DHAKA, Sept 18, 2024 (BSS) – Public Administration Senior Secretary Dr. Md Mokhlesur  Rahman today said  Bangladesh Army was given magistracy power to bring public security into the confidence  .

“The army has been given the magistracy power as the people can move in  more friendly environment and feel secured alongside having confidence in security affairs,” he said this while speaking to reporters about giving magistracy power to the army at his Secretariat office .

He added that the army’s magistracy power is a message for the people that all law enforcement agencies have been working under an umbrella after August 5 changeover.
 
“The army was given the magistracy power for only 60 days as the government thinks that the magistracy power help people to feel more secured,” he said.

Asked about any conflict to be raised among the executive magistrates and the army for giving the magistracy power, he said, “It will not create any conflict with the activities of the executive magistrates. It is power of a state not the power of cadre. There are one state, one population and one government. I am working for the public interest like you. Giving magistracy power to army will yield good result.”

The government in a circular yesterday gave magistracy power to commissioned officers of the Bangladesh Army across the country under section 12 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, for 60 days.