'Operation Devil Hunt' to bring creators of instability under the law - Home Secy

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Dhaka, February 9: The main aim of 'Operation Devil Hunt' is to arrest those who are trying to destabilize the country and bring them under the law, said Senior Secretary of the Home Ministry Nasimul Gani.

The Senior Secretary made this comment at a press briefing on 'Operation Devil Hunt' at the conference room of the Home Ministry at the Bangladesh Secretariat this afternoon.

The Senior Secretary said that the police force is mainly leading 'Operation Devil Hunt'; the army is helping them. He said that after the fall of the dictatorial government through the student-people's revolution six months ago, the army was deployed across the country to control the law and order situation in the country. At that time, our police force suffered several losses. They suffered moral and psychological losses, police stations were burned, which is why the army is deployed across the country 'in aid to civil power'. He further said, while working in this situation, we have taken many plans. Many of them are ongoing and many are going to be implemented. One of them is 'Operation Devil Hunt'.

Nasimul Gani said, this operation will work in a jointly focused way. This operation will be carried out to control the attempt to destabilize the country. For this, all the necessary measures will be taken in a legal manner. All the forces have been prepared and briefed for that. At the same time, their work is ongoing.

The Home Secretary said, in terms of law enforcement, we will not be able to walk the way the law was enforced before. The work has to be done with the spirit of the law. We want to build a good system keeping in mind the issue of human rights and the environment. We want that no more mirror houses are created. We are trying to leave a good environment for the future. In this context, a workshop is being organized with law enforcement agencies on February 11 with emphasis on human rights and the environment.

Regarding the current state of the police force, Nasimul Ghani said, "In the countries of the world where revolutions have taken place, those countries did not keep the defeated forces. But we could not be so inhumane." He said, "We wanted to reform the force. Some of the police committed wrongdoings out of fear and pressure. Some who were die-hards have fled. Action is being taken against them." He also said, "The morale of a force has been broken." An attempt is being made to bring real reforms to the police. They are being actively counseled so that the police regain their morale. – PID Handout