Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun Wednesday paid glowing tributes to Shaheed Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to mark his 60th birthday.
The IGP placed a wreath on Shaheed Sheikh Russel's portrait set up at Rajarbag Police Lines.
Sheikh Russel was brutally killed along with Bangabandhu and most of his family members in a carnage on August 15 in 1975.
Additional IGPs and other senior officials of Bangladesh Police were present at the time.
Later, Bangladesh Police Service Association president, Additional IGP and Special Branch Chief Md Monirul Islam and its General Secretary and Superintendent of Police in Dhaka Md Asaduzzaman paid tributes to Sheikh Russel. DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman, Additional Director General on behalf of RAB DG Colonel Mahbubur Rahman, DIG Mofiz Uddin Ahmed, Additional IGPs Mallik Fakhrul Islam, Md Shafiqul Islam, Banaj Kumar Majumdar, Md Shahabuddin Khan, YM Belalur Rahman, Md Mahabubur Rahman, Mohammad Ali Mia, DIGs Md Shah Alam, Abul Kalam Siddique, Golam Kibria, Syed Nurul Islam and Md Moinul Islam paid tributes to Sheikh Russel.
Special prayers were also offered for the departed soul of Bangabandhu and most of his other family members, who were brutally assassinated on August 15 carnage.