Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Chattogram's Khulshi Police Station chief (OC) has been transferred hours after Mayor Shahadat Hossain accused him of favouring the Awami League following a police operation targeting a Swechchhasebak Dal leader.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Hasan Md Showkat Ali issued the transfer order on Wednesday, a day after police surrounded the Chattogram City Corporation office in an attempt to arrest Wakil Hossain Boga, whom police list as a criminal.

Boga is a former joint convenor of the Chattogram city unit of Swechchhasebak Dal, the ruling BNP's volunteer front.

Under the order, Khulshi OC Md Abdur Rahim has been transferred to the City Special Branch (City SB), while Akbar Shah Police Station OC Md Ka...