5,000 extra personnel to curb crime
Special drive during Ramadan to clear footpaths off iftar shops, traffic jams
Staff Correspondent
Forty mobile courts and as many police checkpoints backed by around 5,000 additional personnel will be set up in the capital to keep close tabs on law and order during Ramadan.Action will be taken against traders who throw up makeshift shops on footpaths to sell iftar, the home ministry yesterday decided. The courts and checkpoints will run from the first day of Ramadan. A home ministry meeting chaired by State Minister Lutfozzaman Babar and attended by Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka and the home secretary, among others, took the decisions. The mobile courts to be led by magistrates will work from 10:00am to 4:00pm and also act against adulterated food sellers. The checkpoints will work from 10:00am to 10:00pm. Teams of police, BDR and ansars will assist the courts. They will also crack down on wrongly parked cars and illegal roadside establishments besides searching through vehicles. The meeting also decided not to go for fresh road digging or repair during the month. The meeting decided to control prices of essentials during Ramadan and prosecute hoarders. Plainclothes policemen will be deployed at shopping centres, railway stations and bus and launch terminals. Measures will also be taken to check ticket price during the month. The ministry identified 40 city points as high traffic jam areas to deploy additional forces.
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