Home ministry against inclusion of Ansar members
The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday opposed a proposal to include Ansar members in anti-narcotics drives, saying that the force is not a “law enforcement agency”.
The ministry came up with the objection at a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Home Affairs at parliament complex.
The ministry made the objection through a report as the parliamentary committee in the last meeting on July 27 recommended to include Ansar battalion in the anti-drug operations, said meeting insiders.
At yesterday’s meeting, the home ministry also informed the standing committee that they have urged all ministries to make dope test compulsory during the process of recruitment in public service.
It also said a Tk 102 crore project has been taken to formulate rules for making the dope test compulsory.
Among others, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, committee members M Habibar Rahman, Shamsul Alam Dudu, Kujendra Lal Tripura, M Faridul Haque Khan, Nur Mohammad and Sultan Muhammed Mansur Ahmed attended the meeting. The meeting was presided over by committee chairman M Shamsul Haque Tuku.
A parliament statement, after the meeting, said the standing committee also asked the authorities concerned to separate drug addict inmates from other prisoners at jails.
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