Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the government had no plans to reshuffle police's elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the face of pressure by different quarters including the ruling party leaders.
“The RAB has been carrying out their duties smoothly to curb crimes and corruption in the society. Whenever any RAB personnel is found involved in unauthorised duties, they are facing legal action,” the minister told reporters at his secretariat office.
On Tuesday's court order for judicial probe into the killing of Chhatra League’s Hazaribagh unit President Arju Mia in a "gunfight" with RAB, Kamal said: “The investigation will be accomplished according to the court directives.”
On August 23, Arju’s brother Masud Rana filed the case against three RAB 2 officials and an informant for kidnapping and killing the Chhatra League leader in a planned way.
The following day, RAB 2 commanding officer Lt Col Masud Rana was withdrawn and attached to the headquarters.
Recently, several other ruling party men were killed in so-called “gunfights” with the law enforcers.