Around 10,000 additional police personnel have been deployed in a bid to avoid any kind of untoward incidents in the capital during Jamaat-e-Islami’s countrywide 24-hour hartal from 6:00 am on Sunday. Earlier on Thursday, Jamaat called for the 24-hour countrywide hartal for Sunday protesting the Supreme Court order upholding the death penalty of its ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami. Quoting Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Maruf Hossain Sarder UNB said that adequate number of police will remain on high alert to avert any unpleasant incident in the capital during the 24-hour hartal that will begin from 6:00 am on Sunday. He said police will set up check posts at a number of strategic points and they will search suspected people. Besides, plainclothes police will be also posted at a number of places with still and video cameras to identify if any one tries to make any kind of trouble during the hartal hours, the DC (Media) added.