General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) today asked all 

concerned to take action considering crime, not party.  

“We’re not working for the benevolence of any party. Whatever needs 

to be done is being done for the welfare of the country,” he said.

The Home Adviser said no one in the administration has been told by 

any department to show sympathy to people of any party. 

“If leaders and activists of any party are involved in encroachment or 

any other crime, the concerned have been instructed to take strict 

action against them based on evidence,” he said. 

He made the remarks while speaking to journalists after exchanging 

views with officials of the Home and Agriculture Ministries at the Cox's 

Bazar Deputy Commissioner's conference room. 

The Home Affairs Adviser has also ordered withdrawal of Chakaria 

Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Manjur Quader Bhuiyan within 

24 hours.

He gave the instruction to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of 

Chittagong Range over phone upon receiving a complaint made by a 

journalist.

Jahangir said kidnapping and drug trafficking have increased in Cox's 

Bazar and the issue is often reported in the media. 

“You (journalists) and the local conscious people know who is doing 

these things. There is a disease in our administration, which is giving 

priority to the people of the party which has the chance to come to 

power,” he said.   

About Rohingya issue, the Home Affairs Adviser said that they have 

given shelter to the Rohingyas on humanitarian ground. 

“Although it is said to be 1.2 million on paper, but, the actual number is 

even higher. They have become a burden for us. Without their 

repatriation, it is difficult to stop criminal activities in the border areas,” 

he said.

Jahangir said Bangladesh has import-export trade with Myanmar. 

“But since the Arakan Army took over Rakhine State, there have been 

obstacles in trade. The Arakan Army had detained many ships. It had 

taken many Bangladeshi fishermen. For this reason, contact is being 

maintained with the Arakan Army for the sake of border security and 

the repatriation of the Rohingyas," he said.