Three police officers withdrawn for 'skipping' Awami League procession duty

Three police officers, including an assistant commissioner, have been withdrawn in Mohammadpur after being found at the station during a special drive. Police said the special drive was launched on Friday to prevent Awami League activists from staging flash processions. The move followed a directive from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner last week, stating that officers of areas where processions would take place must face action if they failed to stop them. On Friday afternoon, reports emerged that three officers had been withdrawn from duty. According to officers, they had been instructed to remain on the ground between 11am and 6pm on Friday to prevent sudden processions. Around 3:30pm, an additional commissioner of DMP visited Mohammadpur Police Station and...