Police team off to Darfur to join peace mission

A 140-member contingent of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka for Darfur, Sudan early Saturday to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission there, reports UNB.

Sources at the Police Headquarters said the team, led by Superintendent of Police Sarwar Morshed Shamim, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by an UN chartered flight for rotation of BANFPU-1 contingent in Darfur.

Around 1,376 members of Bangladesh Police are currently performing their duties efficiently with reputation in different UN Peacekeeping missions in various countries, including Congo, South Sudan, Darfur, Ivory Coast, Mali, Haiti, Liberia and Somalia.