Staff Reporter:
The joint force comprising Army, Police, Navy, BGB, Coast Guard and Ansar will launch combined operations soon in and outside the capital to nab the criminals for improving the overall law and or-der situation.
The decision was taken at the core committee meeting of the home ministry held at the Secretariat yes-terday with Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Rtd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury in the chair.
The meeting was attended, among others, by Local Government Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, Public Works and Housing Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for home affairs Khoda Box Chowdhury and senior officials of the ministry and its different departments.
The meeting also instructed the concerned authorities to make Thana wise update list of the criminals for arresting them immediately. It has decided to increase the number of check posts at the important points of the city and enhance the patrol of the law enforcement agencies.
The members of the Navy and the Coast Guards will also be on patrol on some important roads and areas of the capital. Some 500 members of the Armed Police Battalion will also be engaged with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to maintain law and order in the capital.
The meeting also decided to procure adequate number of motorcycles for the members of the DMP, BGB, Ansar and Coast Guard to help them nab the criminals from the lanes and by lanes of the metropo-lis.
The core committee also decided to enhance the patrol of the law and order forces outside the capital especially in Tongi, Bashila, Keraniganj and Munshiganj areas.
The meeting also instructed the on- duty senior officials specially the Deputy Police Commissioners and Army Brigade Commanders to brief the media time to time about the outcome of the operations.
It also instructed the concerned authorities to take various measures including highlighting the truth against the false, rumor and propagandas.
