Watch towers, CCTVs to be installed to monitor Rohingyas: Mozammel

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Tuesday said fence, watch towers and CCTVs (Close Circuit Television Cameras) will be installed to beef up surveillance in and around the camps of Rohingyas to check criminal activities, reports BSS.

"We will set up 24 watch towers, construct fence and install CCTVs to monitor activities in Rohingya camps round-the-clock," he told journalists after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Law and Order at the home ministry conference room.

Mozammel said the meeting has decided to construct fence along with setting up CCTVs and watch towers aimed at controlling drugs smuggling, as a section of Rohingyas engaged in such activities.

"The meeting also agreed to continue anti-drug operations and identify patrons of drug smuggling to bring them to book. Measures are underway to update the existing Narcotics Control Act-2018 to ensure visible punishment for smugglers," he said.

The minister said a committee will be formed to coordinate all reports prepared by intelligence agencies on various issues.

Replying to a question, he said the meeting has given authority to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal for constituting the committee.