10 policemen suspended
SLUSH FUND FOR PROMOTION
Staff Reporter, Barisal
Ten members of Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) have been suspended allegedly for forming a slush fund to get promotion in service.
The suspended police personnel are assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) Anisuzzaman, Manir Hossain, and Md. Hanif, Nayek Kabir Hossain, and constables Shohidul Islam, Bablu Jamaddar, Dolon Baral, Abbasuddin, Arifur Rahman, and Tapas Kumar Mandal.
BMP Commissioner Shoibal Kanti Chowdhury yesterday said the order suspending the ten policemen reached Barisal from the Police Headquarters on June 27.
A three-member internal probe committee led by Shoyeb Ahmed, deputy commissioner (headquarters) of BMP, has been formed to investigate the allegations against the suspended police personnel, BMP Commissioner Zillur Rahman said.
According to sources, the establishment and finance ministries recently sanctioned and approved 800 new posts for the BMP. Besides, 230 police constables have been awaiting promotions to habildar and nayek posts while many others await promotion to the rank of assistant sub-inspector after passing their departmental examinations successfully.
To get promoted, the police personnel formed a slush-fund at the BMP collecting Tk30,000 from those willing to get promoted to nayek and habildar posts while Tk50,000 was realised from those awaiting promotion to the rank of ASIs.
Collecting money from the promotion seekers, Tk 77 Lakh was deposited to a joint bank account under that fund. The joint account was opened under the names of ASI Anisuzzaman, Nayek Kabir Hossain and Bablu Jamaddar.
BMP Commissioner Zillur Rahman said Tk 17 lakh was found in the bank account.
During interrogation, the account holders said they have withdrawn Tk 60 lakh from the account and gave the money to a senior police official posted as a deputy commissioner (DC) at the DMP for distribution, another senior police official told this correspondent requesting not to be named.
