Dhaka, Aug. 10 -- The interim government has revoked 78 Bangladesh Police Medals and President Police Medals awarded to 40 officers, including high-profile figures Harunor Rashid, Biplob Kumar Sarkar and Syed Nurul Islam.

A home ministry notification, dated Aug 7 and made public on Sunday, said the officers were "absconding".

Many have already been suspended from duty, while others were reassigned but failed to report to their new posts, according to bdnews24.com.

Among those affected, former Dhaka Range deputy inspector general Nurul lost three additional medals in the latest order, on top of one revoked in 2018.

Harunor, the former chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch, was stripped of four medals this time, having a...