Dhaka, Jan. 20 -- Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman has announced joint operations to clear Jungle Salimpur of "criminals and illegal occupation", a day after a member of the force was killed there.

Speaking to journalists at the RAB‑7 headquarters in Patenga on Tuesday after attending the funeral of Nayek Subedar Abdul Motaleb, a deputy assistant director of RAB‑7, Shahidur vowed to dismantle what he described as a "safe haven for criminals".

"We will eliminate the criminals' safe haven no matter how long it takes," he said, addressing repeated attacks on law enforcers in the area.

He added that all law-enforcing agencies would work together to recover government land from illegal occupation...