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The police headquarters have asked the district police authorities across the country to arrest all "organisers" of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of tomorrow's rally at Nayapaltan in the capital.
In a 19-point directive issued a couple of days ago, the superintendents of police of all the districts have also been asked to detain or stop Dhaka-bound leaders, workers and other people at
“The vehicles owned by pro-BNP and pro-Jamaat men have to be requisitioned in large numbers on grounds of government needs even if there are no such needs,” reads one of the directives, implementation of which began on Friday.
“The police headquarters will evaluate the success of the police superintendents of the districts,” warned another directive.
The police superintendents will also have to ensure that no government staff can join the
Contacted yesterday, Inspector General of Police Hassan Mahmood Khandker, however, said he had no idea about any such directives.
“We are supposed to do everything to maintain law and order to ensure public security and safety, ” he said in reply to a query.
The Daily Star obtained from police sources a copy of the 19 directives given in Bangla. The English version of the directives is given below:
1. Instead of arresting common people en masse, attention should be on "qualitative arrest" even if the number of arrests is less. (The police headquarters will evaluate the success of the police superintendents of different districts).
2. In mufassil districts, people/leaders-workers have to be detained/stopped at the thanas from where they start for
3. Vehicles have to be searched, fined and detained by checkposts and mobile courts set up at thanas adjacent to the highways, after consultations with the district magistrates. Vehicles have to be searched to recover drugs, arms and explosives, if there are any. If the assistance of the executive magistrate or BRTA is not available, the police headquarters have to be informed about it.
4. Police vehicles have to be kept at safe distance, so that none can throw bricks/stones at those or damage those. The safety of officers and police personnel on duty has to be ensured. The personnel will wear riot gear while on duty.
5. All kinds of leave of police personnel in districts, barring exceptions, will have to be cancelled till March 12, 2012.
6. Steps have to be taken so that rowdy elements cannot vandalise vehicles, resort to arson or such types of crimes centering on the programmes. Such types of people have to be arrested.
7. Leading people in the slums will have to be influenced through discussion tactically so that slum people cannot go to
8. Shafi Huzur of Hathazri is scheduled to speak at a religious mahfil at Konapara Mannan High School ground, Demra, on March 11, 2012. Necessary steps have to be taken so that he does not attend the mahfil. If he cannot be prevented at all, the matter has to be communicated to SB,
9. Plainclothes police personnel have to be deployed at Sundarban Courier, SA Paribahan, etc. It has to be observed what type of parcels arrive through these courier services, whether banners and leaflets come through these or whether anything suspicious is being despatched.
10. Higher government officials will refrain from granting leave to their subordinate officials and employees so that they cannot go to
11. The vehicles owned by persons supporting BNP and the Jamaat have to be requisitioned in large numbers (showing grounds of government requirements even if the case is not so) so that those cannot be used for carrying workers and leaders to
12. It has to ensured that trucks do not carry people to
13. Dhaka-bound microbuses have to be checked thoroughly. The passengers have to be checked and interrogated thoroughly.
14. Dhaka-bound trains have to be searched with the help of Railway Police. Suspects have to be arrested.
15. Suspicious institutions and organisations like madrasas, Islamic NGOs, Islamic clinics and messes run by the Shibir have to be searched. If any suspect is found, he has to be arrested on the spot.
16. Organisers from BNP/Jamaat and their associates or front organisations have to be arrested first.
17. Some people may try to worsen law and order by demonstrating reaction or resorting to ransacking in the aftermath of any incident taking place in
18. Ambulances and fire services have to be kept ready by sending them letters beforehand so that their immediate cooperation is available in case of any emergency.
19. Attention has to be given so that local madrasas, schools and colleges remain open, and teachers and students attend classes. If necessary, it has to be ensured through discussions with the headmasters and principals of these institutions.
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