Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said members of the Air Force and the Navy will be deployed along with the Army in the upcoming national parliamentary elections in February
“One Ansar member will also be assigned to each presiding officer for security,” he told journalists on Monday after a views-exchange meeting with officials of various government forces at the deputy commissioner’s office in in Sylhet.
The election-related police training will begin at the Razarbagh Police Lines from Sunday, with Army, Border Guard Bangladesh, and Ansar members to be trained gradually.
Commenting on campus unrest, he stressed that the incident at Chittagong University (CU) and Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) should be resolved through dialogue, noting that law enforcement is not required everywhere.
On the attack on Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur, he termed it “unfortunate” and expressed hope for Nur’s speedy recovery, urging all to work together in the country’s interest.
