Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) Commissioner Abdul Alim Mahmud on Wednesday said RpMP has been ensuring safety of citizens and law and order since its inception three years ago to fulfill the people's aspirations.
“We are providing legal services to the citizens in a hassle-free manner at the earliest possible times,” the RpMP Chief said this while addressing a press conference arranged here before celebration of the third founding anniversary of RpMP. He said the RpMP has taken zero tolerance principle against drug trading and drug abuse and none would be spared, including police members, if found involved in taking or trading drugs, harassing or implicating any citizen with false charges or committing any other types of crimes.
He discussed tremendous successes achieved by RpMP in maintaining law and order, arresting criminals, establishing traffic rules, beat policing, community bank, police training school, closed circuit cameras and other triumphs in the metropolis.
“Members of RpMP have engaged maximum efforts as front liners since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and distributed tens of thousands face masks, hand sanitisers and other health safety materials and relief goods among affected people,” Alim said.
During the last one year alone, RpMP seized huge contraband drugs, including 177.35 kgs of ganja, 8,757 pieces of Yaba tablets, 1,547 bottles of phensedyl, 64.58 grams of heroin, 114 litres of fermented wine totally worth Taka 54.40 lakh.
“The Traffic Division of RpMP realised Taka 5.97 crore as government revenue through filing 34,648 cases adopting digitised e-traffic prosecution without any incident of harassment of the traffic rules violators during the last one year,” he said.
Besides, RpMP has unearthed motives of many clueless and sensational criminal cases and brought the criminals under the law of land during the last one like in the previous two years.
RpMP has launched an attractive archive, first booth of Community Bank in Rangpur division, Police Women's Welfare Association, Metropolitan Ambulance Service and published the book 'Muktijuddher Smriti Kotha' to inform the young generations about the true national history.
“Aiming at implementing the government's Vision 2021 and Vision 2041, RpMP will continue efforts and strengthen its activities for law and order and implement future work plans to make independence meaningful for every citizen,” the RpMP Chief said.
Additional Commissioner of Police of RpMP Md Mehedul Karim, its Deputy Commissioners Police (Detective Brach) Kazi Muttaki Ibnu Minan, Abu Bakar Siddique (City Special Branch), Maruf Ahmed (Crime), Md Mohidul Islam (Headquarters and Admin), Md Menhajul Alam (Traffic) and high ranking police officials.
