The Armed Police Battalion is a specialised unit of the
Bangladesh Police
The Bangladesh Police ( bn, বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ) of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a law enforcement agency, operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It plays a crucial role in maintaining peace, and enforcement ...
. It is headquartered in
Dhaka
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.
History
The Armed Police Battalion was formed on 1 October 1975 as a specialized force of the Bangladesh Police through The Armed Police Battalion Ordinance 1979. The unit has 11 battalions under its command and the
has two battalions. On 21 June 2011 Armed Police Battalion launched its first all women personal unit. Officers from the Armed Police Battalion have received training at the
National Security Guard
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Centre in
India
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as a part of a government plan in the aftermath of the
July 2016 Dhaka attack
On the night of 1 July 2016, at 21:20 local time, five militants took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan Thana. The assailants entered the bakery with crude bombs, machetes, pistols, and took several dozen hostages ...
to form a commando units in every police range and metropolitan area in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
.
References
1975 establishments in Bangladesh
Organisations based in Dhaka
Law enforcement agencies of Bangladesh
Police units of Bangladesh
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