A brilliant hattrick by Afghan forward Amiruddin Sharifi guided Bangladesh Police FC to their 3rd victory of the season in football's top flight league competition, the 12-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), as they outplayed newcomers Swadhinata KS by 4-2 goals on Monday.

Police FC now sit pretty in 5th spot on the BPL table, just a point behind 4th-placed Ctg Abahani. 

Before the Sharifi show in the second half, German attacking midfielder Adil Kouskous gave Police FC the lead scoring the  first goal  in the 26th minute at Muktijoddha Smriti Stadium in Rajshahi this afternoon. It remained 1-0 going into the break, but Sharifi struck his first just 4 minutes after the resumption, doubling his team's advantage. 

Polish attacking midfielder Rahal Zaborowski in the 52nd minute pulled one back for Swadhinota, igniting hopes of a comeback but then Sharifi's exploits scoring in the 60th and  79th minutes put the result beyond doubt.  An 81st minute strike by Swadhinota's  Bosnian striker Nedo Turkovic was little more than consolation.

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In the day's other match, RahmatganjMFS beat bottom placed Muktijoddha Sangsad KC by a solitary goal at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium in Gopalganj .

Rahmatganj MFS were lucky to win the match by a gifted goal when Muktijoddha Guinean defender Y Camara sent the ball to his own net 57th minute.

After the match, the old Dhaka outfit Rahmatganj advanced to the 8th slot securing seven points from seven outings while the freedom fighters team Muktijoddha SKC remained at bottom with three points from seven encounters.