The interim government has decided to remove lethal weapons from the police force, which has faced an image crisis due to the indiscriminate use of arms during the July-August protests. After the meeting, he said: “Police will no longer be allowed to carry any lethal weapons. The meeting also discussed the restructuring of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the elite anti-crime force. Later, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) chief Maj Gen Md Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui said that India’s Border Security Force (BSF) had pushed 202 people into Bangladesh over the past few days, five of whom are Indian nationals. The BGB chief added that attempts to send people across the border into Bangladesh are “still under way”.
