Chattogram Metropolitan Police


The Chattogram Metropolitan Police is the primary metropolitan unit of the Bangladesh Police responsible for law enforcement, public safety, and crime prevention within the metropolis of Chattogram, the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Established in 1978 under the Chittagong Metropolitan Police Ordinance, CMP oversees policing operations, administration, and coordination with other law enforcement and emergency agencies in the city. The force is headed by a Police Commissioner who manages all operational and administrative functions.

History

The Chittagong Metropolitan Police was established on 30 November 1978 with M. M. Sharif Ali as its first commissioner. It has six police stations at the beginning with 3238 personnel.
On 24 January 1988, Chittagong Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mirza Rakibul Huda ordered police to fire at a rally of Awami League killing 24 people. It is known as the 1988 Chittagong massacre.
Mobassher, a member of Bangladesh Ansar, stationed in Chandgaon Police Station, was arrested for the rape of a 7-year-old girl in May 2012.
In May 2016, the Chittagong Metropolitan Police banned people from putting stickers in their car mentioning their professions.
Commissioner Mahbubur Rahman of the Chattogram Metropolitan Police told the media on 5 September 2018 that extrajudicial killings of drug dealers are necessary for peace. From May—September 2018, 10 drug dealers were killed by the police under his command. In November, the Chattogram Metropolitan Police got their first counter-terrorist unit.
In June 2020, the Chattogram Metropolitan Police established a 100-bed CMP-Bidyanondo Field Hospital in collaboration with Bidyanondo Foundation. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Kotwali police station under Chattogram Metropolitan Police started providing home delivery of medicine. In August 2020, eight members of Chattogram Metropolitan Police were sued for allegedly implicating four people in a narcotics case in an attempt to extort money. The complaint was filed with Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Mohiuddin Murad.
Two police constables of the Chattogram Metropolitan Police disappeared while training in the Netherlands in May 2022. They had decided to stay in the country and deserted. In August, three constables were withdrawn after video of them confining and torturing children went viral.

Police stations

There are currently 16 police stations operating under CMP.
  1. Akbarshah
  2. Bakoliya
  3. Bandar
  4. Bayazid
  5. Chandgaon
  6. Double Mooring
  7. Halishahar
  8. Khulshi
  9. Kotwali
  10. Pahartali
  11. Panchlaish
  12. Patenga
  13. Chawkbazar
  14. Sadarghat
  15. EPZ
  16. Karnaphuli

    Police commissioners

NoNameTook officeLeft officeRef
1M. M. Sharif Ali30 November 197827 July 1980
2A. H. M. B. Zaman31 July 19802 April 1982
3M. Azizul Haque3 April 19824 July 1982
4Golam Morshed5 July 198225 April 1983
5Kazi Golam Rahman25 April 198317 April 1985
6A. F. Kabir17 April 19856 April 1987
7Mirza Rakibul Huda6 April 198727 April 1988
8M Wahidul Haque27 April 198826 June 1991
9AFM Mahmoud-Al Farid1 July 199120 December 1991
10Mohammad Abdus Salam20 December 199121 March 1993
11Osman Ali Khan, BPM23 March 199320 November 1994
12Shahudul Haque20 November 19947 March 1996
13Osman Ali Khan, BPM7 March 199614 May 1996
14Modabbir Hossain Chowdhury14 May 199625 May 1997
15Md. Ashraful Huda9 June 199725 September 1998
16Qutbur Rahman, PPM25 January 199810 January 1999
17Ahmadul Haque Chowdhury10 January 199926 July 2001
18Md. Shahidullah Khan26 July 200126 August 2003
19SM Sabbir Ali26 August 20032 June 2004
20Md. Amjad Hossain2 June 200417 May 2005
21Mohammad Majedul Haque17 May 20053 November 2006
22Md. Mainur Rahman Chowdhury3 November 200617 December 2007
23M Akbar Ali, BPM, PPM14 December 200728 August 2008
24Md. Moniruzzaman3 September 200810 July 2010
25Mohammad Abul Kashem, BPM10 July 20102 May 2012
26Md. Shafiqul Islam2 May 201227 August 2014
27Md. Abdul Jalil Mandal27 August 201410 April 2016
28Md. Iqbal Bahar, BPM, PPA10 April 20167 June 2018
29Md. Mahabubur Rahman, PPM12 June 20188 September 2020
30Saleh Mohammad Tanveer, PPM8 September 202018 July 2022
31Krishna Pada Roy, BPM bar, PPM bar18 July 20223 July 2024
32Md. Saiful Islam, BPM bar3 July 20243 August 2024
33Haseeb Aziz, BPM bar5 September 2024present