DHAKA : Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday said the interim government has recruited 15,851 police personnel in the past one year, reports BSS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter coming to power, the interim government has so far recruited 15,851 police personnel from constables to Sub Inspectors (SIs) in the last one year,\u201d he said after coming out of the 12th<\/sup> meeting of the advisory council on law and order at the Home Ministry office here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The government has also recruited 4469 soldiers at Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and 5551 sepoys in Bangladesh Ansar and VDP in the last one year, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Replying to a query, the newly recruited personnel in the police, BGB and Ansar will play a significant role in holding the upcoming national elections fairly and peacefully, he opined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apart from the fresh recruitment in the three forces, 1558 personnel were recruited in prisons while 208 in Fire Service and Civil Defence by the Interim Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Replying to a question about measures to stop mob violence, the Home Adviser said that they are trying to stop mob violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m not saying that the mob violence has decreased to zero level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Referring to mob violence in Rangpur, Jahangir said the mob violence has decreased in Dhaka, adding that one or two incidents are now taking place outside Dhaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About the suspension of 18 senior police officers including former chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of police Harun Or Rashid for their absence in work for long without prior permission of the authorities concerned, the Home Adviser said, \u201cIt is an ongoing process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Home Adviser reiterated his commitment that no innocent people will be arrested or harassed in fake cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe responsible people will not be spared in any way,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DHAKA : Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday said the interim government has recruited 15,851 police personnel in the past one year, reports BSS. \u201cAfter coming to power, the interim government has so far recruited 15,851 police personnel from constables to Sub Inspectors (SIs) in the last one year,\u201d he said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,93],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-29602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-nationwide","tag-54"],"yoast_head":"\n