Rezaul Karim Mallick has been relieved of his duties as the chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

The office of the DMP commissioner issued an order yesterday in this regard.

The decision came after DB detained model Meghna Alam, who was later sent to jail for 30 days under the Special Powers Act.

Around 10:00pm on Thursday, police produced her before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka, which ordered her to be sent to jail.

The transfer order was signed by DMP Commissioner Sheikh Mohammad Sajjat Ali. It said that Additional Commissioner (Detective) Rezaul Karim Mallick has been attached to the DMP headquarters.

The order said Rezaul has been transferred in the interest of administrative purposes until further notice.

It also said the order would come into effect immediately.