BSS
  18 Oct 2023, 19:13
Update : 18 Oct 2023, 19:16

IGP pays tribute to Sheikh Russel

DHAKA, Oct 18, 2023 (BSS) - Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury 
Abdullah Al-Mamun today paid glowing tributes to Shaheed Sheikh Russel, the 
youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to 
mark his 60th birthday. 

The IGP placed a wreath on Shaheed Sheikh Russel's portrait set up at 
Rajarbag Police Lines. 

Sheikh Russel was brutally killed along with Bangabandhu and most of his 
family members in a carnage on August 15 in 1975.

Additional IGPs and other senior officials of Bangladesh Police were present 
at the time.

Later, Bangladesh Police Service Association president, Additional IGP and 
Special Branch Chief Md Monirul Islam and its General Secretary and 
Superintendent of Police in Dhaka Md Asaduzzaman paid tributes to Sheikh 
Russel.

DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman, Additional Director General on behalf of RAB 
DG Colonel Mahbubur Rahman, DIG Mofiz Uddin Ahmed, Additional IGPs Mallik 
Fakhrul Islam, Md Shafiqul Islam, Banaj Kumar Majumdar, Md Shahabuddin Khan, 
YM Belalur Rahman, Md Mahabubur Rahman, Mohammad Ali Mia, DIGs Md Shah Alam, 
Abul Kalam Siddique, Golam Kibria, Syed Nurul Islam and Md Moinul Islam paid 
tributes to Sheikh Russel.

Special prayers were also offered for the departed soul of Bangabandhu and 
most of his other family members, who were brutally assassinated on August 15 
carnage.