The current situation in port city ahead of the April 28 election does not demand deployment of army, Returning Officer Md Abdul Baten has said.
At a meeting on law and order yesterday, Baten asked the law enforcers to gear up vigilance and drives to recover illegal arms and arrest the criminals.
“The matter of deploying army will be decided upon intelligence report. The chief election commissioner is likely to make the decision at a meeting with the law enforcers on April 19,” the returning officer said after the meeting at his office.
The law enforcement agencies and the intelligence personnel promised to do everything to ensure a free, fair and neutral election, he said acknowledging that some stray incidents had taken place in the port city recently.
Members of the police, Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh, Ansar and VDP would be deployed during the election. There would be 22-24 members of different agencies positioned in each polling centre, the returning officer said.
