RAB reform is up to government: DG

It is the government's responsibility to enact the reforms deemed necessary following the US sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the elite force's director general (DG) M Khurshid Hossain has said, reports UNB.

The government has responded to all the allegations against the force and is working on the required reforms, he added.

"If anyone commits a crime in the force, action will be taken as per the rules of the organisation," the Rab DG reiterated.

Hossain was speaking to the media at RAB-9 headquarters in Majidpur, Sylhet on Monday.

In December 2021, the US imposed human rights-related sanctions on RAB and seven former and current officials of the agency, including recently retired Inspector General of Police Benzir Ahmed, also a former DG of the paramilitary force.