Armed police to be deployed at airport from today

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) is supposed to be deployed from today at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital in addition to two other security agencies performing duties there.
The government recently decided to deploy 1,100 APBn personnel at the airport to beef up security and reduce harassment of passengers, sources mentioned.
At present 1,350 security personnel --750 from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and 600 from Ansar-- are deployed at the airport.
Contacted yesterday, airport director Wing Commander Shahidur Rahman said, "We have not yet received any directive from the government about the role of the CAAB and Ansar personnel who have been carrying out security duties."
He mentioned that of the security personnel from CAAB, over 350 are permanent employees and about 300 others work on daily basis. The Ansar members are on hire. And all of them have been trained by the CAAB.
The APBN personnel will also need similar training he said.
Chief Security Officer at the airport Nurul Islam said, "We have hard that APBn personnel are being deployed for security purposes. But I do not know whether we will discharge our duties in coordination with them."
Sources said that in the wake of terrorist threats recently, the CAAB proposed to the government forming a security unit under it. The government however decided to deploy APBn, including 100 women members of the force.
Asked about this, APBn chief Deputy Inspector General Mahbub Mohasin said they would deploy their personnel at the airport in phases.
APBn Senior Superintendent Hasan Ul Haider, who is coordinator of APBn at the airport said, "On the first day, we will deploy around 450 personnel."