Security stepped up on court premises
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The home ministry Monday stepped up security on court premises after the law ministry had asked for heightened security the previous day over 'possible militant attacks', a ministry official said reports bdnews24.com.
"Security has been beefed up on the court premises on the recommendation of the law ministry. The order is being sent to the districts soon," the home ministry official preferring to be unnamed told the news agency.
Law Minister Shafiq Ahmed said Sunday his ministry had sent a letter to the home ministry to take measures against any militant threat or action on the basis of intelligence reports.
"We are not fearing any attack, but we have recommended this as a preventive measure," he said.
An intelligence agency recently warned the law ministry, and other relevant authorities, of a possible attack on the Supreme Court, a law ministry official had told the agency Sunday.
Quoting government officials, foreign news agency Reuters reported Monday: "Bangladesh has ordered security stepped up at government installations across the country amid fears of possible attacks by 'Islamists' or criminal gangs."
"The alert comes as the south Asian country prepares to put on trial later this month dozens of people alleged to have committed war crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence," the news agency said.
It also mentioned renewed activities of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) that carried out bomb attacks had been accused of a series of bomb attacks from 2005 onward.
Security officials also feared attacks following the recent arrest of four associates of Indian underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
The arrestees confessed to the judicial magistrate's court of having run a clandestine criminal network for Karachi-based Ibrahim, according to media reports.
One of them said about 100 of Ibrahim's agents were active in Bangladesh, one newspaper reported.
Police and intelligence officials said they had been reorganising themselves since the Awami League-led government assumed office in January.
"Security has been beefed up on the court premises on the recommendation of the law ministry. The order is being sent to the districts soon," the home ministry official preferring to be unnamed told the news agency.
Law Minister Shafiq Ahmed said Sunday his ministry had sent a letter to the home ministry to take measures against any militant threat or action on the basis of intelligence reports.
"We are not fearing any attack, but we have recommended this as a preventive measure," he said.
An intelligence agency recently warned the law ministry, and other relevant authorities, of a possible attack on the Supreme Court, a law ministry official had told the agency Sunday.
Quoting government officials, foreign news agency Reuters reported Monday: "Bangladesh has ordered security stepped up at government installations across the country amid fears of possible attacks by 'Islamists' or criminal gangs."
"The alert comes as the south Asian country prepares to put on trial later this month dozens of people alleged to have committed war crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence," the news agency said.
It also mentioned renewed activities of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) that carried out bomb attacks had been accused of a series of bomb attacks from 2005 onward.
Security officials also feared attacks following the recent arrest of four associates of Indian underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
The arrestees confessed to the judicial magistrate's court of having run a clandestine criminal network for Karachi-based Ibrahim, according to media reports.
One of them said about 100 of Ibrahim's agents were active in Bangladesh, one newspaper reported.
Police and intelligence officials said they had been reorganising themselves since the Awami League-led government assumed office in January.