Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is going to launch a special drive from November 1 to recover illegal arms and arrest criminals to ensure trouble-free business ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Different intelligence wings of the government have been asked to prepare lists of criminals and gather information regarding armed gangs across the city and submit these before launching the drive.
The decision came at a meeting at DMP headquarters yesterday. High officials of DGFI, NSI, SB, CID, Rab and DMP attended the meeting.
A DMP deputy commissioner preferring not to be named said a ten-day long special combined drive will start from November 1.
He said several armed gangs become active in cattle markets, rawhide trading and shopping malls in the city during Eid festivals.
The meeting decided that the DMP authorities will send a letter to Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) for handing over the list of cattle markets well ahead as last year the DCC sent the list of some cattle markets just before the Eid day that put the DMP in trouble.
The meeting also decided to request the DCC not to allow any cattle market on road worsening congestion, he added.