Supreme Court’s three lawyers have sent legal notice to the government demanding the removal of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam within 24 hours as he has been accused over the 2009 BDR carnage.

Unless the government meets the deadline, legal actions will be taken, warned Md Abdus Samad, Md Shahin Hossain, and Md Atiqur Rahman in the legal notice.

Chief Secretary at the Chief Adviser’s Office, Home Affairs Ministry’s Senior Secretary, Public Administration Ministry’s Senior Secretary, and Law Ministry’s Secretary have been addressed in the legal notice.

On Sunday, the National Independent Inquiry Commission on the BDR carnage submitted its report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

In the report, the commission has accused a number of officials from the then Awami League government, the ruling party’s members and foreign forces for masterminding the killing of senior army officials at Pilkhana on 25-26 February 2009.

Commission chief retired major general ALM Fazlur Rahman said five police officers were mentioned in the investigation.

“Current IGP Baharul Alam is among them; he was heading the Special Branch at that time.”

Asked why their names appeared, he said: “They failed in their responsibilities, which is why they are listed. Now it is the government’s duty to inform the nation of the recommendations and implement them.”

Responding to the report, Baharul said: “The commission has conducted its investigation. The government will decide on the next steps. There is nothing for me to comment on.”

The other four officers cited in the report are: then IGP Nur Mohammad, the then Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Naeem Ahmed, former (absconding) additional IGP (SB) Monirul Islam, and Abdul Kahar Akand, additional DIG who was the investigation officer for the killings.