The Bangladesh government has planned an unprecedented security net for the capital during the Nov. 12-13 summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), creating a curfew-like situation in certain areas.

More than 21,000 police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members will be deployed in the city to ensure maximum security to the South Asian leaders and other delegates, the Daily Star reported Friday.

"I will not say it will be a curfew, but some specific areas and roads in the city will be closed for vehicles and the public during the summit," Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan was quoted as saying.

Except the vehicles with SAARC stickers, security personnel and summit card holders, none will be allowed to move on the roads and in the areas where the leaders of the seven SAARC member states will be staying and going.

Meanwhile, State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar has said that the government finds no security threat concerning the upcoming Dhaka summit.

"We have taken adequate measures. You may term it foolproof security arrangement," he told reporters here.

Some 20,000 policemen and 1,300 members of RAB will guard the city along with other law enforcers. Special Security Force will be responsible for overall security including that of the SAARC leaders.

The 13th SAARC summit, which was originally scheduled for January this year, had to be postponed twice -- first due to the tsunami disaster and later in February because of India's denial to attend the summit for alleged security problem in Bangladesh.

On Aug. 17, the Islamic outfit, the Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, launched an unprecedented bomb attacks in the capital as well as 63 out of 64 district headquarters, left three people killed and over 150 others injured.

Police arrested more than 400 suspects since the blasts, most of whom are members of banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh. The police are still hunting for the mastermind of the blasts.

In the recent past the Islamic militants have been threatened to launch more bomb attacks to blow up the important installations including courts, police stations, municipality, banks, press club, district council and markets for the enforcement of Islamic law in the country.

Source: Xinhua