Two jailed for threatening on-duty police during Jatrabari footpath eviction drive
Authorities said such drives will continue to keep footpaths free from illegal vendors and maintain law and order in the area.
Two individuals have been sentenced to five days' simple imprisonment for threatening an on-duty police member during a footpath eviction drive in the Jatrabari area of the capital.
The punishment was handed down by the Special Metropolitan Magistrate Court of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
The convicts were identified as Md Tuhin, 24, and Md Arif, 30.
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According to police, the eviction drive was jointly conducted by Jatrabari Police Station and traffic police yesterday (7 March) along the Mawa-bound road and Shaheed Faruk Sarani in the Jatrabari area.
During the drive to clear illegal footpath occupations, Tuhin and Arif allegedly made objectionable remarks about the on-duty police personnel and issued various threats, said DMP's DC (Media) Talebur Rahman this afternoon (8 March).
Police immediately detained the two and produced them before the Special Metropolitan Magistrate Court, which later sentenced both to five days' simple imprisonment each, the DC added.
Authorities said such drives will continue to keep footpaths free from illegal vendors and maintain law and order in the area.
