Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), the Special Reserve Battalion (SRB) and Ansar personnel have been deployed alongside police in Gazipur's industrial areas to maintain law and order amid ongoing garment worker protests over wage demands.
Md Arif Hossain, assistant commissioner (Media and Research Cell) at the Gazipur deputy commissioner's office, confirmed the deployment on Wednesday morning.
He said 10 BGB platoons and 21 executive magistrates were initially deployed on Monday. The deployment was increased on Tuesday to 11 BGB platoons and 25 executive magistrates.
On Wednesday, another BGB platoon was added, bringing the total to 12. Eight SRB platoons and five Ansar platoons were also deployed.
In total, 25 platoons of BGB, SRB and Ansar personnel are working to maintain law and order in Gazipur's industrial areas under the supervision of 25 executive magistrates, Arif said.
As of 8:30am on Wednesday, no reports of worker protests or highway blockades had been received from anywhere in Gazipur.
Traffic on the Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways was moving normally, he added.