Jahangir praises police for impartial polls duty

Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday described the 12 February election and referendum as a role model in Bangladesh’s election history, citing the impartiality of police and other law enforcement agencies during the polls.
Jahangir said the election have been appreciated at home and abroad while attending his farewell reception organised by the Police Department at Police Headquarters’ Hall of Integrity.
The advisers urged police personnel to continue improving the status they achieved through combined effort, especially after facing the difficult situation on 5 August 2024.
Highlighting the transparency in appointing law enforcement members under the interim government, he said, “No interference was made from my office in these appointments, which were carried out with utmost transparency, 

a rare practice in Bangladesh’s history.” 

The event was attended by IGP Baharul Alam, DMP Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali, RAB (SIF) Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman and other senior officials.

Additional IGP AKM Awlad Hossain expressed thanks on behalf of the department.

Earlier, the adviser attended farewell receptions organised by the Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, Immigration and Passport Department, and Border Guard Bangladesh, and later by the Department of Narcotics Control and Bangladesh Ansar and VDP.

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