AIGP Harun to replace Khurshid as RAB DG on June 5

The government has appointed Additional Inspector General of Police Md Harun-Ar-Rashid as the Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB.

The Home Ministrys Public Security Division issued a circular on his appointment on Wednesday.

A gazette notification signed by Md Mahabur Rahman Sheikh of the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs was issued in this regard on Wednesday  (May 29). According to the circular, the order will come into effect on June 5.
 
Harun-Ar-Rashid will succeed M Khurshid Hossain.  According to another circular issued on Wednesday, the government has approved M Khurshid Hossains post-retirement leave. He will be entitled to retirement and post-retirement leave benefits as per government rules.

Harun will replace M Khurshid Hossain, who had been appointed in September 2022 and is retiring on June 5. Haruns appointment will come into effect on that day.