The interim government of Bangladesh has appointed superintendents of police for 64 districts across the country through a lottery system ahead of the national election slated for the first half of February next year.聽
A gazette notification, signed by Md Mahbubur Rahman, deputy secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs, was issued in this regard on Wednesday.
Earlier on the day, home affairs adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said that the SPs have been appointed through the lottery after categorising the districts into three considering the law-and-order issue.聽
Talking to reporters after a review meeting of the Annual Development Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture at Secretariat, he claimed that no meritorious officers have been left out during the SP postings.
Responding to a question on the lottery system, the adviser said, 鈥榊es, the news is correct. The lottery was conducted exactly as planned. We established three categories鈥擜, B, and C鈥攏ot based on district size but on the law-and-order situation.鈥�
After categorising districts, the adviser said, officers were assigned accordingly.
鈥極ut of a total of 64 SPs, 18 were reassigned, while others remained unchanged. The lottery then decided which officer would go to which district, based on luck,鈥� he asserted.
Asked if the same system would apply to officer-in-charge postings, he replied saying 鈥業nsha鈥橝llah,鈥� emphasising that primarily the most capable officers were selected.
