Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Md. Sajjadur Rahman as the new Commissioner of the Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP). Photo : BSS

KHULNA, July 29, 2026 (BSS) - The government has appointed Deputy Inspector 
General (DIG) Md. Sajjadur Rahman as the new Commissioner of the Khulna 
Metropolitan Police (KMP), replacing Mohammad Zahidul Hasan.

The appointment was announced in a notification issued on Wednesday by the 
Police-1 Branch of the Public Security Division under the Ministry of Home 
Affairs.

The order, issued in the name of the President, was signed by Deputy 
Secretary Tofayel Ahmed.

According to the notification, Md. Sajjadur Rahman, a BCS (Police) cadre 
officer who had been serving as DIG of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn), has 
been transferred and posted as the Commissioner of the KMP.

The order has been issued in the public interest and will take immediate 
effect, it added.

Earlier on July 21, former KMP Commissioner Mohammad Zahidul Hasan was 
transferred as DIG of the Mymensingh Range.