Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said a total of 649 policemen were killed and 3968 others injured in the line of duty during the past 9 years.
Apart from, 3 members of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) were also killed and 20 others injured at that time.
Home Minister said this while replying to a question from Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan (reserved seat) at Jatiya Sangsad.
The Minister also said, “The government has engaged two ‘Law Firms’ in United States of America (USA) and Canada for bringing back home the fugitive convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.”
“As part of the legal procedure to bring back home of the fugitive convicted killers of Father of the Nation, the present government initiated to confiscate non-movable properties and freeze bank accounts of the convicted killers,” he said, while replying to a question from treasury bench member M Shafiqul Islam in the Jatiya Sangsad.