Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Mohammad Shafiqul Islam has been appointed as the commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), effective immediately.
An additional inspector general of police (IGP), Islam will replace incumbent DMP chief Asaduzzaman Mia, a home ministry gazette said on Wednesday (Aug 28).
Islam also worked as an additional IGP at the Police Headquarters before he was appointed as the CID chief on May 16 this year.
In another gazette, the home ministry appointed Additional IGP of Police Headquarters Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun as the new CID chief.