Sayedee’s Death: Inspector transferred over condolence post

A police officer was transferred from Rajshahi Metropolitan Police to Bandarban Armed Police Battalion (APBn) for posting on social media in favour of war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee, who died on Monday.

The police officer is Khairul Islam, court inspector of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP).

Vijay Basak, additional commissioner (crime and discipline branch) of RMP, said that an investigation was conducted about Khairul Islam's Facebook post.

"As he was found guilty, he was transferred to Bandarban following the order of the police headquarters on Thursday," he added.

Sayedee, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, died while undergoing treatment on Monday night.

After the death of Sayeedi, inspector Khairul Islam posted on his personal Facebook expressing his condolences.

When his Facebook post came to light, RMP Commissioner Vijay Biplab Talukder ordered the cybercrime unit to investigate the matter.

However, Inspector Khairul deleted the post shortly after posting it.