The government has decided to set up Border Operational Post of BGB in Chittagong Hill Tracts area to bring down the problem of human trafficking.
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal made the statement while addressing a press conference at the secretariat on Tuesday afternoon.
The minister said: “Around 250km border area in Chittagong Hill Tracts has remained unprotected till now but we have decided to set up BOP there to bring down the problem of human trafficking.”
“We could not set up BOP there previously because these areas are remote but I hope the problem of trafficking will be controlled after setting them up,” he added.
The minister also said most of the migrants floating near Malaysia and Indonesia are Rohingyas and not Bangladeshis and their identities can be ascertained by their physical structures, clothes and language.
Answering to a query about BNP leader Salauddin Ahmed, Kamal said: “Indian government has not sent us any formal report regarding him [Salauddin]. We will deicide on the procedure to bring him back to the country once we get it.”
