DHAKA, Nov 6, 2023 (BSS) – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will
provide escort service to all long distance passenger buses to
ensure smooth and safe movement of vehicles, RAB Legal and
Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin said.
 
In a video message sent today, Khandaker Al Moin said on the
second day of 48-hour blockade programme, the elite anti-crime
force deployed 460 patrol teams across the country, including
160 teams in the capital.

“We are conducting joint patrols and our intelligence
surveillance continues. Besides, we have made security
arrangements for long distance goods and passenger
transportation. We are also coordinating with owners of various
long distance transports and giving escort to reach long
distance buses to its destination,” Al Moin added.

About movement of garment workers, he said, “We have visited
several areas including Dhaka, Gazipur, Savar and Kaliakoir
areas, where most garment workers resides, last Saturday.”

The RAB has given a cautionary message to those who tried to
destroy the garment sector by creating anarchy and violence,
the RAB director said.

He said, “We have arrested some people who are not garment workers but
associated with different political parties, who want to gain their own
interests by creating chaos or provocation in garments.

“Due to our cautionary message and detention of those who were instigating
for vandalism behind the scene, peace returned in garment sector. Garment
workers are now working safely,” he added.