Three platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh were deployed at Zianagar upazila of Pirojpur on Tuesday, following the vandalising on Monday of the house of a war crimes case plaintiff by Jamaat-Shibir supporters.
AKM Shamimul Huq Siddiki, deputy commissioner Pirojpur, acknowledged the deployment of BGB personnel.
Monday’s victim, Mahbubul Alam Hawlader, had given deposition at the tribunal in the case against Jamaat leader and death row convict Delawar Hossain Sayedee, who hails from the same upazila.
Dr Abdur Rahim, deputy inspector general of police (Barisal range), said the step had been taken to ensure the safety and security of Mahbub and to maintain law and order in the area.
Siddhartha Shangkar Kundu, the Zianagar upazila nirbahi officer, said three BGB platoons led by Maj Ahsan camped at Zianagar on Monday night and started patrolling in the upazila and adjacent areas on Tuesday. A police camp was also opened at Tengrakhali village of Zianagar while a police team was deployed at the house of Mahbub, said Zianagar police station OC Nasir Uddin Mallick.
