Cop attackers to be arrested soon: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Sunday those who were involved in the bomb attacks on police in the city's Malibagh and Gulistan areas will be arrested soon, reports UNB.

"Although the militants are trying to get reorganised, they've no capacity of carrying out big attacks," he said while talking to reporters at a programme of cloth distribution marking the Eid-ul-Fitr at Government Science College in the city's Farmgate area.

Five people, including three traffic policemen, were injured in separate incidents of crude bomb explosions in the city's Malibagh and Gulistan areas on May 26 and April 29 respectively.

Talking about Eid security, Asaduzzaman said three-tier security measures have been taken for avoiding any kind of occurrence centring Eid congregations.

Plainclothes police, including intelligence teams, will be put on alert, he added.