Police force not responsible for SP Jahangir’s anti-state activities

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Hasan Mohammad Shawkot Ali has made it clear that the police force will not take responsibility for the alleged anti-state activities of Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammad Jahangir Alam, who was arrested in connection with a sedition case.

He said responsibility for such activities rested entirely with the individual officer and that the police force would never accept responsibility for his personal actions.

The CMP commissioner made the remarks while responding to questions from journalists at his office around 11:30am on Sunday.

He said anyone involved in such activities would be personally responsible for their actions.

"He became involved in anti-state activities out of his own personal responsibility. The force has no responsibility in this regard and will never take responsibility for his actions. This will be treated solely as his personal responsibility," he said.

The CMP commissioner said a case complaint was received by Chattogram Metropolitan Police on Saturday and subsequently submitted to Panchlaish Police Station.

As the case involved sedition charges, prior government approval was required under the law. The regular case was formally filed at the police station after obtaining the necessary approval, he said.

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Jahangir was arrested immediately after the case was filed, the commissioner said, adding that he was currently in the custody of the CMP's Special Response Unit.

The Special Response Unit will also investigate the sedition case, and the arrested SP will be produced before a court on Sunday in accordance with legal procedures, he added.

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Earlier, Chattogram Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Md Abdul Kuddus Chowdhury said messages outlining a plan to rehabilitate the banned Awami League government by December had been recovered from SP Jahangir Alam's mobile phone.

One of the messages reportedly called for taking to the streets while "risking one's life".

The DIG said that after receiving information from reliable sources, Jahangir's two mobile phones—one personal and the other official—were seized and sent to the Special Branch (SB) of Police Headquarters in Dhaka for forensic examination.

After the forensic examination corroborated the relevant information, the authorities initiated the process of preparing an inquiry report and filing a case, he added.