Detective Branch (Bangladesh)

History

Notable cases

• Detective Branch investigated the Murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.
• The branch was given the investigation of the Murder of Avijit Roy.
• The branch was given the task to investigate the Murder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, after Bangladesh Police failed to solve. The case was transferred to Rapid Action Battalion after Detective Branch expressed inability to solve the Crime.

  Controversy

• In March 2015, 7 Detective Branch members entered a border Village in Tripura, India while chasing a criminal in Comilla near the Bangladesh-India border. They were surrounded by the villagers, while three detective members escaped four were detained by Indian Border Security Force. They were handed over to Border Guards Bangladesh and BSF asked that the DB men be charged under Bangladeshi laws.
• Shamim Reza Rubel was a college student who was arrested by Detective Branch members. He was then tortured and killed in custody.