Additional Police Superintendent (Traffic) of Rangamati Anirban Chowdhury and Senior Assistant Commissioner (Executive Magistrate) of Narsingdi Md Saiful Islam have been arrested in a case over genocide and crimes against humanity during the July uprising in Narsingdi.
ICT Prosecutor (Administration) Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim confirmed the matter on Monday in a text message sent to the media.
On Sunday, the police took Anirban from the office of the Rangamati SP into its custody for interrogation. He was shown arrested on Monday.
A member of the 30th BCS police cadre, Anirban joined Narsingdi police as an additional SP in 2022, and was working there during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in July and August last year.
On 7 October, he joined his new workplace in Rangamati and was serving there till his arrest.
On the other hand, Saiful is a 37th BCS (administration) cadre.
