Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin has been named as new inspector
general of prisons on Wednesday replacing the incumbent prisons chief
Main Uddin Khandaker.
The public administration ministry issued an order with effect from December 10.
When approached, the state minister for home, Shamsul Haque Tuku, however, refrained from commenting on the new appointment.
The move was made only seven days after appointing Main Uddin Khandaker,
additional secretary of the home ministry, as the inspector general of
prisons.
Main Uddin was given the charge of the prisons chief on December 5 as
his additional responsibility by an order of the home ministry.
Earlier, the post had been vacant since the contract with previous
inspector general of prisons retired Brigadier General Ashraful Islam
Khan expired on November 17.
The public administration ministry order said, Brigadier General Syed
Iftekhar Uddin, who was the director of the Central Medical Store Depot
under the health and family welfare ministry on deputation, has been
placed under home ministry to appoint him as inspector general of
prisons.
Iftekher had earlier served the prisons department as additional
inspector general at the rank of colonel prior his posting at the depot. (source)