Home adviser tells BGB to prevent repeat of Felani incident at border
NEWS DESK
Home affairs adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Saturday that he did not want to see killings of Bangladesh nationals like that of Felani again along the border with India.
‘I don’t want to see killings like Felani again. Don’t show your back at the border . . . carry out your responsibilities in a perfect manner,’ said Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury as he addressed the members of Border Guard Bangladesh at the Border Conference Centre of BGB Pilkhana Headquarters in Dhaka.
He also asked the BGB personnel to perform their duties with utmost professionalism and stay away from all sorts of corruption.
‘Corruption will not be tolerated under any circumstances . . . The BGB members must perform duties according to the law,’ the home adviser told the senior BGB officials as he mentioned that the prime responsibility of the BGB was to ensure protection of the frontiers and prevent smuggling.
Issuing a warning of tough action against any sort of corrupt practices, the adviser said, ‘Strict disciplinary measures will be taken against those who will be involved in bribery and corruption. Not only that if necessary, they will be fired from the service.’
The BGB director general Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui along with senior officials of the BGB Headquarters and region commanders of the force, Sector Commanders, Battalion Commanders and other officials took part in the event through video teleconference.