Dhaka, June 19 -- Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has faced questions after two members of the Detective Branch were injured by bullets fired by "drug peddlers," amid a debate over the government decision to withdraw lethal weapons from the police force.

Police are carrying "necessary" weapons on duty, the advisor said as he visited the injured at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday.

Jahangir was asked if police personnel carrying light weapons put them at risk while on duty.

"Not light weapons. Police have been using necessary weapons at work," he said.

Some raised the issue that criminals, on the other hand, could use heavy weapons. "The criminals didn't use any heavy weapons but only pistols," the home advisor said....