Sahara pledges to build modern police force
Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday said the government would take steps to resolve manpower, accommodation and transport crisis of police forces to make it an efficient one.
She said the previous government has left the police forces with old and ragged transport facilities besides the accommodation and manpower crisis.
This government is committed to make the force a versatile one and would solve its problems soon.
The minister was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of new Bangshal Police Station under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday at the Sheikh Fazlul Karim Community Center on English Road in Old Dhaka.
DMP Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque presided over the function.
With the new one, the number of police stations under DMP rose to 39.
Sahara said the police forces would be equipped with modern arms and training would be provided to combat cyber crimes.
She urged the police personnel to be professional and show honour to the human rights and democratic norms.
The minister also claimed that the law and order situation was under control during the Eid-ul-Fitr and Durga Puja.
Speaking as special guest at the ceremony, Shamsul Haque Tuku, state minister for home ministry, said police forces are not influenced politically like the way it was done in the past.
Police should work independently to deliver the best service, he said.
The new police station will cover part of city corporation's ward 67, 68 and the whole vicinity of ward 69, 70 and 71.
State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Kamrul Islam, lawmakers Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu, Mostafa Jalal Mahiuddin, Inspector General of Police Nur Muhammad also spoke on the occasion.
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