RAB may be formed afresh with new name, uniform: Home Adviser

Dhaka, Feb 18 (V7N) –Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said if there is a need, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) may be formed afresh with a new name and uniform.

The adviser made the statement while replying to a question after coming out of a meeting on law and order at the ministry's conference room at the Secretariat on Tuesday.

"If required, the RAB will be formed anew. A discussion about the force was held and we presented a proposal - an idea regarding a name and a uniform. We all have to think about it. The next meeting will decide the course of action," he said.

He added that they will make the decision in this regard after holding a meeting with all stakeholders.

The United Nations rights organ OHCHR has suggested restructuring Bangladesh's security and policing systems as it released its fact-finding report on violence during the July-August Uprising last week.

"Disband the Rapid Action Battalion and return personnel not involved in serious violations to their home units," said the report of the OHCHR or the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.