The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Responding to the call of the Chief Justice, the government now considers providing round-the-clock gunmen security for the judicial magistrates in district and metropolitan areas.

Sources in the Home Ministry Tuesday said a letter requesting necessary measures to provide gunmen for the judicial magistrates working in district and metropolitan areas was received.

"The ministry is now considering the matter," said one source, three days after the CJ rang the alarm bell.

On Saturday, Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin at the annual conference of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Association urged the government to ensure security of the judicial magistrates.