Bangladeshi authorities on Thursday issued ‘shoot at sight’ orders as main opposition BNP and its allies in the 18-party coalition enforced a 36-hour nationwide strike demanding resignation of the ruling Awami League government.
Orders have been issued to shoot at sight the saboteurs trying to set fire to trains or buses or carrying out any other sabotage as home minister Mahiuddin Khan Alamgir met with senior officers of police and other law enforcement agencies ahead of the hartal, the mass circulation Prothom Alo newspaper reported.Speaking with newsmen later on the sidelines of a function, Alamgir said ‘nothing was ordered which is contrary to the existing law of the land’.
‘They (law enforcement agencies) were asked to do what is required. The law allows police to use gunshots, the law has not been violated by this order,’ Alamgir said.
The opposition strike saw one death when a passenger bus rammed into a tea stall while being pursued by violent opposition activists, killing a farmer while two other villagers were injured.
The shoot at sight orders came after the opposition activists torched at least nine vehicles on Wednesday when the country celebrated the Independence Day.
Orders have been issued to shoot at sight the saboteurs trying to set fire to trains or buses or carrying out any other sabotage as home minister Mahiuddin Khan Alamgir met with senior officers of police and other law enforcement agencies ahead of the hartal, the mass circulation Prothom Alo newspaper reported.Speaking with newsmen later on the sidelines of a function, Alamgir said ‘nothing was ordered which is contrary to the existing law of the land’.
‘They (law enforcement agencies) were asked to do what is required. The law allows police to use gunshots, the law has not been violated by this order,’ Alamgir said.
The opposition strike saw one death when a passenger bus rammed into a tea stall while being pursued by violent opposition activists, killing a farmer while two other villagers were injured.
The shoot at sight orders came after the opposition activists torched at least nine vehicles on Wednesday when the country celebrated the Independence Day.