Prothom Alo published a report on teenage gangs in Dhaka on 13 February. Later three MPs discussed the issue in Parliament.
At an event marking Police Week last month, Inspector General of Police, Chaudhry Abdullah Al-Mamun, directed field level officers to keep juvenile gangs under control.
Earlier, sporadic operations were conducted against juvenile gangs in Dhaka. Following the discussion in Parliament and instructions from the IGP, the operation has been intensified in Mohammadpur, Mirpur, Uttara and some other areas.
Rapid Action Battalion-2 (RAB) arrested 14 members of the juvenile gang during operations in Mirpur and Pallabi areas on Sunday and Monday. Earlier, around 36 juvenile gang members were nabbed from Bosila and Hazaribagh areas in February.