Kotowal (sculpture)

Kotowal is a sculpture of two horsemen on petrol made by Mrinal Haque.

[1] It is located in front of the Commissioner of Police's office at road island at the eastern end of Minto Road in Iskaton, Dhaka.

The predecessors of the police system in Bangladesh was the law enforcers of the Mughal and British era were called 'Kotowal'.

The sculpture commemorates and depicts the ancient tradition of law enforcement in Bangladesh.

The sculpture shows a Kotwal sitting on a horse with a strong whip in hand.