The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has taken special measures ahead of Pohela Boishakh across the country, said Director General (DG) of the elite force Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Wednesday.
“We have taken measures to eliminate any militant threat, even though there is nothing specific right now,” said the RAB chief.
“Like last year, special security arrangements have been made on the occasion of Pohela Boishakh."
After inspecting security arrangements in Ramna and surrounding areas, the hub of the festival, he said adding additional RAB forces will be there to avert any untoward incident.
RAB strengthened intelligence vigilance to ensure overall security across the country ahead of the festival, he said.
Apart from Ramna Batamul, security arrangements have been boosted in Dhaka University, Rabindra Sarobar, Shilpakala Academy, BICC Bhaban, Nazrul Academy, Uttara ground and other places where the programmes of Pohela Boishakh are scheduled to be held, he said.
Check posts have been installed in TSC, Shahbagh, Suhrawardy Udyan and Ramna Batamul while observation posts are also set up for security reasons.
Alongside these, important venues will be swept through the bomb disposal unit and dog squad of RAB.
A commando team of RAB will be kept ready to tackle any sabotage activity or deal with any unwanted situation, he said.
The air wing team of RAB will patrol by helicopters to oversee the situation.
RAB will also take steps for cyber monitoring to check spread of rumour in social networking sites, he said.
