3,000 additional cops in city during Ramadan
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) authorities will deploy around 3,000 additional policemen during the month of Ramadan to ensure public security and smooth vehicular movement.
Addressing a press conference at Rajarbagh Telecom Auditorium following the monthly crime conference, DMP commissioner Naim Ahmed said he has ordered all officers from Assistant Commissioner (AC) upwards Deputy Commissioners (DC) to supervise activities being present on the field for ensuring smooth vehicular movement.
Besides, 600 additional police will be deployed on the roads to this end while 1,000 community traffic police will be deployed mainly around market places for controlling movement of rickshaws.
The DMP commissioner said they will beef up security during the Ramadan, on Eid day and the next seven days after the Eid day.
He said during the last 15 days of Ramadan people will go out for shopping at night, something that might inspire muggers, whereas in the next seven days after the Eid day there is possibility of theft and robbery as people will go to their village homes.
The DMP commissioner said both uniformed and plainclothes female policemen will be deployed at markets and shopping malls who will collect information about muggers.
Besides, motorcycle patrol by two armed policemen from the orange team (policemen wearing orange colour clothes) will patrol different places in the city.
Naim Ahmed said hawkers will not be allowed to sit on the roads, foot over bridge and underpass as it often causes traffic jam. He said the hawkers will be allowed to sit on footpaths, but they will not be allowed to hinder movement of traffic.
The DMP commissioner also gave a statistics on the crime situation of Dhaka city at the press conference.
The statistics shows that crimes like murder, robbery, and theft marked a slight rise in July compared to those of the month of June.
A total of 29 people were murdered in June while it rose to 33 in July. There were reports of 62 incidents of robbery in June, whereas the number stands at 71 in July.
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