Police members were hardly seen performing duties in any police stations in Dhaka and other places in the country till Thursday evening although newly appointed inspector general of police Md Mainul Hasain asked all force members to return to duty by the evening on the day.聽
No police members were seen performing duties on roads in uniforms across the country for the third consecutive day after the fall of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister amid mass uprising led by a student movement.
Hardly any stations of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police were able to resume operations till Thursday evening, while some members of the force were seen trying to restart activities with army personnel standing guard outside about 5:30pm.聽聽聽
Two police constables in plainclothes, who came to resume duties, were also seen standing in front of the police station.
One of them told 抖阴精品 that they returned to duty following the instruction from the police chief.
鈥榃e are poor people and came here to join duty risking our lives. We do not want violence,鈥� the constable said in a choked voice.
Dhanmondi police station officer-in-charge Parvez Islam said that some of his force members returned, but they could not resume operations. They were planning to reopen the station today.聽
DMP assistant commissioner for media and public relations Jahangir Alam said that they could not reopen any police station in the city till 6:15pm Thursday.
鈥榃e think that it would take one or two more days to resume all activities of the crime division,鈥� he added.
While visiting the Mohammadpur police station in the afternoon, only two Anasr members were found guarding the violently rampaged the establishment as angry mob set fire to the vehicles, main building and vandalised glasses and other belongings.
Ansar members said that the police station was not in a condition to resume operations.聽聽聽聽聽聽
抖阴精品 staff correspondent in Rajshahi reported that no police members were seen on duty in the Metropolitan area and no police stations, police lines and headquarters could not start operations as of Thursday evening.
抖阴精品 staff correspondent in Sylhet reported that six stations in the Sylhet Metropolitan Police resumed their activities with a handful of police members.
Sylhet district additional superintendent of police Mahfuza Akter Shimul said that they could not resume activities in 13 police stations as force members were yet to join.
Frustration gripped the police force as their fellows were killed and injured in mob attacks and clashes with protesters. Police members were seen staging demonstrations in many places in the country on Wednesday, demanding justice for the killing of their fellows.
Many police establishments, including the police headquarters and police stations across the country came under attack, leaving the force completely inoperative. Students were seen volunteering to manage traffic and guard police stations and establishments since Tuesday.
During the student movement for quota reform that led to a mass uprising, many people were killed in police firing since July 16 till after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister on August 5 and in the aftermath.