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Adviser Lt. Gen. (Retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today asked the police
personnel to be people friendly in a real sense.
"Police
will really have to be people friendly. There is no chance to remain in black
and white anymore," he said emerging from a view exchange meeting with
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) officials at its headquarters today (Thursday,
September 19).
The
home adviser said all want police to be a force of the people. "The
countrymen expect police to be people friendly. You (journalists) and I also
expect so," he said.
The
home adviser asked the police force to work for regaining their past glory
discharging duties sincerely by enhancing morale.
"You
(journalists) know, the police have incurred a huge damage (during the mass
uprising). So, obstacles are being seen in their works in many stages. I have
asked them to revive their past glory after being motivated mentally," he
said.
He
also provided some directions to the police including rendering quick services
to the people, stopping extortion, corruption and harassment of the masses and
solving the traffic related problems.
Mentioning
that the people are going to police stations with various problems, he asked
the police to solve their problems if possible and give them patience hearing.
The
home adviser also instructed the law enforcers to find the way out on how the
traffic related problems can be improved.
He,
as well, asked the police force to stop extortion. "If the extortion can
be contained, the price of the commodities would be brought to tolerable
level," he opined.
He
ordered the police personnel to stop the bribery and corruption as the menaces
have reached every step in the society.
About
random cases, the home adviser said the police are not filing the cases. The
cases are being filed by the commoners, he said, calling upon them to lodge
cases against the real offenders as no innocent person is subjected to be
harassment. It would require long time to conduct
investigations, he added.
In
the past, he said police filed such cases naming 10 persons and several hundred
of persons without names. But now, police are not filing such cases, he said.
The
home adviser again assured that none would be arrested without investigation.
"I
have asked the DB (Detective Branch of police) not to arrest any innocent
people rather to nab only the criminals," he said.
Responding
to another question about mob justice, he called upon all not to take law in
own hands, referring to a recent incident happened in Jahangirnagar University.
"There
is no scope to take law in own hands," he warned.