Dhaka range Deputy Inspector General SM Mahfujul Haque Nuruzzaman has ordered the police not only to shoot the saboteurs but destroy their families too.
He made the order while addressing a view exchange meeting at Gazipur Police Lines on Saturday.
"Do whatever necessary against those who will carry out sabotage activities and kill people. Shoot them and their family members should also be annihilated," DIG Mahfujul told the police members.
He added: "I am giving you the order. The liability is mine."
The police officer said the anti-liberation force is trying to create civil war in the country. "We have to protect the country and its people from their clutches."
Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also asked police to take whatever steps they deem necessary to stop violence unleashed by the BNP-Jamaat alliance across the country in the name of blockade and hartal.
She said: “I will take the responsibility for whatever happens (for the action). But, you will have to ensure the security of lives of common people and their property – there is no need for you feel hesitant. I give you the liberty.”
The premier was addressing an evaluation meeting with senior officials of the Bangladesh Police at the International Conference Room of her office marking the Police Week 2015 on January 28.
