People come police station to get service, not to beg mercy. So attitude of law enforcers must be changed. Now is the time for police to prove their worth, he said.

Police could not act properly in the past as too many godfathers always intervened at every stage of duty, the IGP said.

"You have to forget the past and give up the sick mentality of corruption. No corrupt person will go unpunished", he told a function after inaugurating the model police station.

The IGP stressing on good relationship with people because 'you can not work without their cooperation', he said.

Earlier on the day, IGP Noor Muhammad attended a meeting of police personnel at the auditorium of Barisal police lines as chief guest, where he said the government instructed him to prepare a proposal for increasing salaries and benefits of police force.

The IGP however acknowledged that police force in Barisal lack modern equipment and logistics. The problems are being addressed, he said.

He said he would issue official instruction to all police stations to give access to journalists and to share information with them. This will help police in its anti-crime drive, he said.

Barisal Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khan Sayeed Hassan and DIG Aminul Islam also spoke on the occasion. High officials, members of the elite, freedom fighters and journalists also attended the function.

Barisal Kotwali Police Station is one of the 25 proposed model police stations in the country.

Equipment including two double-cabin pickups, furniture, CCTV worth Tk one core have reached and extension and renovation of the building has been completed at the cost of Tk 35 lakh.