Staff Reporter:
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun yesterday directed the field level police officers to take flawless security measures on the occasion of Christmas day and 31st Night.
Christian community will celebrate Christmas day, their biggest religious festival, on December 25 and people will also celebrate New Year on December 31st night, the last day of the year.
The IGP also directed the field level police officers to strengthen security arrangements keeping in close contact with the Christian community.
The directives were given at a meeting regarding security and law and order control measures on the occasion of Happy Christmas day and 31st Night at the Hall of Pride of Police Headquarters on Sunday.
RAB Director General M Khurshid Hossain, all Metropolitan Police Commissioners, Range DIGs and Superintendents of Police (SPs)at district level were connected in the meeting virtually.
The IGP requested the Christian religious leaders to deploy full-time volunteers in the churches and in-stall CCTVs in important places.
“If someone tries to do sabotage, you will catch him. If you can’t catch them, recognize them. Then po-lice will detain them,” he added.
The IGP also requested to contact the National Emergency Service 999 if necessary.
The IGP called upon everyone not to organize any kind of event in open places across the country in-cluding Dhaka city after 6 pm on December 31st.
The police chief also directed to increase cyber monitoring and patrolling and take immediate action against those who take advantage of communal harmony by uploading misleading posts, comments or pictures on social media.
He gave special instructions to the Tourist Police to take overall security measures in important tourist areas of the country including Cox’s Bazar.
The meeting requested to refrain from exploding crackers and firecrackers, flying lanterns, etc. on the occasion of the 31st Night and Christian New Year.
Conveying Christmas day greetings to Christian community, the IGP said Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony. With the joint efforts of all, Christmas day will be celebrated in a joyful and festive atmosphere like in the past, he hoped.
Additional IGP of poultice headquarters Md Kamrul Ahsan, Additional IGP of Special Branch (SB) Md Monirul Islam, Chief of Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) Additional IGP SM Ruhul Amin, Additional IGP (Crime and Operations) of PHQ Md Atiqul Islam, PBI chief Additional IGP Banaj Kumar Majumder, DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman, Bangladesh Christian Association President Nirmal Rosario, Joint Secretary General James Subrata Hazra and International Affairs Secretary Theophile Rosario and Chris-tian Association Bangladesh General Secretary William Praloy Samddar and other officers concerned were present.
