Police headquarters removed him on May 2 after the Election Commission ordered for his removal on his failure to discharge duties impartially in the run-up to elections.

In a major reshuffle yesterday in police top positions, the government also gave MA Mazed, additional DIG of Chittagong range, the charge of the CMP commissioner, sources said.

The former superintendent of police (SP) of Sherpur, Nivas Chandra Majhi, has been transferred to Sarda Police Training Academy.

Rowshan Ara Begum, commanding officer (CO) of Armed Police Battalion (APBn)-8 of Dhaka, has been made the CO of APBn-9 of Dhaka, while CO ZA Morshed of APBn-9 (Dhaka) has been transferred to the Sylhet APBn.

Rangpur Additional SP Harun-ur-Rashid, who was on deputation to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), and Pabna ASP Kazi Fazlul Karim have been promoted SP and transferred to Chandpur and Sherpur.