Dhaka, Aug. 4 -- Stressing the government's ongoing efforts to recover illegal arms and improve the law-and-order situation, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said the nationwide special drive will continue until the national election.

"Although we haven't been able to recover all the arms that have gone missing, efforts are going on. This special drive is being carried out across the country and will continue until the election," he told reporters after a meeting of the Law and Order Core Committee at the Secretariat.

He said mob violence will come down to zero and no leniency will be shown in such cases. The election will be held under the current law enforcement agencies and it will be conducted smo...