By DPA
Dhaka : Bangladesh’s caretaker government beefed up security in the diplomatic enclave and strategic installations in the capital Friday following the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi.
Security forces were asked to maintain a strict watch on the refugee colonies in northern Dhaka’s Mirpur and Mohammadpur districts, the capital’s police commissioner Naim Ahmad said.
The two areas house thousands of Pakistani refugees stranded in Bangladesh since the 1971 liberation war of what was previously East Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh strongly condemned the killing of Bhutto, calling it a dastardly attack and an unpardonable crime.
In a statement, the chief of the caretaker government Fakhruddin Ahmed said the government and the people of Bangladesh mourned the tragedy.
Bhutto was fatally shot at in the neck and head Thursday by gunmen at an election rally at the Liaqat Bagh park in the garrison town of Rawalpindi. The Al Qaeda terror network has claimed responsibility for the assassination.