Adequate security measures for book fair: DMP Commissioner

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md. Sazzat Ali has said necessary security arrangements have been planned for holding the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025.

The DMP commissioner said this while speaking at a coordination meeting on overall security, law and order and traffic management for the upcoming book fair at the conference room of DMP headquarters on Wednesday.

DMP Deputy Police Commissioner (Operations) A, F, M Tariq Hossain Khan presented the overall security plan of the book fair through a power point presentation.

The DMP commissioner expressed hope that this year's book fair will be held in an orderly environment with the cooperation and coordination of everyone.

Necessary CCTV cameras will be installed to monitor in and outside the book fair venue around the clock and there will be a watch tower and fire tenders to provide flawless security, he said.

Later, in a coordination meeting to ensure the overall security of Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025, representatives of various intelligence agencies, book publishers and sellers association, Public Works Department, Dhaka South City Corporation, Dhaka WASA, Bangla Academy, Fire Service, DPDC, Department of Health, Ministry of Culture, various government service organizations and senior officials of DMP gave their opinions.