Police said RRF Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abul Kashem filed the case against Jahangir after receiving approval from the ministry. Members of Panchlaish Police Station and the SRU arrested him later that night.
Mohammad Jahangir Alam, deputy commandant of the Range Reserve Force (RRF) in Chattogram. Photo: Courtesy
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Mohammad Jahangir Alam, deputy commandant of the Range Reserve Force (RRF) in Chattogram. Photo: Courtesy
Md Jahangir Alam, superintendent of police (SP) of the Chattogram Range Reserve Force (RRF), has been arrested in a sedition case over allegations of maintaining contact with leaders and activists of the activity-banned Awami League and individuals involved in plans for ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s return to Bangladesh in December.
A joint team of the Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s (CMP) Special Response Unit (SRU) and Panchlaish Police Station arrested him at the CMP Officers’ Mess in the city last night (14 November). He is currently in the custody of the SRU.
CMP Commissioner Hasan Mohammad Shawkat Ali told The Business Standard today, “The arrested police officer is currently in the custody of our SRU. We received approval from the home ministry yesterday to file the sedition case. He was arrested at the CMP Officers’ Mess later that night.”
Police said RRF Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abul Kashem filed the case against Jahangir after receiving approval from the ministry. Members of Panchlaish Police Station and the SRU arrested him later that night.
Earlier, Chattogram Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Md Abdul Quddus Chowdhury questioned Jahangir at his office on Tuesday (10 November) after receiving preliminary information about the allegations.
His personal and official mobile phones were seized the same day and sent to the police Special Branch (SB) in Dhaka for forensic examination.
Chattogram Range Additional DIG (Operations) Shafizul Islam is conducting a departmental investigation into the matter.
Sources at the Chattogram Range office said Jahangir, an officer of the 28th BCS police cadre, is accused of sharing important internal police information with banned Awami League leaders and activists.
The case statement mentions several messages sent from his mobile phone. One message refers to organising a movement through large public gatherings in December and mentions his father’s participation in the 1996 movement demanding a caretaker government. It also called for saving Bangladesh. Several other similar messages are mentioned in the case statement.
However, police said they could not independently verify who received the messages. The full details of the case statement could not be verified either.
The CMP’s specialised unit, the SRU, will investigate the case.
Jahangir joined the police force on 1 December 2010.
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