SPs of trouble-torn districts skip Police Week programme
As the country has been hit by political violence, some superintendents of police have been asked not to join this year's Police Week that opened yesterday in the capital's Rajarbagh.
Mofazzal Hossain, superintendent of Gaibandha police, said he received verbal instructions from Dhaka about a week ago that he should not leave his area.
A couple of other SPs in the Rangpur range received similar instructions from the higher authorities, he told this correspondent over the phone last night.
Several northern districts including Rangpur, Gaibandha and Chapainawabganj have reportedly been identified as violence-prone areas by the government.
An official at the police headquarters said around seven to eight SPs did not join a meeting with State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan.
There are 64 SPs in as many districts in the country.
Police high officials in the meeting put forward different proposals regarding their facilities, said meeting sources.
Inspector General of Police Shahidul Hoque pointed out different problems in discharging their duties properly.
Several cops opposed the home ministry's decision to turn the police headquarters into a directorate general.
State Minister Asaduzzaman Khan praised the law enforcers for fighting violence, especially for their valiant role in curbing political violence across the country in 2013.
Seventeen cops had sacrificed their lives that year to maintain law and order, he added.
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