Police to monitor markets during Ramzan

Staff Reporter :
Law enforcement has been instructed to strengthen market monitoring and make sure their efforts to control essential commodity prices marking the holy month Ramadan.
Atiqul Islam, additional IGP (Crime and Operations), conveyed this instructions to police officers at a virtual meeting held at the police headquarters on Tuesday (14 March).
In the virtual meeting, police have been urged to ensure strict enforcement of laws to prevent any kind of irregularity related to commodity trades.
Additional IGP Atiqul Islam asked law enforcers to take measures starting now to make the Eid journey smooth for people.
He also directed to remove illegal structures on both sides of the highway and take necessary action against unfit vehicles.
All metropolitan police commissioners, range DIGs and district superintendents of Bangladesh
Police participated in the meeting virtually. Among others, DIG (Operations) Md Haider Ali Khan and concerned officials were also present at the event.
At the meeting, emphasis was laid on taking precautionary measures and increasing police activity to prevent untoward situations.
District and highway police were instructed to jointly perform their duties to prevent all types of extortion to ensure the transportation of essential goods during Ramadan.
Earlier on Monday, the Cabinet Division had asked district-level deputy commissioners to strengthen market monitoring and ensure their efforts to contain essential commodity prices ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan.