Staff Reporter :
The government has asked the members of law enforcing agencies to scan social media in a bid to thwart creating panic among the people.
Social media like, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and even LinkedIn are creating panic among the people through uploading news on terror attacks.
“Social media have become an anxiety-provoking factor. Panic and fear continue to grip people as news on terror attacks are being uploaded on them,” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told journalists at his Secretariat office on Monday
Kamal also said that he was misquoted about his Sunday’s comment on the recent militant attacks.
“I said that we had intelligence information that some attacks might happen, but didn’t know the whereabouts or when it might be,” he said. Replying to a query, the Minister said the social media, including Facebook and Twitter, are now under scan.
When asked about how and in what way the terrors storm the Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital’s Gulshan diplomatic enclave, he said the terrors walked into the restaurant.
“Gulshan attackers came on foot in small groups and were carrying arms in rucksacks as seen in CCTV footage,” the Minister said, adding they were not riding car or other vehicles to reach the Café on that dreadful night.
He said, being informed, police immediately rushed to the spot and took position around the Café.
“Sub-Inspector Faruque rushed to the spot within three minutes. And other police forces also went there within 10 minutes,” he said.
The same also happened at Sholakia in Kishoreganj district as thousands of lives were saved, he said.
“Our intelligence predicted that terrorists might strike in the city. And our police remained alert. But we didn’t have specific information that when and where the terror would launch attack,” he said, adding they obtain such intelligence reports everyday
The terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan diplomatic enclave left 29 people killed, including 17 foreign nationals, two police officers and at least five militant suspects on July 1.
