Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq on Wednesday said action will be taken if any incident of deterioration of law and order occurs from the BNP's street march program on Thursday.
Requesting not to hold programs of political parties and social organizations on any week day, the DMP commissioner said: “I have left the BNP's program for tomorrow (Thursday) to their conscience. However, if there is any untoward incident from the march program action will be taken by the law enforcement agencies,” he warned.
The DMP commissioner came up with the remarks while briefing reporters at the DMP headquarters on Wednesday.
Stating that the BNP's march program could create cause sufferings to the people of the capital, he called upon the BNP's policymakers to hold program in any open space instead of streets.
The DMP commissioner said: “We respect the political programs of various political parties and organizations. However, we request that political parties and organizations not to hold programs on the working day. These political programs are requested to be stopped.”
The top officer of the DMP also said that BNP's scheduled march program on Thursday will start from Old Dhaka and will end at the Jatiya Press Club via Naya Paltan party office.
“This will cause public suffering in the capital,” he said.
