CHATTOGRAM, July 19, 2021 (BSS) – A three-tier security measures have been taken in the port city and its adjacent areas centering the Eid-ul-Azha.
 
Besides, Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has also set up nearly 120 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at different strategic points including different cattle markets, to monitor the security measures arranged for the city dwellers.
 
According to sources in CMP and district police, the additional security measures will be effective from tomorrow and continue for the next three days.
 
Tanvir Saleh, commissioner of CMP, told the newsmen that all the police stations and camps have been given instruction to ensure security at all the celebration points including the Eid congregations.
 
Besides, deployment of additional 4,000 forces and detective vigilance has been intensified at all the Eid-Jammat points in the port city, he said.
 
All the entry points of the city like Shah Amanat Bridge, City Gate, and Oxygen area have been brought under tight security measures with CCTV monitoring. Necessary instruction has also been given to search the suspicious persons at any point during the celebration period.
 
The CMP boss said, “We will watch the movement of boarders of the residential hotels.”
 
Chattogram district police have also taken additional security measures in all 15 upazila headquarters from the previous day of Eid that will continue for the following three days, SM Rashidul Hoque, superintendent of Chattogram district, told BSS.
 
On the other hand, RAB-7 has taken all-out security measures to make the festival a total success.
 
Special diets will be served to the inmates of different hospitals, jails, and Government Shishu Sadan on the Eid day, district administration sources said.