raised the question of the necessity of the force because of its alleged involvement with different sorts of crimes in recent times."The force has been assigned to maintain law and order in the country and protect public life, but now they snatch people. In such a situation, time has come to think as to whether the force in the name of the elite force should continue or not," BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a press briefing yesterday at the party's central office.
Allegations of extrajudicial killings were raised against RAB soon after it was formed during the tenure of the BNP-led four-party alliance government. But the then BNP government supported the activities of the newly formed force.