Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammad Jahangir Alam, currently serving as deputy commandant of the Range Reserve Force (RRF) under Chattogram Range, has been placed under police surveillance following allegations of leaking sensitive internal police operational information to the activity-banned Awami League.
As part of the investigative measures, senior police authorities have seized both his personal and official mobile phones, which have been sent to the Special Branch (SB) in Dhaka for forensic examination.
Moreover, an inquiry committee headed by Additional Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Safizul Islam has been constituted to probe the allegations.
If the charges are substantiated in investigation report, Police Headquarters will take subsequent administrative decisions regarding the officer.
Confirming the development on Wednesday, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Chattogram Range Abdul Kuddus Chowdhury said administrative allegations had been raised against SP Jahangir Alam.
“He was summoned and questioned regarding certain matters, after which his personal and official mobile phones were seized. He has been kept under surveillance while the matter is being investigated,” DIG Chowdhury said.
He added that the probe committee led by Additional DIG Safizul Islam is seriously investigating the allegations, and declined further comment as the matter remains under active investigation.
Providing further details, inquiry committee chief Additional DIG Safizul Islam stated that Jahangir Alam was called on Tuesday, though he clarified that the session could not be termed as an interrogation or a detention.
“His two seized phones have been sent to the Special Branch in Dhaka for forensic testing. If evidence supporting the allegations is found, a report will be submitted, following which Police Headquarters will take appropriate action,” he added.
According to sources at the Chattogram Range Office, senior police officials spoke to Jahangir Alam—an officer of the 28th BCS (Police) cadre—regarding allegations of maintaining contact with the banned Awami League and supplying internal sensitive police data.
The sources claimed that preliminary evidence of information leakage has already been found.
Police records indicate that Mohammad Jahangir Alam joined the police force on 1 December 2010.
Before his current posting as RRF Deputy Commandant, he served as Additional Superintendent of Police in Feni district during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, where allegations had also surfaced regarding his contacts with leaders and activists of the banned organisation.
