The government has reshuffled 19 senior positions within the Ansar force.

The move came on Sunday after Ansar members besieged the Secretariat demanding the nationalization of jobs, which later turned into a clash with students. 

The home ministry issued two separate notifications for the reshuffle. 

Nine deputy directors were transferred.

Among them, Nurul Hasan Faridi has been transferred to the Khulna Range from Gazipur, Saifullah Rasel to the headquarters of the Ansar and Village Defense Party (Operations) from Chittagong Range, Shah Ahmad Fazle Rabbi to the Rajshahi Range from Khulna Range, Mohammad Abdul Awal to the Mymensingh Range from Sylhet Range, Kamrun Nahar to Gazipur from  Rajshahi Range, Md Fakhrul Alam to the Barisal Range, Md Saifur Rahman to the Chittagong Range, Ashraful Alam to the Dhaka Range from Barisal Range, and Md Ziaul Hasan to the Sylhet Range from Dhaka Range.

A total of 10 directors were transferred.

Among them, Mohammad Amin Uddin was moved to Khagrachari; Md Ahsan Ullah to Thakurgaon; Mohammad Saifuzzaman to the director of integration at headquarters, Syed Iftikhar Ali to the 35 Ansar Battalion in Rangamati Kaptai Shilchari, Muhammad Nur e Alam Siddiqui to Director of Operations at headquarters, Taskin Ara to the Ansar and VDP Academy in Safipur, Gazipur, Sarwar Jahan Chowdhury to Barisal Range, Jahanara Akhtar in Safipur, Fatema-tuz-Zohra to the Director of VDP-Training at headquarters, and Munmun Sultana to the Director of Administration at headquarters.

The notifications stated that this order would be effective immediately for the public interest.