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AUG 17 BLAST CASES

All cases go to speedy court by month-end

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All the cases filed in August 17 countrywide blasts will be brought under the Speedy Trial Tribunal within this month and trials should begin in a week, state minister for home told the press yesterday.
“We hope the result will come within the next three months,” said Lutfozzaman Babar, emerging from a ministry meeting on law and order.
He also mentioned the ministry made a draft of the anti-terrorism act, which was placed with the prime minister's office. The act is awaiting the prime minister's nod, the state minister said.
The meeting discussed different types of crime that occur during Ramadan, including carjacking, mugging, drug-peddling and robbery in the night coaches, and directed the law enforcers to take actions to prevent these.
About Friday's tragic accident in Savar, the meeting expressed its condolences and directed police to investigate whether any vested quarters were involved in the ransack of two garments factories.
MUGGING
Rab submitted a report after making an investigation into muggings during Ramadan, which mentioned several vulnerable spots, including Farmgate, Sheraton, Sonargaon and Sonir Akhra crossings, in front of Sutrpur and Kotwali Police Stations and several other places in old Dhaka.
The muggers make their attempt to snatch when people are on their way home from marketing.
The meeting directed Rab to remain vigilant in those areas along with police and to take necessary actions to prevent mugging.
CARJACKING
The meeting observed that rampant carjackings take place in the city, especially in Motijheel and its surrounding areas, at the middle and end of Ramadan. It directed the detective branch (DB) of police and Rab to patrol the areas in plain clothes along with their regular patrols.
NIGHT-COACHES
The meeting also directed the owners of night coaches to be alert as robbers take the chances of robbing during Ramadan, especially before the Eid.
It also asked the law enforcement agencies to use metal detectors to search the passengers and to take footage on DV cams when they board buses.
BLOCK RAIDS
The law enforcement agencies said they have conducted more than one and a half thousand blockraids in the last month.
Rab said it has conducted 550 block-raids in the 28 police stations in the last one month until October 15. The criminals might have fled the city fearing arrests for the raids, said a Rab official in the meeting.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said they have conducted 1,022 block-raids in different areas under 28 police stations in the capital in one month and arrested 4,720 people.
DRUG-PEDDLING
The law enforcing agencies marked Mirpur as one of the major areas for drug peddling. Police informed the meeting that there are around 63 floating spots alone in Mirpur where the peddlers roam and sell phensidyle. Law enforcers termed this a new strategy to peddle drugs by constantly changing spots to avoid arrest.
The meeting directed police to continue the block-raids in those areas to curb the peddling.
Home secretary, Inspector General of Police, Director Generals of Rab, Detective Branch and Special Branch, DMP Commissioner and other concerned officials were present in the meeting.