NN Online:
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday urged the people to avoid taking the law into their own hands, stressing the importance of following legal procedures in resolving issues.
“I will urge people not to take law into their own hands and police to become more active,” he told reporters after inaugurating the farmers’ cool house initiative and the farmers’ mobile app developed by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) at the Horticulture Centre in Rajalakh area of Savar on Wednesday morning.
The home adviser said the police and other law enforcement agencies across the country are working together to ensure public safety and prevent people from taking the law into their own hands.
Jahangir Alam said he himself was out in the capital early this morning to monitor the law-and-order situation.
He stressed the need for vigilance, especially during the early hours, as criminal activities are more prevalent at that time.
There was serious unrest among garment workers in Ashulia industrial zone but the problem has now been resolved and there is no longer any discontent, he added.
Alongside police, the army is also deployed in Ashulia, Savar, and Dhamrai areas to ensure safety.
He also said the government has undertaken several measures to protect agricultural lands.
Agriculture Secretary Dr Md Emdad Ullah Mia and senior officials from various government departments and law enforcement agencies, among others, attended the meeting.
