Home Adviser to the Interim government Lt Gen (retd) M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said the country's law and order situation has been improving gradually.
"Country's law and order situation is gradually improving but is now a little bit challenging as different issue-wise agitations are being waged by different professional groups," he said. The Adviser said this while France Ambassador in Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy called on him at his office at Bangladesh Secretariat in the city.
During the call on, discussion was also held on different aspects including existing law and order situation, police reforms and recovering of illegal arms.
In response to the concern over looted arms which took place at different police stations across the country in the wake of resignation of the previous government led by Sheikh Hasina, the Home Adviser said, "The government will lunch special drive soon for recovering the illegal arms.
The Adviser during the meeting mentioned on illegal and abuse of some licenced arms which were given during the regime of the previous government and necessary action will be taken in this regard.
On the query of reformation of the police department, M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said the police forces usually have to face pressure during their duties as they have no adequate time for rest.
"We have taken decision in principal to revamp the police forces…but it remains at a primary stage, he said. "Initiatives will be taken gradually to reform other forces under the Home Ministry apart from the police forces," he added.
Senior officials of the Home Ministry and Deputy Head of Mission Guillaume Audren de Kerdrel of the French Embassy in Dhaka, among others, were present at the meeting.
