Shawdesh Desk:

Former additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Sanjida Afrin has been suspended allegedly for misconduct.

The suspension was announced in a notification issued by home affairs ministry on Sunday, according to a notification of the ministry.

Sanjida, who is currently serving in the Armed Police Battalion, has been accused of misconduct. She was suspended under the Government Service Rules Act.

During this period, she will be attached to the Barishal Range and will receive a subsistence allowance in accordance with government regulations.

Earlier, Detective Branch inspector Jahangir Arif made a report clearing former law minister Anisul Huq, former private sector and investment adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Salman F Rahman and former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre, Major General, retd, Ziaul Ahsan, in two murder cases during the July-August student-led mass uprising.

The report, however, became public before being submitted to the court.

Inspector Jahangir Arif has since been temporarily suspended. During internal inquiries, Arif reportedly claimed that he acted on the instructions of ADC Sanjida Afrin.