Teenage criminal activities should be tackled via community policing: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today (October 29, 2022) called upon the members of the community police for working to prevent the criminal activities of juvenile gangs.

Due to the closure of educational institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic, young people had no work, and taking that advantage teenage gangs surfaced, he said.

The activities of such juvenile groups are having adverse effects on society and the issue needs to be taken care of seriously, he told a discussion to mark the Community Policing Day-2022 at the Bangladesh Police Auditorium at Rajarbagh

A rally was organised from Dhaka Metropolitan Police Headquarters this morning to mark the day. The procession marched through streets and ended at the Rajarbagh Police Line.

The task of community policing is to identify criminals before crimes are committed in society and to collect information about criminals. “We have been 100 percent successful in this regard,” he said.

He also said as a result of community policing, child marriages and eve teasing have reduced a lot in society.

“There are still some challenges like illegal drugs…we need to do more on drug control,” he said.

About dealing with the militancy in the country, the minister said they have been successful.

“When we were faced with a difficult challenge in combating militancy and terrorism, the prime minister called upon the general people from all walks of life to stand up… During that time we saw phenomenal success,” he said.

DMP Commissioner Mohammad Shafiqul Islam chaired the programme. IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University AAMS Arefin Siddique spoke at the programme, among others.