DHAKA: Bangladesh military has said that legal action will be taken if any army personnel found guilty of misbehaving with the public.
According to a media release on Friday, some videos published on various social media show misconduct by army personnel with some people.
“Such incidents are completely unexpected and undesirable, which the Bangladesh Army never supports,” it said.
It is pertinent to mention that the process of identifying the guilty army officials has already begun and legal action will be taken against the members found guilty after evaluating the data.
Meanwhile, a second retired military general was sworn into Bangladesh’s interim government on Friday, joining three other new members in the caretaker administration formed following the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amid student protests.
Hasina, 76, fled to neighboring India on August 5 via helicopter as protests surged through Dhaka, marking a dramatic end to her 15-year autocratic rule. The unrest, which led to more than 450 deaths, primarily due to police action, leading up her ouster.
