IGP did not mean extrajudicial killings by ‘crossfire’: police

Police Headquarters said Inspector General of Police Ali Hossain Fakir did not mean extrajudicial killings when he used the word "crossfire" at the opening of the Community Islamic Bank System branch in Dhaka's Chawkbazar on Monday, 26 October 2026. He had said police would carry out crossfire if the government allowed it and it was needed. Political parties, organisations and Transparency International Bangladesh criticised the remark and demanded its withdrawal. Police said the IGP used the word in its literal sense to convey firmness against drug traders, terrorists, extortionists and criminals. The statement said 176 attacks on police occurred in the first 10 months of the year, killing four officers and seriously injuring 370, and cited laws recognising self-defence. Police said the IGP's remarks about journalists, which some journalists' leaders criticised, were inadvertent and not intended as sweeping comments.

Where accounts differ. Daily Bangladesh reports the IGP's remark as made in the morning, while bdnews24.com says it was made earlier in the day; Daily Bangladesh also names Transparency International Bangladesh among critics, which bdnews24.com does not mention.

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