Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque yesterday said all sorts of anarchy and terrorism would be uprooted involving the common people to restore peace and tranquility in the society.
He said the anti-liberation Jamaat-Shibir forces have become active in Mithapukur and nearby Polashbari and Gobindaganj areas turning these places for carrying out terrorist activities.
The anti-liberation forces have held lives and properties of the common people hostage in the name of movement and such a situation will not be allowed to continue and the root of terrorists will be uprooted, he said.
The IGP was addressing a views-sharing meeting on law and order situation arranged for preventing terrorism and subversive activities at Mithapukur Girls’ High School ground in Mithapukur upazila here as the chief guest.
While addressing the meeting as special guest, Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Benzir Ahmed explained global definition of terrorism and said a fewer number of terrorists have declared war against the state, people and society.
“No concession will be made in establishing peace in the society through rooting out terrorism. And all necessary steps will be taken to achieve the goal,” he cautioned the terrorists and the vested anti-liberation forces.
The IGP and DG RAB went to Mithapukur where five persons were burnt alive and 10 others critically injured when the Jamaat-Shibir terrorists hurled a petrol bomb on a passenger bus at Batason point on the Rangpur-Dhaka highway on Wednesday.
After reaching here from Dhaka by helicopter, the IGP handed over a cheque for Tk50,000 to the family members of deceased Rahim Badsha and his mother Rahima and another cheque for Tk10,000 to wife of critically burnt Anwar Hossain in the petrol bomb attack.
With Deputy Commissioner Farid Ahammad in the chair, Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Dilwar Bakht and acting deputy inspector general for Rangpur Range Humayun Kabir also addressed the meeting as special guests.
General Secretary of district Awami League advocate Rezaul Karim Raju, Mithapukur upazila AL President Mozammel Haque Mintu Mian, Upazila Chairman Zakir Hossain Sarker, principals Nazrul Islam and Tofazzal Hossain and Upazila Muktijoddha Commander Shahidar Rahman also spoke.
Moderated by Police Super Abdur Razzaque, high officials of the administration, police and RAB and thousands of people from all walks of life participated in the views-sharing meeting.
