Dhaka, May 13 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the government will restructure the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in line with the recommendations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

He made the announcement while briefing reporters after the ninth meeting of the Law and Order Advisory Committee at the Secretariat on Monday.

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

The decision comes following a recommendation from the OHCHR, which in a report released on February 12 called for the disbanding of RAB for its alleged involvement in serious...