Home adviser lieutenant general (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said that they were going to initiate the process of recruiting 100 injured in the July-August mass uprising in the police force.
鈥榃e have decided to take 100 injured [in July-August uprising] in the police force. We will start the process soon. We are going to start with 100 injured for now and later we will increase the number. We will also do it in all the other departments under my ministry,鈥� he said.
The adviser spoke to the journalists after visiting police鈥檚 special branch and criminal investigation department headquarters in Dhaka.
鈥榃e talked about many issues. Many people were killed and injured during the anti-discrimination student movement. We discussed how to recruit the injured. We have sent a proposal in this regard.鈥�
He also said that they had sent another proposal to appoint 1,000 students to help traffic management.
When asked how the students would maintain their study and assist traffic control at the same time, he replied that they [students] would work on the road for three or four hours so that they could continue their studies. For that, they would be given remuneration.
During the visit at the CID, the home adviser asked the force to complete the allegations of money laundering investigations quickly.
Mentioning that money laundering is one of the major problems that occurred during the past government, he the CID not to linger investigation into the matter without valid reasons, rather submit a report quickly.
Inspector general of police Baharul Alam and additional IGP and chief of CID Md Motiur Rahman Sheikh and SB chief Md Golam Rasul, among others, were present during the visits.