Ex-DIG Nahidul, wanted in ICT case over Jamaat leader murder, arrested in Dhaka

Police arrested former
deputy inspector general (DIG) AKM Nahidul Islam at his residence in Dhaka's
Eskaton area early this morning (13 September) in response to a requisition
issued by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).
Shafiqul
Islam, additional commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka
Metropolitan Police (DMP), confirmed that Nahidul is an accused in a case filed
at the ICT over the killing of a Jamaat leader during his tenure in Meherpur.
He
said the former police officer has already been handed over to the tribunal.
Govt sends four DIGs on retirement
Nahidul
Islam was previously a DIG at the Special Branch, where he oversaw the
political wing. He also served as the former police superintendent of Meherpur
district, confirmed another DB source.
The
arrest comes months after the government sent four deputy inspectors general of
police, including Nahidul, into forced retirement on 28 July, citing
"public interest."















