Director General (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Friday said there is no threat of militant attacks centered around observing the upcoming National Mourning Day on August 15.
He however, said, RAB has taken all necessary steps to maintain law and order in the country and to deal with any kind of untoward situation.
So far, there is no negative information regarding the month of mourning, he disclosed.
The chief of the elite force made these remarks while distributing food items among poor and orphanage childrenat RanavolaJamiaIslamia Orphanage and Madrasa premises at Uttara in the capital Dhaka.
The RAB distributed food items on the occasion of the 46th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He said,August is the month of mourning. Earlier, the militants staged a lot of incidents in this month. However, we are not feeling complacent.
We have strengthened intelligence units, he said adding that every year, RAB focuses on the month of August and all the intelligence agencies and all units of law enforcement agencies work together.
We work to ensure safety for all events during the August, he added.
On the occasion of the 46th martyrdom anniversary of the great architect of independence Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the RAB headquarters has taken various programmes, including recitation of Holy Quran, special prayers and munajat, distribution of food among orphans and exhibition of documentaries.
On this occasion, food was distributed among more than four hundred destitute and orphans at Uttara. Besides, the RAB distributed food items among more than four thousand helpless, destitute and orphans.
The Holy Quran was recited at the Central Jame Mosque at the RAB headquarters, and doa and special munajat were offered after Jumma prayers for the peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other martyrs.
