Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-03,
Police arrested 354
people in Dhaka for violating lockdown restrictions on the 12th day of the
countrywide strict lockdown on Tuesday.
The arrestees failed to
show any valid reason for coming out on the streets, said DMP Additional Deputy
Commissioner (media) Iftekharul Islam.
Meanwhile, mobile
courts collected Tk 1,77,000 in fines from 120 people.
Besides, the Traffic
Division collected Tk 1,12,3000 as penalties from 532 vehicles for failing to
comply with coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
On the 12th day of
lockdown, the streets of Dhaka flooded with vehicles bringing back its chaotic
days.
Everything except
public transports were plying city streets and people wandering around with
little or no regard to the health guidelines.
The government,
meanwhile, has extended the current lockdown till August 10.
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