The government has suspended 18 police officials, including sensational Detective Branch (DB) officer Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, for their absence in the workplaces for long without permission from the authorities concerned, reports UNB.

A notification, signed by Nasimul Goni, senior secretary to the Police-1 Section under Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs, was issued on Monday.

Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, additional police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and former DB Chief, Sanjit Kumar Roy, joint police commissioner of DMP, Rifat Rahman Shamim, additional DIG at Chattogram Range DIG Office, Kazi Ashraful Azim, superintendent of police at Chattogram Range DIG Office, Hasan Arafat, additional SP at Police Training Centre of Khulna, Syed Nurul Islam, DIG of Bangladesh Police Academy at Sardah, Md. Asaduzzaman, SP at Bangladesh Police Academy, Mohammad Zayedul Alam, additional DIG, APBN and Specialized Training Centre in Khagrachhari, Mohammad Farid Uddin, additional DIG, APBN (Chittagong Hill Tracts), Shyamal Kumar Mukherjee, additional DIG at Rajshahi Range DIG Office, Ayesha Siddika, supernumerary additional DIG at Rajshahi Range DIG Office are among the suspended police officials.

They also include Rajon Kumar Das, additional SP at 8 APBN in Cox’s Bazar, Mirza Salauddin, additional SP at Police Staff College in Dhaka, Md. Habibullah Dalal, assistant SP at Police Staff College, Rashedul Islam, additional Deputy Police Commissioner at Barishal Metropolitan Police, Md. Moniruzzaman, additional DIG at Dhaka Tourist Police, Md Abu Maruf Hossain, former Deputy Police Commissioner at Rangpur Metropolitan Police but currently with Anti-Terrorism Unit in Dhaka, and Md Ashrafuluzzaman, DIG (Commandant).

The suspended officials will, however, get allowances and other facilities during the suspension, the notification says.