Home Adviser Lt. Gen. (Retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on
Thursday asked the police personnel to be people friendly in a real sense.
"Police will really have to be people friendly. There
is no chance to remain in black and white anymore," he said emerging from
a view exchange meeting with Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) officials at its
headquarters here on Thursday morning.
The home adviser said all want police to be a force of the
people.
"The countrymen expect police to be people friendly.
You (journalists) and I also expect so," he said.
The home adviser asked the police force to work for
regaining their past glory discharging duties sincerely by enhancing morale.
"You (journalists) know, the police have incurred a
huge damage (during the mass uprising). So, obstacles are being seen in their
works in many stages. I have asked them to revive their past glory after being
motivated mentally," he said.
He also provided some directions to the police including
rendering quick services to the people, stopping extortion, corruption and
harassment of the masses and solving the traffic related problems.
Mentioning that the people are going to police stations with
various problems, he asked the police to solve their problems if possible and
give them patience hearing.
The home adviser also instructed the law enforcers to find
the way out on how the traffic related problems can be improved.
He, as well, asked the police force to stop extortion.
"If the extortion can be contained, the price of the
commodities would be brought to tolerable level," he opined.
He ordered the police personnel to stop the bribery and
corruption as the menaces have reached every step in the society.
About random cases, the home adviser said the police are not
filing the cases.
The cases are being filed by the commoners, he said, calling
upon them to lodge cases against the real offenders as no innocent person is
subjected to be harassment.
It would require long time to conduct investigations, he
added.
In the past, he said police filed such cases naming 10
persons and several hundred of persons without names.
But now, police are not filing such cases, he said.
The home adviser again assured that none would be arrested
without investigation.
"I have asked the DB (Detective Branch of police) not
to arrest any innocent people rather to nab only the criminals," he said.
Responding to another question about mob justice, he called
upon all not to take law in own hands, referring to a recent incident happened
in Jahangirnagar University.
"There is no scope to take law in own hands," he
warned.
