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Additional DIG (supernumerary) Abdullah Al Zahir, who was in charge of the repair and maintenance branch of police headquarters, has been withdrawn. An office order issued on Tuesday withdrew him and attached him to the headquarters branch.
The order was signed by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Ali Hossain Fakir. It was issued from police headquarters.
The office order stated that Abdullah Al Zahir will remain attached to police headquarters in Dhaka until further orders.
The order also said the decision would take effect immediately.
Background
The withdrawal order came in the wake of a raid on the same day. According to the Uttara division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB), early on 20 October 2026 police raided a three-storey house in the Khilkhet police station’s Police Housing-1 area and detained a total of 84 people, including 26 women and 58 men, one of whom was an Afghan national — bdnews24.com reported this on 20 October 2026.
According to the same report, cannabis, yaba, liquor and equipment for taking yaba were seized in the raid, and the house belonged to Additional DIG Abdullah Al Zahir and was listed for rent on Airbnb and Traveler. The DB team went there on the basis of information about all-night DJ parties, drug taking and the buying and selling of drugs.
Sources
Background sources: bdnews24.com, 20 October 2026, Ajker Patrika
