Contact with Awami League, SP Jahangir under surveillance

Police Superintendent Mohammad Jahangir Alam, serving in the Range Reserve Force (RRF) in Chattogram, has been placed under surveillance. His personal and official mobile phones have been seized.

News of SP Jahangir's detention has also spread among police personnel. However, the DIG of Chattogram Range said he has not been detained yet.

Mohammad Jahangir Alam is serving as Deputy Commander of RRF in Chattogram. During the anti-discrimination movement, he was serving as Additional Superintendent of Police in Feni district.

An official of the district police, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that a team of DMP's intelligence unit took Jahangir into their custody from the RRF Police Lines in Halishahar of the city. He is being interrogated.

The official said he was placed under surveillance after information was found about his contact with leaders and activists of a banned organization.

When asked, DIG of Chattogram Range Abdul Kuddus Chowdhury told Agramir Somoy, "Jahangir is a Deputy Commander under my authority. If he were detained or arrested, I would be the first to know. I confirm that he has not been detained or arrested. A complaint has been received against him. In the interest of investigation, his two mobile phones were seized yesterday (Tuesday)."

When asked what the complaint was about, he said, "I cannot say a single line, a single word about the complaint."

When asked where Jahangir Alam is now, the DIG said, "He is where he is supposed to be. Only the two mobile phones have been kept in our custody."