if the police establish Babul's involvement in the murder

Even if the police establish Babul's involvement in the murder, they cannot force him to resign using it as a bargaining weapon. The police do not have such jurisdiction and any such action is unlawful. Babul's fate must be decided by the court. If found guilty and convicted, he will automatically be unfit to hold his job in the police force.

If there is any action the police can take before the conclusion of the trial, once Babul is accused of the crime, it can suspend him through a departmental action on the condition that he would remain suspended until he is cleared from the charges.

But by putting pressure on him to quit the job, some police officers have taken the law in their hands. They made the law subject to their will. This is completely against the spirit of the rule of law. Police officers who have unlawfully pressurised Babul should face departmental action for breaching the discipline.

Until yesterday, Babul was not made accused in the case filed in connection with the murder of his wife. He was picked up and taken to the DB office on Friday night, where he was kept for 15 hours for "interrogation". He was sent back to the home of his father-in-law in Dhaka, where he has been staying after the murder of his wife on June 5 in Chittagong.

Initially, the home minister said Babul was taken to the DB Office for interrogation and later he said he was taken there to identify suspected killers of his wife. The way he was picked and interrogated at the DD office has triggered many questions. In the last one week or so, newspapers and social media have been flooded by reports and discussions on this. None of the reports and discussions has served to brighten the image of the police.

Chittagong's Police Commissioner last Saturday spoke at a press conference, focusing on the statements of two suspected killers, who were said to have been paid to murder Mitu. But the Police Commissioner did not say who hired them. The police headquarters maintain their mysterious silence, despite the inundation of media reports and discussions.