{"id":38469,"date":"2025-10-11T18:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T18:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=38469"},"modified":"2025-10-11T18:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T18:17:15","slug":"bapa-organizes-gala-dinner-pays-tribute-to-martyr-police-officer-didar-ul-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/38469","title":{"rendered":"BAPA organizes Gala dinner, pays tribute to martyr police officer Didar-ul-Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: Bangladeshi American Police Association organized a gala dinner in which awards were given to several police officers and community leaders, including Pakistani-American Police Inspector Adeel Rana.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ninth annual awards dinner of the Bangladeshi American Police Association was held at a local hall in Queens, which began with the singing of the national anthems of the United States and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

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The awards ceremony was attended by a large number of police officers and community leaders, including the president of BAPA, association officials, members and their families.<\/p>\n

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The purpose of organizing this dinner was to appreciate the services of police officers. On this occasion, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch praised the performance of Bangladeshi-origin officers.<\/p>\n

The participants were also shown a short documentary based on the various activities of BAPA throughout the year.<\/p>\n

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Addressing the participants, mayoral candidate Zoharan Mamdani paid tribute to Didar-ul-Islam and said that the New York Police Department personnel ensure the safety of citizens without worrying about their own lives.<\/p>\n

Muslim Chaplain of the New York Police Department, Imam Tahir, remembered the sacrifice of the martyred New York Police officer Didar-ul-Islam, while the BAPA President appreciated Didar-ul-Islam\u2019s sense of duty, courage and bravery.<\/p>\n

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The Bangladeshi American Police Association invited the family of martyr Didar-ul-Islam on stage and presented them with awards and honorary medals.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was also attended by President of Muslim Officers Society, Deputy Inspector Waheed Akhtar, Inspector Adeel Rana, the first Pakistani-origin NYPD officer, and other officers.<\/p>\n

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Inspector Adeel said that Didar-ul-Islam’s sense of duty, courage, and bravery are an example for everyone and he will always be remembered.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief also appreciated the work of the Bangladeshi American Police Association.<\/p>\n

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At its annual awards dinner, the Bangladeshi American Police Association named Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch as woman of the year, Deputy Chief Salvatore G as man of the year, Pakistani-origin Inspector Adeel Rana as commanding officer of the year, while Bangladeshi-origin officers and members of the association were given awards in various categories in recognition of their services.<\/p>\n

Later, the participants took pictures with friends and preserved these moments as a memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: Bangladeshi American Police Association organized a gala dinner in which awards were given to several police officers and community leaders, including Pakistani-American Police Inspector Adeel Rana. The ninth annual awards dinner of the Bangladeshi American Police Association was held at a local hall in Queens, which began with the singing of the national anthems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":38472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,1469,31,32,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-new-york","category-news","category-pakistan","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38478,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38469\/revisions\/38478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}