UNOs will head the committees, while police station OCs will serve as member secretaries
TBS Report
19 October, 2026, 03:40 pm
Last modified: 19 October, 2026, 03:50 pm
The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to form committees in every upazila across the country to prevent crimes involving juvenile gangs.
Each committee will be headed by the respective upazila nirbahi officer (UNO), while the officer-in-charge (OC) of the local police station will serve as its member secretary, the ministry said in a notice today (19 October).
Members of juvenile gangs in different parts of the country have been accused of involvement in mugging, extortion, drug dealing, clashes, establishing dominance and killings. Law enforcement agencies have also stepped up operations against such crimes in recent times, according to the notice.
Reports by law enforcement agencies have highlighted the need for a coordinated approach to tackling juvenile gang-related crimes, it said.
Recently, a high-level police committee identified juvenile gangs, alongside organised crime, violence and digital fraud, as key challenges to the country's law and order situation, the notice added,