Inspector General of Police Hasan Mahmud Khandaker yesterday said the law enforcement agencies would play an effective role if the Jamaat-Shibir supporters carry out violent activities after the delivery of Appellate Division verdict against convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee.
“We are working to deal with all possible violent activities by the Jamaat-Shibir men after the delivery of the verdict in Sayedee appeals case. In the recent times, we succeeded to control these types of violence,” he told reporters after inaugurating the newly-constructed building of Pahartoli police station in Chittagong.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has already completed hearing in the appeals case – filed both by Sayedee and the government – with the top court challenging the International Crimes Tribunal’s death sentence. The government has sought death penalty for the war criminal in all the charges proved in the tribunal while the convict sought acquittal.
On abductions, the IGP said the police always try to arrest the abductors while many victims had been rescued. “It is not true that the abductors are not being held,” he said.
“The investigation teams are now working on the abduction of Abu Bakar Siddique and Mridul Chowdhury, and hopefully the mysteries behind the two abductions will be unearthed very soon,” he added.
He also said the police had successfully uprooted militancy in the country, and “it is praised by the rest of the world.”
Addressing the inauguration programme as chief guest, he said a total 17 policemen had sacrificed their lives and more than 3,000 policemen were injured during the pre- and post-national election violence, while around 300 policemen still receiving treatment.
Former Chittagong City Corporation mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, who is also the president of the city unit of Awami League, addressed the programme as special guest.
CMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam presided over the programme where Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Mohammad Abdullah and Chittagong Range Deputy Inspector General Nowsher Ali were also present.
