Recent stories regarding current and former Bangladeshi police officers have been published in print and electronic news media, as well as social media, in an incomplete, biassed, and indiscriminate manner, according to the Bangladesh Police Service Association.
The organisation of has voiced strong opposition to this. In a press release released on Friday, the Police Service Association has demanded that in the future, while reporting on the police, greater caution be exercised and journalistic standards be appropriately upheld.
Various reports have appeared in the media in recent times concerning the wealth and assets of the former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed and his family, as well as of former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah and his family. Benazir and his family left the country after the Anti-Corruption Commission began investigating his wealth.
In this backdrop, the Police Service Association held a meeting at the police headquarters auditorium on Thursday. Some of those present at the meeting even demanded that legal action against those involved in publishing such news. The Police Service Association press release was issued the day after the meeting.
President of the Police Service Association and additional IGP of the police`s Special Branch (SB), Md Munirul Islam, and the association`s general secretary, Narayanganj district police super Golam Mustafa Russel signed the press release.
Bangladesh Police Service Association - BPSA is the association of the BCS cadre police officers of Bangladesh.
