The Crime Desk: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country and left the country for India after resigning from the post of Prime Minister in the popular uprising of students. After Sheikh Hasina left the country, many Awami League leaders and activists are in hiding. Like them, some officers of the police administration are also in hiding. One of them is Harun-or-Rashid, the former head of the Intelligence Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). After the mass uprising of the students on August 5, various information began to spread around Harun, the police officer in question. Including the attack on Haroon at the airport, admission to CMH, being in the custody of other forces, and finally fleeing to the United States.
Harun’s location is unclear. However, Harun’s location is still unknown in spite of various information. This former police officer spoke about various issues, including his recent escape from an unknown place with an expatriate journalist. Harun-or-Rashid said about the current position and not joining the work, “various rumors were being spread around me. I was still silent. When the government asked everyone to join the work. Then I contacted the DMP Commissioner on August 8. He forbade me to join then. Ask me to stay in a safe place. I went to join. But I could not join. Two days later, I saw that a case was registered in my name at the Mohammadpur police station in the capital.
Where the former Prime Minister, Home Minister, IGP, Commissioner, and I were accused of the order. Then I was surprised. I work in DB. DB’s job is to investigate the case. We make arrests when ordered by superior officers. I did not go and fight in Mohammadpur; it is not my job. Does the additional commissioner go to fight? And 6 additional commissioners after the commissioner in DMP. I am commissioner number 6. When there was a case in my name, it was a little…
It is said again that there is no problem, even if it is a case. If not involved in the incident, you will not be arrested. Good thing I thought. I thought I would join. The next day I saw one of the advisers say, “You bring the police officers who have not joined.” I was more surprised then. If I don’t join the job, then the proceeding will be done. And if you join, you will force me to work. After hearing this, I felt like a risk. It means my life is in danger. Now people are caught and beaten; eggs are killed. If I… First you have to live. I am deliberately silent.
According to a source, Harun Or Rashid left Bangladesh at the end of September. The wife and children of the former DB chief are already living in the United States. So Haroon or Rashid already had a US visa. He came to New York’s Long Island on that visa and started living. The former DB chief is getting help from some of the Bangladeshi community in New York’s Long Island. The source also said that in 2006, Harun’s wife got US citizenship after winning the DV lottery. Harun’s family has been living there ever since. And the former DB chief regularly traveled to the United States there.
