Ali Akbar Khan, the acting chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has applied for voluntary retirement after allegedly being overlooked for promotion.
The application came after a list of promotions to the post of additional inspector general of police (IGP) was published.
A senior police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Thursday that Akbar became upset after finding his name was not on the promotion list and then submitted an application for retirement to the senior secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The ministry has issued a gazette notification promoting five deputy inspectors general (DIGs) to the rank of additional IGP.
They are Mushfequr Rahman of Sylhet Range, Mosharraf Hossain, director at the National Security Intelligence (NSI), Md Moniruzzaman of Chattogram Range, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Additional Director General Faruk Ahmed and Dhaka Range DIG Rezaul Karim Mallick.
