Lieutenant General Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.), Home Adviser, stated today that the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will be reorganized with a new name and uniform if necessary.“If required, the RAB will be formed anew. A discussion about the force was held and we presented a proposal – an idea regarding a name and a uniform. All have to think about it. The next meeting will decide the course of action,” he said.Following a discussion on law and order at the ministry’s conference room at the Bangladesh Secretariat here, the Home Minister made the comments in response to a query.
He stated that a meeting with all parties involved will be held before a decision was made in this regard.
In its fact-finding report on violence during the July-August Uprising, the United Nations human rights body OHCHR recommended reorganizing Bangladesh’s security and law enforcement structures on Wednesday.“Disband the Rapid Action Battalion and return personnel not involved in serious violations to their home units,” said the report of the OHCHR or the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Replying to a query, the Home Adviser said they are prompt in taking action against any crimes and irregularities, referring to the arrest of two teenage gang members immediately after they hacked a couple in Uttara on Monday and withdrawal of two police supers following two separate media reports. “We have brought those to book involved in the incident of Uttara and we closed two superintendents of police following two separate reports in the daily Jugantar. You can’t say we are sitting idle as we are taking prompt actions after having information of anything” he said.The activities of the juvenile gangs and snatching and mugging have decreased many folds due to taking quick actions against every incident, he said. “It has decreased manifolds. But it has yet to reach a tolerable level,” he added.The Home Adviser called upon the journalists to help form public opinion against the misdeeds.
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