Police arrest 621 for Lockdown violations on Dhaka streets

Dhaka - Police arrested 621 people for being on the streets in capital Dhaka in violation of  a strictly-enforced lockdown on its third day Saturday.

The arrestees were picked up while roaming in different parts of the city, said Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Iftekhairul Islam.

He also said that Tk 19,22,350 was collected in penalties from vehicles across the capital under the Road Transport Act.

However, the officer did not provide any information on the total number of vehicles sued.

Besides, mobile courts slapped fines on 346 people collecting an amount of Tk 106450.

Despite a vigilant position by the law enforcers,  the number of both people and vehicles taking to the streets increased a bit on the third day of lockdown.

Traffic Inspector Akter Hossain (Rajlaxmi Uttara), said “The number of vehicles is higher than the last two days but we are also active and allowing only those who have valid reasons to come out.”

The government imposed a seven-day lockdown from July 1 to contain a surge of Covid-19 infections across the country.  It will continue until July 7 midnight.UNB