Home Adviser seeks UK support

Home Adviser Lt General (retd) M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday sought cooperation from the United Kingdom (UK) for police reform as the government has taken an initiative to make the law enforcing agency skilled, fair and people friendly, reports BSS.

"We have taken an initiative to reform police for building a capable, unbiased and people friendly force where UK can cooperate by providing necessary training and other supports", he said.

The advisor said this while British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke made a courtesy call on the advisor at his secretariat office.

The UK envoy assured the advisor of providing necessary support in this regard saying a UK expert team will visit Bangladesh by next month.

They also discussed on various issues relating to mutual interests including the issue of combating terrorism, illegal migration, flood rehabilitation and Rohingya repatriation.

About investigation into the forced disappearance in Bangladesh during the previous regime, the home advisor said the government has formed a five member commission.

The commission will unearth the facts of disappearing a good number of people, mostly opponents, reportedly in hands of law enforcing agencies, during the immediate past government.

The UK high commissioner laid importance on fair trial of the incidents and human rights violations occurred in recent months to fulfill the expectation of Bangladeshi people.

Those who were involved with the incidents should be brought under the purview of speedy trial, she said.