Rab, police providing Eid security

Rapid Action Battalion and police have taken measures to ensure security at key points of the capital during the Eid.

Talking to journalists while visiting Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday, Rab Director General Benazir Ahmed said Rab personnel in plainclothes were in the cattle markets to hold extortionists and muggers at bay.

“Rab personnel in uniform are monitoring cattle markets from temporary camps so that people can buy and sell cattle without fear,” he said.

Rab's bomb disposal units and dog squads are making unannounced sweeps at bus, train and launch terminals and the National Eidgah would be monitored through CCTV, he said.

Meanwhile, Acting Inspector General of Police Mokhlesur Rahman at  a press briefing at Police Headquarters said places where large crowds were formed during the festival would be monitored by police in both plainclothes and uniform.