He orders introduction of online case filing system
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday asked for creating a ‘command centre’ for monitoring the country’s law and order situation intensively and directed the police to introduce online system for filing cases across the country.
He directed police to take stern action against the extortionists to keep prices of food and essential commodities stable during the month of Ramadan.
He gave the directives while reviewing the law and order situation of the country in a high level meeting of the chiefs of law enforcement agencies.
The chief adviser asked the chiefs of law enforcement agencies to stay alert against any attempt to disrupt the law and order, saying ‘We should be alert as like a war-time situation.’
‘This year is a very critical one for the country and we must not allow anyone to create any chaos and anarchy,’ he added.
Home adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, special assistant to chief adviser Khuda Baksh Chowdhury, home secretary Nasimul Gani and chiefs of Bangladesh Police, Border Guard Bangladesh, Rapid Action Battalion, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Coast Guard and Special Branch attended the meeting at state guesthouse Jamuna in Dhaka.
Yunus said that the security agencies must ensure maximum use of the latest communication tools to make sure they can quickly intervene in any situation.
‘We have to set up a command centre or a command headquarters, which will coordinate with the police and all security agencies,’ he said.
The chief adviser said that the new command structure would ‘skilfully and intensively’ communicate with all security agencies and police stations across the country.
He said that the cronies of the ousted autocrat, Sheikh Hasina, were spending huge amount of money to create anarchy and spread disinformation.
‘We must stay alert and everyone should fight against the dissemination of disinformation,’ he said.
He also asked the security chiefs to be caring to protect the human rights of every citizen and take special measures to thwart any attack on the religious or ethnic minorities.
‘Our global image will be badly damaged if we can’t protect our religious minorities. We
will also have to be very transparent in this regard,’ he said.
Regarding introducing online case filing system, the chief adviser said that police should set up a dedicated call number- like 999 - to enable complainants to file a FIR from anywhere in the country.
This system will reduce the hassles that our people face when they go to police station to file a case,’ he said.
The chief adviser also asked the IGP to launch a new phone number as early as possible for filing online FIR.
The Chief Adviser also asked the IGP to set up a dedicated call centre to allow the complainants to have feedback on their cases.
‘People who will face problem in filing a case online, can easily take help from the call centre,’ he noted.
Currently, an aggrieved person in person can file first information report with nearest police station. The procedure is cumbersome and has scope of abuse and harassing people.
Inspector General of Police Baharul Alam informed the meeting that police have set up 10 teams to monitor the murder cases filed over the
July-August atrocities and killings by Hasina’s security forces.
The chief adviser asked the police to put the cases on the fast-track and make sure that no innocent person was harassed by these cases.
He said that Bangladesh had placed a request to the Interpol in an effort to issue a Red Notice on Sheikh Hasina who fled to India on August 5, 2024 amid the mass uprising.