Outgoing RAB director general (DG) Mokhlesur Rahman yesterday claimed that the police elite force’s members give their maximum efforts to uphold human rights in the country.
He blamed human rights organisations for not practising professionalism and taking side in case of any arrest by RAB or police.
Almost everyday a number of people have been abducted, killed, tortured and raped which are also violation of human rights and RAB officials have rescued a number of the victims along with arresting the killers and rapist, says Mokhlesur who has recently made an additional inspector general of police.
The human rights groups do not give any credit to RAB for the glaring performance.
“If the statistics of the human rights findings and RAB’s activities place in a paper, I can bate for RAB that gives maximum effort to uphold the human rights in the country, Mokhlesur continued while interacting view with journalists during his farewell programme at RAB headquarters in Uttara.
About the Narayanganj seven-murder, the outgoing DG, who served RAB nearly for four years, said RAB is first which gives report in the sensational case identifying the responsible ones.
“Not only in this case, the elite force always ensures punishment as per the existing law when any of its officials found guilty even in petty criminal act,” says Mokhlesur.
RAB additional DG Ziaul Ahasan, media wing director Mufti Mahmud Khan, Deputy Director Rumman Mahmud, intelligence wing director Abul Kalam Azad were also present at the farewell ceremony, among others.
Earlier, a guard of honour was given to Mokhlesur Rahman. Later, he ride in a car decorated with flowers and the RAB officials pulled the vehicle outside the office by rope as part of his farewell. He joined as a DG of RAB on September 2 in 2010 from police force.
On Tuesday in a reshuffle, DMP commissioner Benazir Ahmed made the DG of RAB, while Deputy Inspector General of Highway police Asaduzzaman Mia was sent to the post.
