DHAKA, Sept 22, 2022 (BSS) - Inspector General of Police Dr Benazir Ahmed's post-retirement leave (PRL) has been approved today.

A gazette notification signed by Deputy Secretary Dhananjay Kumar Das of the Public Security Division of the Ministry Of Home Affairs was issued in this regard today.

IGP Dr Benazir's PRL has been approved as per the Public Service Act, 2018 (57), as he will turn 59 on September 30, said the gazette notification.

Dr Benazir Ahmed will be on post retirement leave from October 1 this year to September 30 next year. He will get all benefits as per the government service rules, it said.

Earlier, Dr Benazir Ahmed served as director general of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and many positions in the police department.

On April 8 in 2020, the government appointed him as the IGP.