Dhaka, May 12 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said the government will restructure the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in line with the OHCHR recommendations.

He made the announcement while briefing reporters after the ninth meeting of the Law and Order Advisory Committee at the Secretariat, reports UNB.

"A committee has already been formed to oversee RAB's reorganisation," he said, adding that police personnel will no longer be allowed to carry lethal weapons.

The decision comes following a recommendation from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which in a report released on February 12 called for the disbanding of RAB for its alleged involvement in serious ...