The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has withdrawn Gulshan Division Deputy Commissioner M Tanvir Ahmed from his post, five days after a procession by the Awami League, whose activities remain banned, in the capital’s Gulshan area.
Tanvir Ahmed was ordered to hand over charge to the next senior officer and report to the DMP headquarters on Wednesday.
The order, signed by DMP Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, said Tanvir Ahmed had been attached to the DMP headquarters for administrative reasons until further notice.
Earlier in the day, Gulshan Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Daud Hossain was also withdrawn from his post.
According to the order, Daud Hossain was attached to the Central Reserve Office of the DMP headquarters and administration division for administrative reasons from the morning of 16 September.
On 11 September, leaders and activists of the banned Awami League, whose political activities are currently banned, and its affiliated organisations brought out a procession on Road 3 near KFC in Gulshan at around 11:45am.
When police moved to disperse the procession, the protesters threw cocktails at them, according to police. Two people were arrested on the spot and five cocktails were recovered.
Police have so far arrested at least 75 people in connection with the incident.
Speaking at a programme at the Secretariat on Tuesday, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said intelligence agencies had information about the planned procession in Gulshan.
He said police, however, might not have anticipated that the group would carry out such an activity after gathering in the area on the pretext of attending Friday prayers.
The home minister said some people had gathered in the area around 11am, saying they would attend Friday prayers, and authorities later took action against them.
