assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) just before the ceremony was about to begin on October 19.
On October 20, the Special Branch (SB) of Police took the initiative to reverify 100 candidates’ backgrounds on orders from the Police Headquarters (PHQ).
The SB is also examining the background of seven other candidates of the 28th, 35th, 36th, and 37th BCS batches. The previous administration let them go, and the interim government reappointed them.
The reverification will also be done for 62 ASPs recruited through the 40th BCS.
The Daily Star has seen a copy of the order.
SB’s verification wing will investigate their political affiliations and look into their records at schools, colleges, universities, dormitories, and whether they had links to militant organisations, according to the sources.
The report must include the names, addresses, and phone numbers of two friends from each candidate or officer’s college or university.
The order states that evaluation reports about the candidates should be collected from people like journalists, public representatives, and police stations.
Information about their birthday, NID number, mobile number, email, Facebook ID, taxpayer identification number, passport number, names of their parents and their professions should also be collected, the sources said.
The verification process should be conducted by an officer not below the rank of ASP.
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