No RAB member fled or went on strike after political changeover: Spokesperson

The RAB official assured the people of staying always beside the common people

BSS

06 October, 2024, 08:05 pm

Last modified: 06 October, 2024, 08:12 pm

No member of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has escaped or went on strike following the political changeover in the country after 5 August, the elite force said today (6 October).

“More than 90 police officers are accused [of suppressing the student movement] but no RAB personnel were involved,” RAB’s Legal and Media Wing Director Lt Col Munim Ferdous said at a press conference at its Karwan Bazar media centre.

Noting that RAB members come from eight forces while about 44% of its 10,000 members are from the police force, the media director said, “There was no problem with RAB . . . RAB never used live ammunitions on students.”

When asked about the role of RAB in arresting those involved in the massacre during the anti-discrimination movement, Munim Ferdous said since 5 August, the RAB has so far arrested 1,700 people, including 39 high-ranking people of the former Awami League government.

Responding to another query of journalists, he said, “We are trying to detain Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak and former chief of the Detective Branch (DB) Md Harun-Or-Rashid.”

The RAB official assured the people of staying always beside the common people.

He also called upon the citizens, if they have any information about criminals or any illegal arms and ammunitions nearby, to inform the members of RAB force.