Bangladesh, May 11 -- Police must never again be used by any fascist or autocratic force against the freedom of the country and its people, Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman said on Sunday as he joined Police Week 2026, marking the return of a BNP-led government chief to the annual police programme after nearly two decades.

The last BNP-led government chief guest at Police Week was then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, who inaugurated Police Week-2006 at Rajarbagh Police Lines in Dhaka on January 4, 2006.

Tarique Rahman's participation in this year's event comes 20 years later, making the occasion politically and administratively significant.

Speaking at the Welfare Parade organised at Rajarbagh Police Lines Auditorium i...