Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has ordered the withdrawal of the Chakaria Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) in Cox's Bazar within 24 hours.
He gave the order after a view-sharing meeting with officials of the Home and Agriculture Ministries at the Cox's Bazar Deputy Commissioner's conference room today.
Following allegation against the OC made by a local journalist, he gave the order to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Chittagong Range over phone.
The journalist informed the Home Adviser about torture of an individual under the custody of the Chakaria Thana Police.