Following backlash, Bangladesh Police Service Association President Monirul Islam says that the organisation had asked media outlets to verify their reports on graft allegations against police personnel before publishing them and had not ordered them to stop reporting on such incidents, reports bdnews24.com. Asked about the BPSA’s statement amid the discussion of alleged corruption in the police force, Monirul said that the police and the government have repeatedly stated that agencies will not bear the responsibility of individual wrongdoing. “Sometimes [these reports] included a lot of exaggerations or information that lacked context. That is why, in addition to our protest, we made a request in that statement,” he said. “We did not give you any orders or even instructions in any way.
