Dhaka, March 6 -- Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday said the government is taking swift action against incidents of mob justice across the country.

The adviser was replying to a reporter's question after visiting the Tourist Police Headquarters in the city's Topkhana Road on Thursday afternoon.

Regarding controlling incidents of mob attacks, the home adviser stressed the need for public awareness to curb such incidents.

The public must be made aware. If people become unruly, it creates problems. Law enforcement agencies alone cannot always control the such situation, he said.

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