Additional DIG Mashiur Rahman arrested

Desk : Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mashiur Rahman was arrested from Dhaka yesterday.

A team of detectives arrested him from airport area in the capital, Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said.

He was accused in several cases filed after August 5 when the Sheikh Hasina-led government was ousted through a mass protest.

Mashiur was promoted to Additional DIG from Deputy Commissioner (DC) in recent months.

However, he continued to serve as the Deputy Commissioner of Lalbagh Division (Detectives) until August 5, as he had not been assigned a new posting.

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