In the early morning hours of Saturday, May 24th, New York City Police Officer Chowdhury Nafees was brutally assaulted and robbed while off-duty, but in uniform, on his way home from work. Two individuals approached Chowdhury and without warning, began to punch and kick him while forcing him to the ground. Once on the ground, they held a knife to his throat and forcefully removed his service firearm, wallet and other property. Before fleeing the scene, one of the individuals stomped on Chowdhury’s face, rendering him unconscious and causing serious physical injuries. 

Chowdhury was rushed to a local area hospital in critical condition after a Good Samaritan found him and called 911. He’s currently in the Intensive Care Unit at Jacobi Hospital and will be undergoing multiple surgeries in the coming days. Chowdhury was left with severe head trauma and will need oral floor reconstruction and left cheek bone reconstruction. He also has a left orbital bone fracture, right cheek bone fracture and multiple other injuries with additional surgeries possible.

Being a young, rookie officer, his family could use all of the financial help they could get, and this fundraiser was created to help offset many of the financial burdens the family will face over the coming weeks. Chowdhury has only been a police officer since September of 2024, and was an NYPD 911 Dispatcher from January of 2022 until he raised his right hand and swore into the NYPD Police Academy. Although still young and fresh on the job, let’s show him and his family the true meaning of the Thin Blue Line!

This is the ONLY OFFICIAL FUNDRAISER, endorsed and approved by the Nafees family, Law Enforcement Officers Weekend Inc. and the fraternal organizations of the NYPD’s Bangladeshi American Police Association, DESI Society and Muslim Officers Society. For any questions or additional information, please contact (Det.) Austin Glickman, President of Law Enforcement Officers Weekend at: [email protected]