The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will start the Expatriates Legal Service (ELS) Cell on 15 April to provide legal service to the Bangladeshi expatriates.

DMP Commissioner Nayeem Ahmed said yesterday to the reporters after a monthly review meeting on crime.

"All of us know that the expatriates are being cheated and harassed in many ways. That's why we are going to introduce the new service cell to remove their problems," he added.

Terming the expatriates as a major source of foreign exchange earner,

he said almost 70 lakh Bangladeshis are now working in many countries. Unfortunately, they sometimes fall prey to frauds while sending money home and many others were defraud in processing work visa for going to aboard.

The DMP commissioner said the newly introduced 8-member cell would scrutinise the allegations to be dropped at the DMP headquarters. If case of allegations were found genuine, the cell would advise the police station concerned to file cases.

The law and order situation in the capital city is under control, he said, adding that the figures of criminal activities in March were slightly lower than in February. There were 24 killings in the city in March as against 24 in February having 29 days.

Besides, 2,049 cases were lodged with 33 police stations in the city in March while the number was 1,782 in February, the Police Commissioner said.

If the month of February were of 31 days, the figure in March would be much bigger, as on are average some 60 to 65 cases were filed daily. This indicates law and order is showing slight improvement, he said.