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Harun-or-Rashid (police officer)

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District. Harun-or-Rashid provided an address in the United States where he demanded the money be sent. Journalists in Gazipur District reported being harassed by personnel of Detective Branch for reporting on extortion activities of Harun-or-Rashid. He was briefly transferred following allegations by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party that he was supporting government candidates during local elections.
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to Training and Reserve unit at the police headquarters while facing a number of criminal allegations. The transfer order was signed by Dhananjay Kumar Das, the deputy secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs. Showkat Aziz Russell secured bail from the Bangladesh High Court on 4 November 2019 and
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which Showkat Aziz Russell owned, and threatened to destroy his business on behalf of his senior officer Harun-or-Rashid. Showkat Aziz Russell sent letters to various branches of the government and trade bodies seeking protection from Harun-or-Rashid, then superintendent of police of Gazipur
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On 31 July 2024, the chief of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), DIG Harun-ur-Rashid was transferred to become additional commissioner (crime and operations) of DMP. This was done as a result of allegations of police brutality against student activists amid the
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and the Prime Minister's Office. Orders to open fire were issued, but some officers refused to comply, stating the situation was beyond control. Harun, confident in an impending military intervention, continued to issue orders. However, when the crowd reached the
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On 2 December 2018, Harun-or-Rashid was appointed superintendent of police of Narayangaj District before the general election after the previous superintendent of police Anisur Rahman was transferred on the request of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as his wife
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On 5 August 2024, senior officials, including Harun, gathered at the Central Command and Control Unit in Dhaka. Police officers across the city were instructed to escalate their use of force, guided by surveillance footage. Harun, confident in quelling the
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Harun was promoted to deputy inspector general on 13 May 2022 just after 1 year of being promoted to additional DIG. He was appointed chief of the Detective Branch of DMP on 13 July 2022 from additional commissioner of the Detective Branch.
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alleged Harun-or-Rashid tried to extort money from him. M. A. Hashem claimed Harun-or-Rashid tried to extort 80 million taka from his son Showkat Aziz Russell and filed cases over drugs because of his refusal to pay.
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He was born in Hossainpur village, Mithamain Upazila, Kishoreganj. His parents are Abdul Hashem and Jahura Khatun. He pursued his academic career in sociology, earning both an honours and an MSS degree from the
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to disperse demonstrators by firing on them. The deputy commissioner, however, indicated that the large crowd—over 25,000 people—made it impossible to control the situation through force alone.
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Harun-or-Rashid claimed Detective Branch unit of Narayanganj District arrested the wife and minor son of Showkat Aziz Russell, son of the founder of
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Despite this, Harun and other senior officials continued to pressure officers to use force as the protesters advanced towards key locations like
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was president of the association. On 5 May 2016, Sub Inspector Azharul Islam demanded 50 million taka from Amber Denim, part of
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Harun-or-Rashid was elected secretary general of the Bangladesh Police Service Association in January 2016 while
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Harun-or-Rashid, deputy commissioner of the Lalbagh Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, assaulted
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In August 2019, Harun-or-Rashid, received a medal from the Bangladesh Police Dhaka range.
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described sarcastically as an award for beating up an opposition member of parliament.
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On 2 May 2021, Harun-or-Rashid was promoted to additional deputy inspector general.
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In February 2013, Harun-or-Rashid was awarded a medal by Bangladesh Police which
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Harun Or Rashid at the US Embassy in Dhaka, celebrating the 247th
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On 9 December 2012, Harun-or-Rashid was present at the
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Harun-or-Rashid was appointed deputy commissioner of
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He later completed his LLB from 14: 931:"SP Harun finally returns to DMP" 1281:People from Kishoreganj District 961:"Harun made police SP of N'ganj" 644:"SP Harun withdrawn from N'ganj" 257: 248: 214: 188: 151: 142: 1197:"Harun-ur-Rashid made DB chief" 719:āĻĄāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ° āĻ°āĻļā§€āĻĻ 682:. 31 July 2024. 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Detective Branch
Minister of Home Affairs
Mithamain
Kishoreganj District
Alma mater
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh Police Academy

BPM (bar)

PPM (bar)
Dhaka Metropolitan Police
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Police

DIG

Bengali
Sheikh Hasina
Obaidul Quader
Asaduzaman Khan Kamal
Biplob Kumar Sarker
University of Dhaka
Jahangirnagar University
Zainul Abedin Farroque
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
A. B. M. Ashraf Uddin
Biplob Kumar Sarker
murder of Biswajit Das

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