A total of 428 patrol teams of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order situation during the ongoing 24-hour rail, road and waterways blockade called by BNP.
Of them, 140 patrol teams of RAB were deployed in Dhaka city alone, said Imran Khan, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) at the media wing of RAB headquarter.
The elite force is also overseeing the security of buses and goods-carrying vehicles on the long routes during the blockade.
