Frustration has gripped the police force as their fellows were killed and police stations and their other establishments were rampaged and looted since Monday after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government.
Police members blamed their leadership over coming down heavily on the protesters waging a fierce movement for quota reform in government jobs, according to the force鈥檚 officials.
The force is now in fear of mob attacks and its members are unable to perform their duties in Dhaka as elsewhere in the country.
Amid the situation, Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Force members were deployed alongside army personnel to protect police stations across the country, manage Dhaka city traffic and provide security to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, confirmed Fakhrul Alam, deputy director general, Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Force.聽
Additional deputy inspector general of Bangladesh Police Sohel Rana in a statement on Tuesday said that the problem was in the leadership, not in the police force.
He said that actions would be taken against the culprits involved in killing students and ordinary people.
鈥楻ight now, as with the nation, Bangladesh Police is also going through a transition as they are completely leaderless now,鈥� he said.
Additional inspector general of police AKM Shahidur Rahman told 抖阴精品 that the force members were deeply aggrieved over the death of their fellows.聽
鈥榃e have been in talks with the police members at the Rajarbagh Police Lines and other places to bring the situation under control,鈥� he added.
He said that he took the responsibility of collecting the dead bodies of police members and calm the anger among the force members in Dhaka following the request of junior officials, but he could only recovered eight bodies from Jatrabari area amid a horrific situation.
At least 14 police personnel were killed in Sunday鈥檚 attack on the Enayetpur police station in Sirajganj, while 12 died on Sunday and two on Monday.
The police were not seen in most of the roads and police stations in the capital and elsewhere in the country after the fall of Sheikh Hasina brought upon by a mass uprising led by students.
Police headquarters, many police stations and several other of their establishments came under fierce mob attack since Monday.聽
AKM Shahidur Rahman said that they were collecting casualty data of police members and had formed a committee in this regard.
Inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun in a video message urged all police members to keep patience and perform their duty with highest dedication.
鈥榃e requested the leaders of political parties and Students Movement Against Discrimination to urge people not to attack on police members and establishments,鈥� he said, and also called upon the army personnel to continue protecting police members and establishments.
Students were seen managing traffic movement in many places in the capital, including Nilkhet crossing and Agargaon.聽
Those accused had gone into hiding, while junior police officers and members remained directionless, he said, adding that these police personnel were not guilty.
The police force, deployed to quell the quota movement, fired rubber bullets and live ammunition and lobbed tear shells at the protesters since July 16.
