Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- Asked what initiative police had taken to prevent the attack and vandalism of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's home on Dhanmondi Road No. 32 on Wednesday night, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali said that they had tried.

"We tried to bring the situation under control," he said on Thursday. "We tried. I was there myself late into the night."

When asked if he had heard about attacks on journalists, the DMP chief said: "I was there until around 2-2:30am. I didn't receive any information on attacks on journalists."

The commissioner took questions from the media on Thursday at the inaugural ceremony for the counters and e-ticket counters of a new bus services in Dhaka's Uttara.

In response to an online spe...