Some cops maybe leaking info to planners
Top police officials in Chittagong are concerned as they suspect that many of their drives to arrest the petrol bomb throwers, planners of violent attacks and their financers went in vain because the information of the raids had been “leaked” by some police personnel.
The officials said some personnel having “leanings” to the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami might have “leaked” the information to the leaders and activists of those parties. Some others might have done it “in exchange for money”, they told The Daily Star.
Banaj Kumar Majumder, additional commissioner (crime and operation) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), said some of their drives ended in smoke. “We suspect the information might have been leaked by some police personnel before the team reached the spot.”
He, however, said such leaks of information was common. “We will have to work on it and reduce such incidents.”
Abdul Jalil Mondol, commissioner of CMP, said, “Some police officials who did it might be politically biased or they might have done it in exchange for money.”
“We are trying to identify them,” he said, adding, “We are keeping a tab on the suspected personnel and holding professional motivational trainings.”
The same concerns were shared by the Chittagong city and district Awami League leaders Talking to The Daily Star, Moslem Uddin Ahmed, president of Chittagong south district unit AL, said they had come to know about this recently.
“We've discussed the matter with party leaders very seriously,” he said, adding, “We have informed the police high officials and requested them to find the personnel leaking information.”
"When the law enforcers are trying to resist the bomb attackers with the help of people, these sorts of activities by some cops are making the whole task difficult,” he said.
ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, president of Chittagong city unit of AL, said police officials were the servants of the state. “We have heard that some police personnel in Chittagong are leaking information to the BNP-Jamaat men who are conducting bomb attacks to kill innocent people.”
“We urge the police high officials to find them and take departmental action against them.”
Mohiuddin, however, said the law and order situation in Chittagong was better than the other parts of the country. He lauded police for this. “Most of the police officials are discharging their duties honestly here,” he said.
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