180 women police leave for Congo

A 180-member strong contingent of female members of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka in the early hours of yesterday by a chartered aircraft, to join a UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo.

Police Super Salma Syed Poly is leading the Bangladesh Formed Police Unit-1 (BANFPU-1, Rotation-13) team as commander, to establish peace in a volatile territory, said a press release.

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Female police members from Bangladesh had earlier joined a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti in 2010.