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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has said recent cocktail explosions and arson attacks on public transport across the capital are aimed at spreading panic among people and carrying out sabotage.
DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Md Aktar Hossain disclosed the information while responding to journalists’ questions at the DMP Media Centre on Minto Road on Sunday (November 8).
He said police were closely monitoring and investigating each incident of cocktail explosions and vehicle arson. Several people have already been arrested in connection with the incidents, including members of banned organisations and their affiliated bodies.
Reviewing the overall situation, Aktar Hossain said it was clear that a particular group was deliberately carrying out sabotage to create panic.
He added that the DMP had strengthened its intelligence-based operations and police deployment. Mobile patrols, checkpoint duties and intensified surveillance were also underway to ensure public safety and ease public anxiety.
Asked where the materials used to make cocktails were being produced, Aktar Hossain said Detective Branch (DB) police had previously arrested several people along with cocktail-making materials and explosives.
He said the police were also monitoring whether flammable substances were being purchased from petrol stations or other sources for sabotage.
DMP operations were continuing to identify those collecting such materials by examining and analysing CCTV footage, he added.
