2 weeks Ago
The Special Branch of Police expressed regret over the incidents at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport that led to New Age Editor Nurul Kabir saying he was harassed by police officers. The press wing of Chief Adviser's office issued a press release in this regard today. According to the press release, the SB has launched an investigation into the incidents and has withdrawn the officer accused of harassing the New Age editor.
The press release explained that the incident took place due to a list of people created by the previous government of Sheikh Hasina. Thousands of people were included in the "blocked list," meant to harass them during their overseas tours or stop them from travelling abroad. After the interim government took over, the Special Branch started removing the politically connected people, dissidents, journalists, and rights activists from the blocked list, said the press release.
The CA press wing released said that this work is being done manually. As a result, some names of dissidents and journalists are still there. The efforts to clean up the list has now been expedited, they informed.
In the press release, the government apologised for the incident and reiterated that Bangladesh police are friends of the people and want to serve the country in an exemplary manner..
