Issuing a warning against robbery, drug and extortion, inspector general of police Md Moinul Islam on Saturday said that massive operations would be launched across the country after Durga Puja.
He made the announcement in a media query after visiting puja mandap at Ramakrishna Math and Mission in Dhaka in the afternoon.
About city鈥檚 traffic management, the police chief said that the traffic division would also conduct drives to bring traffic management under control.
Moinul Islam said that Durga Puja is being celebrated in more than 32,000 mandaps across the country.
鈥楽pecial security measures have been taken to ensure this puja celebration peacefully. Around 2.25 lakh Ansars were deployed in mandaps across the country, while 75,000 police personnel directly engaged to ensure security. Besides, armed forces were also deployed.鈥�
鈥極ur national emergency service 999 and control room is open round-the-clock. Whenever we get any news related to puja, immediate action is being taken,鈥� he continued.
He said that since October 1, some 43 incidents took place across the country in connection with the puja, adding that immediate action had been taken against each and every incident and in 14 cases, 29 general diaries were filed while 26 were arrested to this end.
Moinul Islam issued a warning saying that no one would get away with any incident.
Replying to a question about the law and order situation, he said that whoever was found guilty would be brought to book. 鈥楴one will be spared due to political identity.鈥�
Dhaka metropolitan police commissioner Md Mainul Hasan was also present.