Law and Order is not statistically worse, but incidents that occur: Army Quarters

Colonel Intekhab Haider Khan, the staff of the Directorate of Military Operations at the Army Headquarters, said today that the law and order situation in the country has not deteriorated statistically, but many incidents are taking place.

He made the remark in response to a reporter’s question at a press conference at army headquarters to provide updates on the security forces’ efforts to maintain order in the past four weeks. Colonel Intekhab said: “The police have been working on this (law and order), we are also working, we have area coordination cells at different levels where the police, army and other law enforcement agencies are coordinating in a way regular”.

“This coordination was done at the Army headquarters and at the adviser level. All types of law and order and threats to the country were discussed and from there decisions were taken on the next course of action,” he said .

He said that along with the police, army patrols and various camp officials are working on law and order.

“Two types of operations have been carried out… some are targeted and carried out on intelligence and some arrests have already been made. From this, we have often received information about incidents and we take immediate action.”

Col Intekhab said: “We are trying so that… it may not be possible to control it completely, but the situation can be kept at a tolerable level.”

Asked about the fire at the secretariat, Col Intekhab said: “The incident just happened. An investigation will be conducted and then it can be said whether it is an accident or someone behind the fire.”

Responding to another question, Col Intekhab said, “How long the army will serve on the ground is a matter for the government. The army works to maintain discipline at the decision of the government. Therefore, the army will be withdrawn at the decision of the government. government.”

Responding to a question on whether there is a security risk in the Cox’s Bazar area due to unrest in Myanmar, he said, “There is no risk to security or sovereignty at this time. The army is always on alert in the area. If there is ever a security risk, the military is ready to take action accordingly.”

“In addition, the BGB, Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies as well as the RRRC (Office of the Repatriation and Relief Commissioner) are working on Rohingya infiltration and other security,” he said.

Referring to an incident of assault and arson in Bandarban, he said, “It was a land dispute. There was no other reason.”

At the beginning of the briefing, Col Intekhab highlighted the activities of the army in maintaining law and order in the last four weeks since November 28.

He said the army recovered 28 illegal weapons and 424 rounds of ammunition.

During this period, the army played an active role in controlling the main road blocks 13 times arising from 67 unstable situations and similar situations in various industrial areas of the country and took steps in coordination with the owners, workers, line ministries, police in industrial area, BGMEA and all involved to keep factories open.

As a result, of the 2,093 garment factories in the industrial estates, all but one are currently in operation.

In addition to industrial areas, military personnel controlled 45 different types of chaotic situations, of which five were related to educational institutions, three were related to government agencies or offices, seven were related to political conflicts, and 30 were related to of various other types of incidents.

Notable among them was the reduction of the clash between two groups of Tabligh Jamaat at Ijtema ground in Tongi on 18 December.

From there, the army later rescued 92 children and 66 affected people.

In addition, army personnel provided direct assistance to the police in the incident of an attempted robbery at Rupali Bank in Keraniganj on 19 December. In the last month, 200 drug dealers or drug related persons were arrested in joint operations and a significant number of illegal drugs such as yaba, phensedyl, illegal liquor etc. were recovered.

A total of 1,405 people were arrested from different parts of the country for their involvement in various crimes.