Situation still not ripe to call in troops: home minister

New Age Online

The state minister for home affairs, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Sunday said the law enforcers under his ministry like the Police, Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh and Ansar were enough to face the present confrontational situation triggered by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance’s indefinite countrywide blockade.‘If anyone thinks joint force includes army that is certainly not. The situation like calling out army has not yet been created and that question does not arise,’ he said, reports United News of Bangladesh.The minister was talking to reporters after attending a meeting of his ministry.Asaduzzaman was very critical of the current activities unleashed by the BNP-led alliance in the name of movement, terming those as sniper attacks and an evil attempt to create unrest and trigger panic across the country.

‘There is nothing to be worried as the law enforcers have been functioning with conviction and sincerity to ensure the security of people on the streets, especially in the transport sector, and other public places,’ he said, adding the law enforcers are also alert round the clock to avert any situation.‘People, I think, will see a positive result in this regard within a few days,’ he said.Referring to a city incident, the state minister said the incidents of resistance by people against the political violence in some places.

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