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The Special Response Battalion (SRB) does not yet see any threat of major sabotage centring on the month of December. Wing Commander MZM Intekhab Chowdhury, director of the force’s Legal and Media Wing, said work is under way on the ground in coordination with other law enforcement agencies to keep the law and order situation normal.
A press conference was called at the SRB Media Centre in Karwan Bazar in the capital on Sunday afternoon. He said this in reply to journalists’ questions there.
In Intekhab Chowdhury’s words, ‘So far we do not anticipate any major threat around December. We are in the field. We are working shoulder to shoulder with all other law enforcement agencies. Inshallah, we want to assure the people of the country that the law and order situation will remain normal.’
He said SRB’s field-level activities are continuing in the capital and across the country. Particularly after dusk and at night, extensive searches are being carried out at temporary checkposts set up in the capital and at various places across the country. Mobile patrols and foot patrols are also continuing.
The times of day when sabotage occurs most are being analysed, and extra attention is being given at those times. On that basis, the number of mobile patrols and checkposts has been increased so that the law and order situation can be kept normal.
Misinformation and misleading propaganda online are also being monitored, the SRB official said. According to him, SRB’s cyber monitoring team is engaged in this round the clock. When any information comes in, operational teams work to bring those involved to justice after verification.
Asked who was behind the recent explosions, MZM Intekhab Chowdhury said information on the incidents is being verified. Efforts are under way to identify the saboteurs by collecting CCTV footage. Special emphasis is being placed on searching motorcycle riders and their bags and other belongings at checkposts. This is how efforts are being made to bring acts of sabotage under control, he said.
At a glance
According to a Jugantor report of 7 August, an initiative was taken to abolish the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and form SRB as a new specialised unit of Bangladesh Police, for which the draft ‘Special Response Battalion (SRB) Act, 2026’ was prepared.
Subsequently, a bill to abolish RAB and form SRB on the same model was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad, Risingbd reported on 10 September.
Sources
Background sources: Jugantor, 7 August 2026; Risingbd, 10 September 2026
