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Police to get 50,000 new members

PM tells passing-out ceremony of 176 ASPs at Rajshahi; distributes cheques among victims of Jamaat-Shibir violence

BSS, Rajshahi
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed her resolve to bring all militants and terrorists to book and announced that 50,000 more would be recruited into the police force to improve the law and order in the country.
"Initially, 20,000 members will be appointed to Bangladesh Police, while recruitment of the rest will take place in phases," she told the passing-out parade of the 31st batch of Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) at the Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah.
Hasina said over the last five years, her government modernised the police force and created more than 31,000 new posts, including 614 cadre posts.
"All training centres of police, including Sardah's, are being modernised, and police stations across the country will be reformed so that people get better services." About the war crimes trial, she said, "Execution of the verdicts against war criminals has started, and we will repay our debts to the martyred freedom fighters and make the country free from stigma."
The prime minister took salute, reviewed the parade, and distributed medals among the best probationary ASPs. A total of 176 ASPs, including 24 female ones, passed the course.
The prime minister administered oath to the graduating police officers.
ASP Shahdat Hossain conducted the parade as parade commander. Md Atiqul Haque Pradhan received the award of "best probationer", and M Ruhul Amin Sarkar and Shahed Ahmed took the award as "best academic" and "best rider".
Appreciating the relentless efforts of the police force to save people's lives and property from the attacks ofBNP-Jamaat, Hasina said 15 police personnel were killed by their cadres in the last one year, while some 3,000 members sustained injuries. The prime minister extended her sincere thanks to the force for showing courage in seizing the country's biggest arms haul in Chittagong in 2004 during the BNP regime, saying that by doing so, the police force had protected the country.
PM HELPS VICTIMS OF JAMAAT-SHIBIR VIOLENCE
The prime minister distributed cheques among the victims of atrocities committed by Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir over the last one year across Rajshahi.
A total of 98 persons were given financial assistance from the PM's fund for rehabilitation and treatment and rebuilding of their houses torched by the communal forces.
During a function at Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah, Hasina distributed cheques among the families of five deceased and 93 injured persons.
Speaking on the occasion, the prime minister urged the people to stand united against the evil forces involved in killing, torching and bombing.