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Chattogram Police Chief Removed Amid Yaba Pill Misappropriation Probe

From Daily Star · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station in Chattogram has been removed pending an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of 100,000 seized yaba pills.
  • The incident involves pills seized in December from a police member who was allegedly transporting them from Cox's Bazar to Dhaka.
  • This follows the suspension of eight CMP personnel earlier in January for their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of seized yaba tablets.

The officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station in Chattogram has been withdrawn from his post and attached to the Police Lines pending an investigation into allegations of misappropriating 100,000 yaba pills. The pills were reportedly seized in December from a police member in the Bakalia area.

CMP Commissioner Hasan Md Shawkat Ali confirmed that OC Aftab Uddin was removed following a police report concerning the alleged drug misappropriation. The investigation is being conducted by Police Headquarters. In connection with the same incident, former Bakalia Police Station's Inspector (Investigation) Tanvir Hossain was suspended a few days prior, and several new postings have been made to ensure regular work continues.

Following a police report regarding the alleged misappropriation of yaba tablets, OC Aftab has been removed from Kotwali Police Station and attached to the Police Lines. The matter is currently under investigation by Police Headquarters.

— Hasan Md Shawkat AliCMP Commissioner confirming the removal of OC Aftab Uddin and the ongoing investigation.

This development comes after eight CMP personnel were suspended on January 5, following an internal probe into the embezzlement of approximately one lakh yaba tablets seized in Chattogram. The yaba pills were recovered from Constable Imtiaj Hossain Sowrav during a checkpost operation in Bakalia on December 8. Sowrav, a member of Cox's Bazar district police and a gunman for a judicial magistrate, was allegedly transporting the drugs from Cox's Bazar to Dhaka.

According to police and local sources, Sowrav was stopped on a Dhaka-bound bus. Although he identified himself as a policeman and a judge's gunman, and approximately one lakh yaba tablets were found in his bag, he was later released, and the drugs were allegedly misappropriated. The CMP commissioner stated that the matter is under investigation.

In connection with the same incident, former Bakalia Police Station's Inspector (Investigation) Tanvir Hossain was suspended a few days ago. Besides this, several new postings have been made to mobilise regular work.

— Hasan Md Shawkat AliCMP Commissioner providing further details on related actions and personnel changes.
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