Home minister in parliament: Mob incidents down from 55 to 16, mobs will gradually cease to exist in the country

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmad has said mobs will gradually cease to exist in the country. He made the remarks on Wednesday (November 11) in a statement under Rule 300 of the Rules of Procedure at a sitting of the Jatiya Sangsad. Deputy Speaker Kaysar Kamal was presiding over the sitting at the time.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmad said there were 55 mob incidents in the country from February to October 2025. In the same period this year, the number has fallen to 16. He said: 'We will take final measures so that even these 16 do not happen again. Gradually, no mob will be able to exist in the country.'

He said the government is working to eliminate mob violence, terrorism, drugs, extremism and teenage gangs. To control crime, intelligence surveillance, patrols, checkpoints and police deployment at important places have been strengthened. Community policing committees have also been formed at district and metropolitan levels to ensure public participation.

The home minister said the government wants to run the country while remaining respectful of international human rights law. He said: 'In our goal of establishing that safe Bangladesh, we never wanted to turn the law enforcement forces into a pet force, and we will not do so. But if necessary, I repeat, if necessary, the government will take strict legal action according to the situation.'

He said the investigation team of the International Crimes Tribunal will begin investigations district by district to implement the commitment to try the extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, murders, abductions and fabricated cases committed during the previous government, and the crimes against humanity committed during the July movement.

The minister said the fallen forces are trying to create instability and sabotage in the country by treating the government's respect for human rights as weakness. However, these conspiracies will be foiled within the bounds of human rights. Law enforcement forces have been instructed to take necessary legal steps during operations in light of the 'right of private defence'.

In this context, he mentioned attacks on members of the law enforcement forces in Chattogram and other places, and the death of a soldier in an anti-human-trafficking operation in Cox's Bazar. Saying that 56 hostages were rescued in that operation, the minister said the soldier, who was shot in an attack by illegal arms holders, died while undergoing treatment at a military hospital.