21 sourcesFirst reported yesterday at 00:00, updated 20 min ago

‘ক্রসফায়ার’ নিয়ে আইজিপির বক্তব্যের ব্যাখ্যা দিল পুলিশ

police explain igp's remarks on crossfire

Photo: Amar Desh

Neutral summary

from 5 outlets' reporting

Bangladesh Police Headquarters has issued an explanation of Inspector General of Police Ali Hossain Fakir's remarks on "crossfire" made at the opening of a Community Islamic Bank branch in Dhaka's Chawkbazar on Monday. Police said the IGP used the word literally to convey firmness against drug traders, terrorists, extortionists and criminals, not to mean extrajudicial killings. Police said officers faced 176 attacks in the first 10 months of 2026, with four killed and 370 seriously injured, and cited laws recognising police self-defence. Police said the IGP's remarks about journalists were inadvertent and not sweeping. Political parties and organisations had criticised the statement and demanded its withdrawal; some journalists' leaders criticised the remarks, and TIB and rights activists also criticised them. Police said Bangladesh Police remained committed to human rights and impartial rule of law.

Where accounts differ. Amar Desh reports police first explained the remarks and then revised the explanation an hour later to call them figurative, while Financial Express and Naya Diganta describe only the literal-use explanation; Financial Express quotes the IGP saying crossfire would be used if the government allowed it.

Daily Naya DigantaAmar DeshProthom AloThe Financial ExpressDaily Manobkantha

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Neutral 18 of 21

ক্রসফায়ার নিয়ে আইজিপির বক্তব্যের ব্যাখ্যা দিলো পুলিশ সদর দপ্তর

Channel 2400:00

Stated as fact 1 of 21

আইজিপির ‘ক্রসফায়ারের’ পক্ষে সাফাই পুলিশ অ্যাসোসিয়েশনের

Desh Rupantor12:53

In quotation marks 2 of 21

আইজিপির ‘ক্রসফায়ার’ বিষয়ক বক্তব্যকে এবার ‘রূপক’ বলল পুলিশ

Amar Desh14:20

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