“The decision has been taken solely over breach of discipline. There is no political issue here,” says the academy’s principal

Rajshahi Bureau

As many as 252 cadet sub-inspectors (SI), who received final recommendation for appointment, have been discharged from the Bangladesh Police Academy in Sarda, Rajshahi on charges of indiscipline during basic training.

The academy’s Principal Additional Inspector General of Police Md Masudur Rahman Bhuiyan confirmed the matter to The Business Standard Tuesday (22 October).

He said the discharge letters were being issued and sent to each of the 252 trainee SIs, dismissed on disciplinary grounds, from the 40th outsider cadet batch.

“The decision has been taken solely over breach of discipline. There is no political issue here,” Masudur said but did not go into details.

According to academy officials, the cadets were dismissed on Monday (21 October) and the principal was sending official discharge letters to the home addresses of the trainees.

The training of this batch of 804 cadet SIs started on 11 November, 2023, and is scheduled to end on 4 November this year, they said.

Although the allegation of breaching discipline has been made, neither the academy officials nor the Police Headquarters were willing to comment when asked for details about the specific accusations.

However, sources said that the dismissed trainee SIs faced several charges, including not attending classes on time, not following commands from superiors, engaging in fights among themselves, skipping training sessions, and getting involved in “unethical” relationships.