Chattogram, Nov 15 (V7N)- Jahangir Alam, Superintendent of Police of the Chittagong Range Reserve Force (RRF), has been arrested on charges of maintaining contact with the banned Awami League and leaking internal and sensitive police information.

A sedition case was filed against him over allegations that he contacted the party amid rumours of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's possible return to Bangladesh in December.

Members of the Special Response Unit (SRU), Counter Terrorism Unit and Panchlaish Police Station arrested Jahangir Alam on Saturday (November 14).

RRF Assistant Superintendent of Police Abul Kashem Chowdhury filed the case at Panchlaish Police Station. It was registered at around 10:30pm on Saturday with approval from the Home Ministry.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Hasan Md. Shawkat Ali said a joint team of police and SRU personnel arrested Jahangir Alam from the Officers' Mess after the case was filed.

According to the case statement, Jahangir Alam sent a message from his mobile phone referring to a possible public mobilisation in December. The message reportedly read: "In December, people will take to the streets like bees. In 1996, my father took to the streets for the caretaker government in this country, inspired by the ideals of Bangabandhu, even when I was a child, sir. Bangladesh must be saved, sir."

However, the identity of the message's recipient has not been disclosed. Details of the case have also yet to be made public. The investigation is expected to be conducted by the SRU or the Counter Terrorism Unit.

Earlier, after receiving preliminary evidence last Tuesday, Chittagong Range DIG Md. Abdul Quddus Chowdhury questioned Jahangir Alam. His personal and official mobile phones were seized that day and sent to the Police Special Branch in Dhaka for forensic examination.

Meanwhile, Chittagong Range Additional DIG (Operations) Sofijul Islam is conducting a departmental investigation into the incident.

Sources at the Chittagong Range Office said the Range DIG summoned Jahangir Alam on Tuesday following allegations that he had supplied internal and sensitive information to the banned Awami League.

Jahangir Alam belongs to the 28th BCS (Police) batch and joined the police force on December 1, 2010.

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