The police assaults are on the rise in the past three months, from September to November, across the country.
A total of 24 police assault incidents were reported in September, 34 incidents in October, and 49 were reported in November, according to the police headquarters crime statistics of the past three months made available on its website on Sunday.
Former police officials said that the number of police assaults case increased when police members came back to perform their duties.
They also said that the police required more community engagement to bounce back.
鈥楾he number of police assaults was low in September and October as police members could not perform their duties properly. Now, the number of assault incidents is increasing means that police have started working,鈥� former inspector general of police Abdul Quiyum told 抖阴精品.
He, however, also said that police were between a rock and a hard place after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5.
He also said that many people got involved in criminal activities and were trying to take advantage of the situation.
Another former IGP Nurul Huda said that police required more community engagement to bounce back as the force stood against the people during the mass uprising.
PHQ assistant inspector general of police for media and public relations Enamul Haque Sagor said that they were scrutinising police assault cases for taking actions as it could be expected.
鈥榃e don鈥檛 know the cause of rising trend in the past three months without conducting analysis,鈥� said Enamul.
He said that no police death was reported in the past three months.聽
On September 13, an on-duty traffic constable was stabbed in the back at the Sayedabad Janapad crossing at Jatrabari in Dhaka.
The constable, Ashraf Ali, 47, posted to Wari traffic division, was attacked at about 9:30pm on September 13.
PHQ officials said that 450 out of 664 police stations were attacked, vandalised and set on fire across the country, following the downfall of Hasina government on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising.
They also said that about 1,000 vehicles were damaged, many of which were completely destroyed.聽聽
On October 25, the office of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus said that 44 police personnel were killed in July-August student-led mass uprising.
The murdered policemen included 21 constables, 1 naik, seven assistant sub-inspectors, one addtional sub-inspector, 11 sub-inspectors and three inspectors.