AKM Saiful Islam Tipu, joint general secretary of the Burichang upazila BNP in Cumilla, has announced rewards for people providing information about drug dealers and drug users. In a Facebook post on Saturday night, he urged residents to help make every union, ward and village in Burichang free from drugs.

Tipu said social resistance against drugs was needed to implement Cumilla-5 lawmaker Haji Md Jasim Uddin’s “zero tolerance” policy. He said informants who provide accurate information leading to assistance in handing a drug dealer over to law-enforcement agencies would receive Tk10,000. Those whose information helps legal action against a drug user would receive Tk5,000.

The Facebook post called on residents to play a courageous and effective role, saying drugs destroy individuals, families and society. It said local people must act responsibly alongside the administration to make Burichang drug-free. However, residents were specifically urged not to detain suspects or enforce the law themselves, and instead to provide information about drug dealers or users to law-enforcement agencies.