SSF takes over Hasina's security
Staff Correspondent
A 40-member Special Security Force (SSF) and some 20 members from President's Guard Regiment (PGR) was deployed around the residence of the Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina at zero hours last night prior to the end of the present government's tenure. The SSF high-ups at a meeting on Thursday decided that they would take charge of security for the Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina immediately after the end of the tenure of the BNP-Jamaat coalition government and the chief advisor to the caretaker government taking charge. As part of preparation, an advance SSF team twice visited Hasina's Sudha Sadan residence in Dhanmondi yesterday while a team of divers of the navy searched the bed of Dhanmondi Lake around her residence. A dog squad of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) thoroughly checked the inside of Sudha Sadan. Female personnel of SSF also checked the security arrangement there. The BNP-Jamaat alliance government withdrew the SSF from Hasina's residence shortly after taking charge in 2001. Someone is likely to take the charge as the chief adviser to the caretaker government today or tomorrow when the SSF personnel will take charge of his security. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's SSF security will remain as usual. Meanwhile, security measurers have been beefed up around both the city and village residences of former chief justice KM Hasan, who is likely to take charge as the chief of caretaker government amid strong opposition from Awami League (AL)-led 14-party opposition combine
| 
