Newly appointed Superintendent of Police (SP) underscored the need for enhancing cordial relationship between police and media men with the spirit of mutual respect and understanding to establish a crime free society, reports BSS.
“Police and journalists can play important role to achieve the desired goal through advancing the country towards desired development, progress and prosperity and side by side with ensuring human rights”, he said.
SP Muhammad Towhidul Islam made the comments while addressing a view exchange meeting entitled “Meet the Press” organised by district police administration at his conference room of the town in Gaibandha on Tuesday afternoon.
The meeting discussed elaborately about stopping gambling, drug trading, theft and robbery, removing traffic jam and overall law and order situation in the district side by side with ensuring need base information providing by the police officials to the media men.
Welcoming the journalists to participate in the meeting SP Muhammad Towhidul Islam in his speech sought whole hearted cooperation from them to keep the law and order situation of the district under control and said the police here would work as the people’s friend. A good number of journalists from print and electronic media including district correspondent of the national news agency of the country Sarker M.Shahiduzzaman and Bangladesh Betar Gobinda Lal Das addressed the meeting.
More than 40 journalists of print and electronic media of the country working from the district took part in the meeting. Additional police super Moynul Hoque, additional police super-headquarters Anwar Hossain, and officer in charge of Sadar thana Khan M. Shahriar, were present on the occasion.
