A police superintendent (SP) of the Chattogram Range Reserve Force (RRF), Mohammad Jahangir Alam, has been arrested in a sedition case over allegations that he maintained contact with leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and leaked confidential information from within the police force. The allegations are linked to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's planned return to Bangladesh in December.
A joint team of the Special Response Unit (SRU) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), formerly the Counter Terrorism unit, and Panchlaish police arrested him from the CMP Officers' Mess in the city late on Saturday night, shortly after the case was filed.
Abul Kashem Chowdhury, an assistant superintendent of police with the RRF, filed the case at Panchlaish Police Station. The case accuses Jahangir of assisting in acts of sabotage.
CMP Commissioner Hasan Md Shawkat Ali confirmed the arrest. He said a sedition case had been filed against the RRF officer and that he was arrested after approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Chattogram Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Md Abdul Quddus Chowdhury questioned Jahangir on Tuesday after preliminary evidence of alleged information leaks emerged. An additional DIG (operations) of the range is conducting a departmental inquiry. Jahangir's official and personal mobile phones had earlier been seized.
Jahangir, a 28th-batch BCS police officer, joined the police force on December 1, 2010. He is the deputy commandant of the Chattogram Range Reserve Force. During the July-August 2024 uprising, he was serving as an additional superintendent of police in Feni district.
