Criminals arrested, weapons recovered in hill districts: Army chief

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed says law enforcers have apprehended ‘criminals’ and recovered weapons in raids on the hill districts.

“Everyone is working to their fullest to dispel public anxiety,” he told the media during a visit to Bandarban following the robberies, kidnapping, and gunfire in Bandarban’s Ruma and Thanchi Upazilas two days ago, reports bdnews24.com.

“We are doing all we can. You may have heard that our law enforcers succeeded in apprehending a few criminals last night and some weapons have been recovered.”

“Still, the Bangladesh Army is fully capable of dealing with the new situation in the hill region due to the KNF’s activity in the past few days,” he said.

“At the beginning, we trusted them a bit. We thought that, as peace negotiations were ongoing and had not ended, things would remain peaceful. But they created this unrest in the middle of [these talks].”

“The necessary steps are being taken. Inshallah, the people will have peace once again and they will see that there is no place for criminals in Bangladesh.”