The government has enacted a sweeping reshuffle within the top tiers of Gopalganj’s civil administration and law enforcement, removing both the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and the Superintendent of Police (SP) from their posts with immediate effect.
According to separate gazette notifications issued on Sunday by the Ministry of Public Administration and the Ministry of Home Affairs, Gopalganj Deputy Commissioner Md Arif-uz-Zaman has been withdrawn from his field assignment and attached to the Ministry of Public Administration. In his place, the authorities have appointed G M Sarfaraz, who previously served as the Deputy Commissioner of Habiganj, to take charge of the district’s civil administration.
Simultaneously, the Ministry of Home Affairs ordered a transfer for the district’s police chief. Gopalganj Superintendent of Police Md Habibullah has been reassigned as the new SP of Feni. Taking over the policing duties in Gopalganj is Pratyush Kumar Majumdar, who was serving as the Superintendent of Police in Feni prior to this directive.
These high-profile administrative changes come against the backdrop of volatile unrest in the district. Prior to the transfers, groups of individuals were seen staging demonstrations across the area, openly carrying an array of locally made weapons—including wooden oars, bamboo sticks, machetes, Chinese axes, spears, and lances. Many participants in these processions wore helmets and chanted various slogans, heightening security concerns across the locality. The decision to overhaul the district’s leadership reflects an urgent effort by the central government to restore order and reinforce administrative oversight during a sensitive period.
The broader administrative reshuffle also affected two other districts. Cabinet Division Deputy Secretary Zakir Hossain has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Habiganj, filling the vacancy left by G M Sarfaraz’s transfer to Gopalganj. Meanwhile, Md Alamgir Kabir, a Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration, has been named the new Deputy Commissioner of Chuadanga. All directives are expected to take immediate effect as the newly appointed officials prepare to assume their respective offices.
