Phani skips Police Week programmes

Police Affairs Coordinator of the Home Ministry Phani Bhoushan Choudhury refrained from attending any programme of the ongoing Police Week yesterday, a day after he was inappropriately challenged by his junior colleague Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Benazir Ahmed at a meeting.
But Benazir was seen at all events looking very lively.
Phani yesterday did not attend any of the four Police Week meetings where he was supposed to be the special guest.
One of the meetings Phani missed was with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her office.
Contacted, Phani told The Daily Star last night, "I could not attend the functions because I had to remain busy in my office with some of my emergency tasks."
On Tuesday at a closed door meeting of top ranking police officials from all over the country and the home minister, Phani said there is a long list of allegations against the police department's recent performance. When he was giving the list of allegations, his junior colleague Benazir angrily shouted out, "I want to respond!"
State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku and Inspector General of Police Hassan Mahmood Khandker had to interject and calm Benazir down to carry on the meeting.