'Sundarban to be freed from robbers by October'

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General Benazir Ahmed has announced that the Sundarbans will be freed from robbers by October next.

The RAB chief asked the bandits to surrender by this time to escape dire consequences.

He came up with the announcement while addressing a programme at the RAB-8 headquarters in Barishal, reports UNB.

During the programme, Benazir distributed of Eid gifts among the forest robbers who have already surrendered to the elite force.

He also inaugurated a rehabilitation project.

Talking about the drive against drugs, the RAB chief alleged that a vested quarter is trying to foil the countrywide anti-narcotic drive. "However, no conspiracy will be successful," he said.

RAB members are working to eliminate the demand of drugs alongside stopping their supply, he said.

At the programme, sewing machines were distributed among 20 families while financial assistance to four families for education apart from Eid gifts to all the robbers who have so far surrendered to RAB.