Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Wednesday said 3,619 weapons were looted from different police stations of the country during the mass uprising in 2024.

Of those, 2,259 or 62.4% of the looted weapons have been recovered, he said during a high-level meeting held on the overall law and order situation in view of the upcoming 13th parliamentary election and the referendum on the implementation of the July National Charter.

The army chief said 456,418 rounds of ammunition were looted from different police stations during the same period.

As many as 237,100 rounds have already been recovered, accounting for 52%, the chief adviser’s press wing quoted the army chief as saying at the meeting.

He said the forces are taking various steps based on mutual discussions to ensure relief in the minds of the people during the election.

If implemented in the coming days, General Waker-Uz-Zaman said, it is possible to present a peaceful election to the nation.

The meeting, chaired by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, was held at the Chief Adviser’s Office in Dhaka.

Advisers Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury and Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Abdul Hafiz, and National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman and chiefs of Bangladesh Navy and Air Force, among others, were present at the meeting.

After the meeting, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam briefed reporters at the Foreign Service Academy.

Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder and Senior Assistant Press Secretary Foyez Ahammad were also present at the media briefing.