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Krishna Pada Roy

Krishna Pada Roy is a retired additional inspector general of the Bangladesh Police and former commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.[1][2] He is a former additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.[3]

Krishna Pada Roy
কৃষ্ণপদ রায়
31st Police Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police
In office
18 July 2022 – 3 July 2024
Appointed byMinister of Home Affairs
Preceded bySaleh Mohammad Tanvir
Succeeded byMd. Saiful Islam
Personal details
BornTamashpur, Nabiganj, Habiganj, Bangladesh
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Police Training
Bangladesh Police Academy
Awards BPM (bar)
PPM (bar)
Notable workChief of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP)
Police career
Unit
Allegiance Bangladesh
DepartmentDetective Branch
Branch Bangladesh Police
Service years1995–2024
StatusRetired
Rank Additional IGP
Websitecmp.gov.bd

Career

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Roy joined the Bangladesh Police through the 15th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service.[4]

From 2001 to 2006, during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule, Roy was placed in unimportant positions along with fellow Hindu officers and officers from Gopalganj District and Faridpur District who were perceived as being loyal to the opposition Awami League.[5] He was stationed at the Bangladesh Police Academy.[5] He served as an additional superintendent of police in Syedpur Railway police after that in the Armed Police Battalion of Khulna District.[5] He was later deputed to a diplomatic mission of Bangladesh.[5]

In February 2008, Roy was transferred from superintendent of police of Sherpur District to the Criminal Investigation Department with the rank of special superintendent of police.[6] He was transferred from special superintendent of police of the Criminal Investigation Department in Rajshahi District in August 2008 to superintendent of police in Chandpur District.[7] In May 2009, Roy was the superintendent of police in Chandpur District[8] when 30 homes were burned down in an arson attack over char land.[9]

Roy provided security to a rally of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2010 as they attempted to lay seige to the Bangladesh Election Commission office over the by-election in Bhola District.[10] In 2011, Roy was elected assistant publicity and publication secretary of the Bangladesh Police Service Association.[11]

In April 2012, police officers under Roy, who was then the deputy commissioner (Ramna Zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police,[12] assaulted two journalists, from Samakal and Kaler Kantho, at the University of Dhaka.[13] Roy assured the journalists that action would be taken against the involved police officers.[13]

Roy led raids to arrest foreigners illegally staying in Bangladesh in November and detained 31 people from different African nations.[14] On 3 December 2014, Roy, then deputy commissioner of the Detective Branch (South) arrested three Rohingya linked with Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh and the 2014 Burdwan blast in India.[15] They were arrested after a tip off from the National Investigation Agency of India.[15] The suspects were also linked with the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation.[15] The arrest followed greater cooperation between law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh and India on counterterrorism.[15]

In April 2015, Roy was promoted from deputy commissioner to additional deputy inspector general of police.[16] He launched a new format for filing general diaries with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.[17] He investigated the murder of Niloy Chatterjee.[18]

In 2017, Roy was the joint commissioner of crime in the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.[19] His team investigated the son of the owner of Apan Jewellers for rape at the Raintree Hotel in Dhaka.[20]

Roy spoke at the launch of JOY, a mobile application developed by Ministry of Women and Children Affairs for women to report violence against them and seek aid from law enforcement, at the Bangladesh Shishu Academy.[21] In November 2018, Roy was promoted to deputy inspector general of police.[22]

In 2019, Roy led the police action to arrest those involved with the Murder of Abrar Fahad.[23]

On 29 July 2020, Roy was the additional police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police of crime[24] when a bomb exploded at Pallabi Police Station under his command.[25] The bomb was hidden in a weight scale seized by the police as evidence.[25] The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the explosion which the government denied.[26][27] He praised the Bangladesh Police and the government for increasing the posts for senior officers which he said would help reduce crime in Dhaka.[28] He told the media that criminals were using face mask requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh to hide their identity.[29]

On 18 July 2022, Roy was appointed the commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.[4][30] He was serving as the additional police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.[4] He replaced Saleh Mohammad Tanvir, who was appointed director of Central Police Hospital.[4] In October, he led raids before a Bangladesh Nationalist Party rally but denied allegations that he was targeting Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists.[31][32]

Roy was sent to forced retirement after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government in August 2024.[33]

References

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  1. ^ "Puja Mandaps: Still haunted by last year's horrors". The Daily Star. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh to introduce e-visa soon: home minister". New Age. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  3. ^ "DMP awards police officers for excellent works". Dhaka Tribune. 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  4. ^ a b c d "Krishna Pada Roy joins as CMP commissioner". The Daily Star. 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  5. ^ a b c d Ahsan, Zayadul (21 January 2007). "Pariahs in police". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Major reshuffle in police admin". The Daily Star. UNB. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  7. ^ "Shake-up in police admin". The Daily Star. 2008-08-26. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  8. ^ "Chandpur police to identify Rasu's victims in Tongi". The Daily Star. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  9. ^ "30 houses burnt in arson attack in Chandpur". The Daily Star. UNB. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  10. ^ "A protest march of the main opposition BNP towards the Election Commission Secretariat ended halfway yesterday in the capital, not because it was obstructed by law enforcers, but because the party leaders leading the march ran out of steam". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  11. ^ "Police assoc executives". The Daily Star. 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  12. ^ "Another on remand". The Daily Star. 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  13. ^ a b "Police beat up journos at DU". The Daily Star. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  14. ^ "31 Africans held for illegal stay". The Daily Star. 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  15. ^ a b c d "3 Rohingyas arrested". The Daily Star. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  16. ^ "134 police officers promoted". The Daily Star. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  17. ^ "DMP launches new GD format". The Daily Star. 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  18. ^ "Blogger killed once again". The Daily Star. 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  19. ^ "Mother, son murdered in city flat". The Daily Star. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  20. ^ "Banani rape: Shafat, Sakif remanded". The Daily Star. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  21. ^ "JOY: App to combat violence against women and children". The Daily Star. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  22. ^ "22 top cops promoted". The Daily Star. 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  23. ^ "9 held over Abarar murder". The Daily Star. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  24. ^ "Woman, maid found dead in Mirpur flat". The Daily Star. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  25. ^ a b "3 criminals whose weight machine exploded at Pallabi Police station not militants: police". The Daily Star. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  26. ^ "Blast at Pallabi Police Station: IS claims credit, police see no link to militants". The Daily Star. 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  27. ^ "Bangladesh arrests 3 in police station blast, denies ISIL link". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  28. ^ Khan, Mohammad Jamil (2020-07-06). "Police admin brings change to organogram after new SP-rank officials assigned posts". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  29. ^ Khan, Mohammad Jamil (2020-07-03). "'Perfect cover' for crime". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  30. ^ "4 metropolitans get new police commissioners". The Business Standard. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  31. ^ Rahaman, FM Mizanur; Ullah, Sifayet (2022-10-13). "Fighting again to restore democracy". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  32. ^ "Leaders, activists arrested in overnight raids at houses, hotels in Ctg: BNP". The Daily Star. 2022-10-12. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  33. ^ "Additional IGP, 2 other top officials sent into forced retirement". The Daily Star. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
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