Ali Akbar Khan, the deputy inspector general (DIG) and acting chief of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has applied for voluntary retirement after being excluded from a recent round of promotions to the rank of additional inspector general (additional IGP).
On Thursday afternoon, DIG Khan submitted his application for Post-Retirement Leave (PRL) to the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The move follows a government notification promoting five officers to Additional IGP – two from Khan’s own 15th batch and three from the junior 17th batch.
In his application, Khan stated that despite serving with “honesty, efficiency, and honour” since joining the force on 15 November 1995, he has faced significant “deprivation” throughout his career.
He noted that he was made an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) after the 2008 elections and was dismissed from service in April 2022. He was only reinstated in August 2024 following the student-led mass uprising.
Khan expressed that being omitted from the promotion list felt like being a victim of “discrimination” once again. Invoking Section 44 of the Government Service Act-2018, he requested retirement effective from 2 July 2026, accompanied by a one-year PRL.
Khan said he preferred voluntary retirement over becoming a “burden to the government” due to perceived incompetence.
The application was formally forwarded to the ministry by A.M. Humayun Kabir, Special Superintendent of Police (Administration) at CID Headquarters.
When approached for comment, Khan described the decision as a “strictly personal matter.” Efforts to reach the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ali Hossain Fakir, for a statement were unsuccessful as he did not answer multiple phone calls.
Sources indicate that an administrative proposal to promote Khan to additional IGP and confirm him as CID chief had been submitted but was ultimately rejected.
Notably, Khan’s career was previously marred by controversy in April 2006, when he faced nationwide criticism following allegations of assaulting a senior journalist at a stadium in Chattogram.
