Operation Devil Hunt to continue until all 'devils' nabbed: Adviser Jahangir
The Operation Devil Hunt will continue until the devils are exposed to justice, Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said today (9 February).
"The operation will continue until all 'devils' are exposed to justice. Not a single devil should be left out," he said while speaking to reporters after inaugurating the new Soil Building at the Soil Resources Institute in the city's Farmgate area.
The adviser said the operation will continue targeting those who attempt to destabilise the country, disobeying the law as anarchists.
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Replying to a question about the measures taken against those involved in the attack on the students and people in Gazipur during the July uprising, he said, "Many of those who attacked the students and the public in Gazipur have been brought to book. The rest will soon be exposed to justice."
About the arrest of four senior police officers, the adviser said the crimes of those who have been arrested are known to the countrymen.
Later at a press briefing in the afternoon, Senior Secretary of the Home Ministry Nasimul Ghani said the joint forces' "Operation Devil Hunt" is aimed at arresting those trying to make the country unstable.
"Our target is to neutralise the pockets from where attempts are being made to destabilise the country.... The operation will continue as long as necessary," he said while replying to a question in the press briefing over the "Operation Devil Hunt" at the conference room of the Home Ministry at the Secretariat.
He said they have briefed all the forces so that they can carry out the operation in a focused way by maintaining law and order and protecting human rights.
The government has decided to conduct the 'Operation Devil Hunt' following a meeting held at the Home Ministry on Saturday to maintain the law and order and bring to book those who are involved in destabilizing the country.
This operation began yesterday in Gazipur and elsewhere across the country.
