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Spl police team to net killers

Non-implementation of decisions irks cabinet body on law & order

NAZMUL ASHRAF
The Cabinet Committee on Law and Order yesterday decided to form special police teams to nab long absconding killers.
While reviewing its previous decisions to curb crime, the committee regretted that most of its over 100 decisions are yet to be executed.
Members of the proposed teams would be drawn in from the Special Branch, Detective Branch and the Criminal Investigation Department of the police. Such teams would be given special training and equipped with sophisticated weapons.
The cabinet committee in a meeting at the secretariat was frustrated at the performance of the police for failing to catch some notorious killers despite repeated instructions.
Meeting sources said members of the proposed special teams would be chosen from among the elite members of the three police branches. They would work in plainclothes.
The special teams would work separately. But if need be, they would
operate collectively, said an official who attended the meeting. If necessary, manpower in the three branches would be increased.
Chaired by LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, the 24th meeting of the cabinet committee was also attended by Home Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, State Minister for Home Lutfuzzaman Babar, Law Minister Moudud Ahmed, Food Minister Abdullah Al Noman, Education Minister Dr Osman Faruque, IGP of police and top officials of the relevant ministries.
While reviewing the crime trend in the past one month, the meeting found that incidences of extortion and rape had risen while acid attacks had declined. It also observed that murders had slightly decreased during the period.
The meeting was informed that departmental actions were taken against 166 uniformed policemen serving in various capacities due to their negligence to duty. Besides, another 50 were transferred in a bid to improve the law and order.
Still, the meeting was annoyed with the police as the situation
remained far behind the expected level, one source noted.
The committee was highly displeased with nonimplementation of a previous decision of the committee to set up a counter-intelligence unit to monitor the performance of the police. It asked the authorities concerned to execute the decision without further delay.
The cabinet committee also felt that the about 2,000 unarmed police personnel on patrol duty in the capital should be better equipped.
"We felt that the situation should be improved to ensure speedy trial of killers and other criminals," Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan told the BBC radio last night. The minister said his government was taking various steps to check crimes against women.
Women activist Sultana Kamal while talking to the BBC regretted that the incidences of rape were on the rise and the culprits were going scot-free. "The victims are being denied justice. Rather, they are being threatened by the accused. This is simply frustrating for the victims who are often found committing suicides," she said.