Bangladesh enforces nationwide "security alert" for jails

June 25, 2016 13:45

Bangladesh has ordered an intensified security vigil for 68 jails across the country after warnings of possible terror attacks in the wake of nationwide anti-militants clampdown, senior officials said today.

"Instructions have been issued to intensify the security of our prisons. Directives have been sent out also for enforcing an extra vigil around the jails premises as well," Inspector general of prisons Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin said today.

He said an intelligence report warning against a possible major terror attack to destablise the country prompted the jail authorities to revise the security systems of the prisons.

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