Two officers of Bangladesh Police are being recruited by the International Police Service Interpol to train the law enforcement agencies of different countries to combat militancy.
IGP AKM Shahidul Haque said at a press conference in the Police Headquarters on the occasion of Police Week.
"Recently, in a meeting of Interpol, our process of suppressing militancy has been appreciated. Interpol's secretary asked me two officers to suppress militancy, who needed to play an important part in countering militancy in other countries. We have already approved the names of the two. "
Police officials told bdnews24.com that as a part time trainer, the permanent appointment of Bangladesh Police to Interpol as an expert in combating militancy is going to be the first of its kind.
They did not want to disclose the name of the two police officers for 'security reasons'.
Although the activities of the militant presence in the global arena are discussed in a big way from the nineties, but on July 1, 2016, attacks on Holi Artisan Bakeri in Gulshan.
After the death of 22 domestic and foreign nationals including 5 militants in the attack, law enforcement forces were conducting an operation nationwide after the death of so many militants, which killed many militants.
At the press conference, there were 35 missions in 2017. It killed 57 people, all of whom were 'Suicide Squad members'. The number of arrests is more than hundred.
Shahidul said, "Law and order situation is much better now than in the past. The whole network of militancy has been foiled. "
He also said about lack of social awareness in the areas of militancy and drug abuse.
"We could not eliminate militants and drugs. Drug is a big problem. Yaba is a big problem in the drug. To control these, nothing will happen with just police or law. For them, social and family opinion needs to be developed. "
Shahidul said the emergency service 999 service was operational this year and said that till now around 4 million calls have been received. Of these, 12 thousand calls have been provided. The rest of the call comes from the information.
