The government has dismissed eight Bangladesh Police officers from service, including Mohammad Harun-ur-Rashid, former additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and former chief of its Detective Branch (DB).

The dismissals were announced in eight separate notifications signed by Ministry of Home Affairs Senior Secretary Manjur Morshed Chowdhury on Saturday.

Investigations into the officers had been under way since 5 August 2024.

The seven other dismissed officers are former Rajshahi Range Deputy Inspector General Md Anisur Rahman; Additional Deputy Inspector General Shyamal Kumar Mukherjee, attached to the Rajshahi Range DIG office; former Lakshmipur Superintendent of Police Md Tarek Bin Rashid; former Naval Police Additional Superintendent of Police SM Jahangir Hasan; former DMP Assistant Commissioner Farhana Taskin; former Assistant Commissioner Md Moniruzzaman; and former DMP Assistant Commissioner Kazi Mizanur Rahman.