Former inspectors general of police (IGPs) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and AKM Shahidul Hoque have been apprehended by law enforcers in the capital.

Sources at the Detective Branch said the former police chiefs were picked up from separate houses in the Uttara area on Tuesday night and taken to the DB headquarters.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner (Investigation Division) Rezaul Karim Mallik also confirmed the matter to the media.

The former IGPs would be quizzed about their involvement in the genocide during the student-led mass uprising, DB sources added.

Meanwhile, there are multiple cases filed against them.

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was serving as the IGP during the student-people movement that led to the downfall of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Hundreds of people, including students, were killed and thousands injured in the movement. Many of the protesters were gunned down by police and other law enforcement agencies.

The Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government appointed Mamun as the IGP on 30 September 2022. He served the post till this year’s 5 August, the day Hasina resigned and fled to India, bowing down to the mass uprising.

Mamun also went into hiding on the same day.

On the other hand, Shahidul Hoque was appointed IGP on 31 December 2014 and retired on 31 January 2018.