Police station not a place to plan murder

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed yesterday said a police station cannot be a place to plan murder.

Recently, media published reports that such plans were hatched inside a police station. So, question arises whether police stations are safe? Will the police chief take any initiative to bring transparency in this regard?

In reply to these queries from a journalist, the police chief came up with the statement.

He said police stations should work for protecting peace and people's lives. It's not a place to plan murder.

"There are many complaints against police stations but we are working on them," said the police chief.

He said these at an event organised to introduce operational gears (tactical belts) for law enforcers at Rajarbagh Police Auditorium in the capital.

On last Sunday, Rab submitted the charge sheet in the Maj (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan murder case.

Regarding the charge sheet, Rab's Legal and Media wing director Lt Col Ashique Billah in a media brief said the plot to assassinate Rashed Khan was hatched at Teknaf Police Station.

At yesterday's event, the police chief also said those who joined the force to commit corruption should leave the profession. "We have already started looking into the allegations of abuse and corruption against police," he said.

Earlier, the IGP launched the tactical belts for officials involved in operational duty and patrols, as part of their effort to better equip the force and make the policing system more efficient.

Made of nylon and polyester, a belt will have six chambers where a small water bottle, wireless set, POS machine for traffic fines, torch, collapsible baton and handcuffs can be kept. A small thigh belt will be attached with the tactical belt to hold the gun, said officials of PHQ's equipment section.

The belts will initially be provided to operation and patrol teams of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and Chattogram Metropolitan Police. Later, they will be distributed among all other police unit members across the country in phases, said the IGP.

Around 7,000 belts will be distributed amid DMP officials and 3,000 among CMP members tomorrow.