Police have to build enlightened Bangladesh: Chief Adviser  

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said, “The country cannot be built by neglecting the police. The police force must play an effective role in building a new Bangladesh.

The police were previously in the hands of bad people, now the police must play a role in building an enlightened Bangladesh.”

The Chief Adviser said this while addressing a special meeting with senior police officers on law and order issues at his office on Monday.

He called on police personnel to remain alert against acts of defeated force of the July uprising to destabilise the country. 

The chief adviser said the government, which will be elected in the future, will be a government of rule of law and that is why police should perform duty properly. 

Home Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Home Secretary Nasimul Gani and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam also spoke at the meeting. 

Among the field-level officials, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Chattogram range police Ahsan Habib Palash and Superintendent of Police (SP) of Rajshahi Farzana Islam spoke.