Law and order
Faruk Ahmed appointed SRB director general
Translated by Desk Report
Faruk Ahmed, an additional inspector general of Highway Police, has been appointed director general of the Special Response Battalion (SRB). The incumbent SRB director general, Ahsan Habib Palash, has been transferred to Police Headquarters as an additional IGP.
The home ministry’s Police-1 branch issued a notification on Tuesday (3 November) by order of the president. Deputy Secretary Tousif Ahmed signed it.
Faruk Ahmed is an officer of the 17th BCS police cadre. He joined Bangladesh Police as an assistant superintendent of police on 22 February 1998.
He was promoted to additional inspector general of police on 4 June this year and given charge of Highway Police on 7 July.
During his career, Faruk Ahmed has taken part in various professional training courses, seminars and experience-sharing programmes at home and abroad.
