Rangpur Metropolitan Police is a newly formed police unit of Bangladesh Police, serving Rangpur City Corporation, Haragach Municipality, Sarai Union of

Kaunia Upazila Kaunia ( bn, কাউনিয়া) is an upazila of Rangpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Kaunia is located at . It has 35487 households and total area 147.6 km2. Tista river flows beside this upazila. Kauni ...

, and Kallayni Union of

Pirgacha Upazila Pirgacha ( bn, পীরগাছা) is an upazila of Rangpur District in the division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Pirgacha is located at . It has 52,432 households and total area 265.32 km2. Tambulpur is one of the famous unions whic ...

of Rangpur District. Rangpur Metropolitan Police started its all out operational activities on 16 September 2018. Nure Alam Mina is the commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police.

History

The government of Bangladesh announced plans to establish Rangpur Metropolitan Police and

Gazipur Metropolitan Police Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) is the chief law enforcement agency in Gazipur, Bangladesh. It was established in 2018 under the ''Gazipur Metropolitan Police Ordinance'' approved by the Government of Bangladesh. Molla Nazrul Islam is the Commiss ...

in December 2015 in a Cabinet meeting chaired by

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Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

. The Cabinet of Bangladesh led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the draft of laws of establish Gazipur and Rangpur Metropolitan Police. The Rangpur Metropolitan Police was established by the "Rangpur Metropolitan Police Act, 2018" passed in the National Assembly of Bangladesh on 12 April 2018. In April 2019, Kotwali police station officer in charge was accused of sexual harassment of a woman who had gone to the police station. Nazmul Quader, officer in charge of Haragachh Police Station of Rangpur Metropolitan Police, was closed for letting a rape suspect go from police custody in February 2022. Justices

Mamnoon Rahman Mamnoon Rahman (born 9 December 1965) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was appointed in 2004. Early life and education Rahman was born on 9 December 1965. He obtained his bachelors and master ...

and

Khandaker Diliruzzaman Khandaker Diliruzzaman is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Diliruzzaman was born on 23 March 1973. He has a bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Rajshahi. Career Diliruzzaman beca ...

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issued an order asking Rangpur Metropolitan Police to explain the custodial death of man in November 2021.

Police stations

* Kotwali * Parshuram * Haragach * Tajhat * Mahiganj * Hajirhat

References

Bangladesh Police Government of Rangpur, Bangladesh Municipal law enforcement agencies of Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-stub