Former Jamalpur deputy commissioner Ahmed Kabir, who was suspended and made an officer on special duty following a video scandal in August 2019, has been downgraded on his pay scale for three years as punishment for misconduct.
The suspended deputy secretary has been demoted from 5th grade (Tk43,000) to the 6th grade (Tk35,500) on the national pay scale 2015 for three years as punishment for misconduct as per the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 2018, according to a gazette notification issued by the public administration ministry.
The public administration ministry withdrew him from his Jamalpur DC posting in August 2019 following a video that went viral.
In the video Ahmed Kabir, an administration cadre official belonging to the 18th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service was seen hugging a female colleague privately in a room adjacent to the Jamalpur DC office.
The Cabinet Division also initiated a move to verify the video of Ahmed Kabir with a female in the office that drew widespread criticisms on social media after it went viral.
The allegation of misconduct against Ahmed Kabir was proved well-grounded, said the gazette notification signed by public administration ministry’s secretary Shaikh Yusuf Harun on February 18.
His suspension was also withdrawn through the same notification.
The period of his suspension since August 25 will be considered as extraordinary leave, said the notification.
