Kohinoor returns

The Ministry of Home Affairs reinstated Md Kohinoor Mian, a former deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), cancelling a dismissal order against him that had been in force for 15 years.
A gazette notification annulled the dismissal order on Monday which was passed on 22 February 2011 in connection with two departmental cases.
The notification read that the criminal cases filed on the same complaints had already been disposed of by the court. Kohinoor subsequently submitted a review petition seeking reconsideration of his dismissal, which the President approved after examination.
The period during which he remained dismissed will be counted as part of his service tenure, and he will be entitled to all outstanding salaries, allowances and other benefits under existing rules, the ministry notification clarified.
Kohinoor's name first attracted widespread public attention in connection with an incident on 12 March 2006, when a woman named Shahin Sultana Shanta and her young son were allegedly tortured by police officers under his command near Rapa Plaza in Dhanmondi.
The incident occurred during clashes between Awami League activists attempting to besiege the Election Commission. The woman and her son had taken shelter in a nearby clinic to avoid the violence, but were allegedly picked up and beaten by police.
She filed a case against Kohinoor and two others on 14 March 2006. A charge sheet was submitted in 2021 and charges were formally framed in 2023. Following the fall of the Awami League government, Kohinoor was acquitted in the case.
He was also acquitted on 12 November 2024 in a separate double murder case in Mymensingh.
During his postings across the country under the BNP-Jamaat administration, Kohinoor attracted considerable controversy, with media reports covering his activities extensively.
No disciplinary action was taken against him at the time.