Para-military Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed in the capital since Tuesday evening ahead of the verdict to be pronounced on Wednesday by International Crimes Tribunal-1 against Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami for his involvement in crimes against humanity.They began patrolling different city streets apart from police and RAB as part of maintaining law and order ahead of the ICT-1 verdict on Nizami trial.
BGB members have also been deployed in different districts in the country.
Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken foolproof security measures in the capital
Adequate uniformed and plainclothes police will remain on high alert, deployed around the ICT-1 and elsewhere in the capital to avert any untoward incident following the verdict, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of DMP Masudur Rahman said.
Additional police will be deployed at different key points of the city from early morning as part of the DMP’s security blanket in the capital on Wednesday, he said.
Earlier, Tuesday morning, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan said the government has taken necessary preparations to prevent any anarchic situation in the country over the verdict on Jamaat leader Nizami.
He said stern action will taken if anyone tries to create anarchy over the verdict.
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