Commercial Times Report: Superintendent of Police (SP) Jahangir Alam of the Chattogram Range Reserve Force (RRF) has been arrested in a treason case over allegations of maintaining contact with the banned Awami League and leaking state information.

Members of the Special Response Unit (SRU), Counter Terrorism Unit and Panchlaish Police jointly arrested him late Saturday night from the Officers’ Mess in Chattogram.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abul Kashem Chowdhury of the RRF filed the case against Jahangir Alam at Panchlaish Police Station. The case was officially recorded on Saturday night following approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Hasan Md. Shawkat Ali confirmed the arrest, saying that a team comprising police and SRU members arrested Jahangir Alam from the Officers’ Mess shortly after the case was filed with the ministry’s approval.

Earlier, on Tuesday, senior police officials questioned SP Jahangir after preliminary evidence related to the allegations emerged. His personal and official mobile phones were also seized that day and sent to the Police Special Branch (SB) in Dhaka for forensic examination.

Meanwhile, a departmental investigation into the incident is being conducted by Shafizul Islam, Additional Deputy Inspector General (Operations) of Chattogram Range.

Jahangir Alam belongs to the 28th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Police) cadre. He joined the police force on December 1, 2010.

The allegations against him are under investigation. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty by a court of law.