No mass arrest has been made over the Gopalganj incident, only those who committed crimes are being arrested, Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Sunday.
He came up with this remark while replying to a question from journalists over Gopalganj situation, after coming out of a core committee meeting on law and order at the Home Ministry in Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday.
Asked whether the previous practice of mass arrest is being exercised, he said, "The same thing is not happening now. I do not agree with your opinion. Perpetrators must be arrested."
The Home Adviser asked the law enforcers to make sure that the miscreants are not spared and the innocents are not held. "Make sure no perpetrators are spared in any way," he said.
Asked about the arrest of nine children over the Gopalganj incident, he said no such information is available with him.
Replying to a question, the Home Adviser said the curfew in Gopalganj has already been relaxed while section 144 will be relaxed in phases.
Citing several reports of different television channels, he said the situation in Gopalganj is now normal.
MSH
