Home boss seeks early US intel
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday urged the US to share advance intelligence about activities of militant outfits, if there were any, and provide technological assistance and trainings, saying Bangladesh was stressing on preventing terror attacks.
Meanwhile, apprehending that, after the capital and northern regions, targeted killings might occur in Chittagong and Sylhet, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque instructed subordinates stationed there to remain on high alert.
“They wanted to provide assistance. We hope they will do so,” the minister told BBC Bangla, adding that the government was taking such assistance from Australia and India.
He avoided a question on how foreigners could provide intelligence when the government was denying links with militant outfits abroad. He reiterated that militant outfits in Bangladesh were home-grown.
Addressing a quarterly crime conference at Police Headquarters yesterday, the IGP asked the commissioners and deputy inspectors general to share relevant information with the officials in Dhaka monitoring and investigating such killings and superintendents of police to visit crime scenes, meeting sources said.
Stressing the need for curbing the crime through community policing, he also instructed close monitoring of social media which bigots were using to issue threats and intensifying intelligence activities to contain and stop the breeding of militant activities.
Reminding to show “zero tolerance” towards militancy, he asked to gather concrete information of tenants, floating people and strangers of respective areas.
The meeting saw discussion on the killings of bloggers, publishers and people with different opinions, and was apprised that trial of one out of 11 blogger killing cases had been held, three were under trial while the remaining were being investigated.
Different criminal incidents were reviewed including abductions, killings, extortion, women and children trafficking and arms and narcotics recovery.
The meeting viewed that the overall situation was better in the last quarter (January to March) compared to that in the previous one, says a press release.
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