Army serving as striking force, doesn’t have magistracy powers since elections: PM’s Adviser

The Army’s magistracy powers ended following the successful completion of the national elections on 12 February, and the force now only serves as a striking force for maintaining internal security, said Zahed ur Rahman, the prime minister’s adviser on information and broadcasting.

The Army is only working to support the regular law enforcement agencies, and can no longer exercise authoritative powers like making arrests, the adviser added, while addressing a regular briefing at the Secretariat on Tuesday.

Under the interim government, the Army officers had magistracy powers and could arrest suspects under their own initiative, Zahed ur Rahman noted.