DMP directs foolproof security for Shab-e-Barat

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) beefed up security measures in the capital to avoid any untoward incident on the occasion of holy Shab-e-Barat to be observed tonight (Tuesday).

Members of law enforcement agencies will ensure patrolling alongside setting up check posts at different points. Plain clothes police will also be deployed. Securities will be strengthened where more public gathering will be reported.

A large number of members of law enforcement agencies will remain deployed at important shrines like Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.

Major roads will be barricaded and special checking teams will be deployed at major intersections to detect and prosecute traffic violations.

DMP Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman said they received no threats ahead of the holy Shab-e-Barat.

The DMP yesterday issued a ban on carrying explosives, crackers and explosion of firecrackers in the areas of its jurisdiction in the capital ahead of the holy Shab-e-Barat.

DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia imposed the ban under Section 28 of the DMP Ordinance III/1976, aiming to maintain the sanctity of Shab-e-Barat. The restriction will remain in force from 6:00 pm on May 1 to 6:00 am on May 2.


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