Sahara denies deterioration of law and order
Friday, 11 September 2009
Minister for Home Affairs Sahara Khatun Thursday rejected the allegation that the overall law and order has deteriorated in the country saying, the government is handling the situation quite effectively besides preparing an anti-terrorism strategy to combat terrorism.
Replying to different questions from lawmakers in the House, the home minister said the present government is pledge- bound to keep the overall law and order normal, reports BSS.
With this end in view, she added, a proposal for establishing the National Crime Prevention and Monitoring Centre has been approved.
The government has taken various pragmatic programmes to maintain law and order and members of the law enforcement agencies have been asked to perform their duties independently with professional mindset, the minister said in reply to a question from Jatiya Party legislator Mujibul Huq.
She said a special two-month drive against terrorists was launched in the south-western part of the country along side a month-long special drive across the country.
The law enforcement agencies are being further strengthened with manpower and sophisticated arms as well as other logistic supports, Sahara Khatun said.
Under the programme, she said, the government has a plan to recruit 32,031 personnel in the police force by 2011.
She also said that the police department has established a designated unit named 'Counter Terrorism Cell' in Dhaka for collection, investigation and preservation of the information about crimes in the capital.
The government has a plan to expand the unit under the supervision of a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, she said.
Replying to another question from Sheikh Afil Uddin the Home Minister said the government has also a plan to bring all police stations in the country into the computerised system.
She said 105 police stations were already computerised and other stations would be brought into this system in phases.
Replying to different questions from lawmakers in the House, the home minister said the present government is pledge- bound to keep the overall law and order normal, reports BSS.
With this end in view, she added, a proposal for establishing the National Crime Prevention and Monitoring Centre has been approved.
The government has taken various pragmatic programmes to maintain law and order and members of the law enforcement agencies have been asked to perform their duties independently with professional mindset, the minister said in reply to a question from Jatiya Party legislator Mujibul Huq.
She said a special two-month drive against terrorists was launched in the south-western part of the country along side a month-long special drive across the country.
The law enforcement agencies are being further strengthened with manpower and sophisticated arms as well as other logistic supports, Sahara Khatun said.
Under the programme, she said, the government has a plan to recruit 32,031 personnel in the police force by 2011.
She also said that the police department has established a designated unit named 'Counter Terrorism Cell' in Dhaka for collection, investigation and preservation of the information about crimes in the capital.
The government has a plan to expand the unit under the supervision of a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, she said.
Replying to another question from Sheikh Afil Uddin the Home Minister said the government has also a plan to bring all police stations in the country into the computerised system.
She said 105 police stations were already computerised and other stations would be brought into this system in phases.