Online Desk: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has said Bangladesh Police always stand beside the common people, apart from maintaining law and order.

He said this while distributing blankets and warm clothes among the cold-hit people on the Banani Model School ground and High Court Mazar premises in the capital on Tuesday night.

“We are distributing blankets and winter clothes in Dhaka to alleviate the winter sufferings of the helpless people. Police are also distributing warm clothes in different districts outside Dhaka. The police are blessed to stand beside the helpless,” said the IGP.

“During the COVID period, when there was a severe humanitarian disaster, the police did not hesitate to stand by the common people, risking their lives,” he said, adding that “the peace-loving people of the country always cooperated and supported the police.”

Additional IGP (admin) Md Kamrul Ahsan, DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman, and other senior police officials were present on the occasion.