Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested Tanveer Salehin Emon, the superintendent of police (basic training-2), from the Bangladesh Police Academy in Rajshahi on Tuesday night.
A team of DB police of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested him from the academy around 10:00 PM.
Rajshahi Range Additional Deputy Inspector General (crime management) Sarwar Jahan confirmed the matter on Wednesday and said that detectives from Dhaka took SP Tanvir Salehin Emon away the previous night.
When asked about the reason, he replied that only the Detective Branch (DB) could clarify the charges or reasons behind the detention.
Md Iqbal, father of Emon, hailing from Kishoreganj, is a freedom fighter and a former general secretary of Karimganj upazila Awami League.
He joined the police force in 2010 as part of the 28th BCS Police Cadre.
He received the IGP Exemplary Good Services Badge in 2016 and the President Police Medal (PPM) in 2017.
Reportedly considered a trusted officer of the now-ousted Awami League government, he was awarded a record 27 times as the Best Circle Officer of Comilla police.
He was promoted to SP in 2022 and appointed deputy police commissioner (Headquarters and Administration) at the DMP.
He was reassigned as SP (Basic Training 2) at the Bangladesh Police Academy following the fall of the Awami League regime.
Recently, show-cause notices were issued to trainee police officers and constables in Sardah with his signature on behalf of the academy’s principal.
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