CMP to use drones to monitor cattle markets ahead of Eid
Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) yesterday announced of using drones to monitor cattle markets in the city ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
During a meeting at Dampara Police Lines conference hall, CMP Commissioner Md Mahbubur Rahman said besides using drones to ensure security at the markets, they would refrain from searching vehicles carrying cattle.
“Every year we receive complaints about extortion from vehicles, so we decided not to check any vehicles this time and no one would be allowed to do so,” he said, adding that 5,000 police personnel would be deployed across the city for ensuring security at the cattle markets and elsewhere.
To check activities of muggers, control rooms and watch towers will be set up and all reported miscreants including those who are out on bail would be kept under surveillance, the commissioner said.
To keep the traffic condition in the city stable, CMP will remove all unauthorised cattle stalls from roadsides, he added.
The commissioner also informed that they would provide counterfeit currency-detecting machines at cattle markets, and would offer police escort for those carrying large sums of money.
Meanwhile, CMP officials said that despite their request to the city mayor, Chattogram City Corporation leased out Saltgola and Steelmill markets on Airport road for cattle markets this year.
“The road is very important and it will create a huge hassle for the commuters on the road. If co-operation does not come from others, it is impossible only for CMP to maintain the traffic condition,” the commissioner said.
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