Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed 2,531 cases for traffic law violations across the capital in a single day, with the Wari traffic division recording the highest number and motorcycles accounting for the most cases among vehicle types.
The DMP traffic division said the cases were filed during enforcement drives in different parts of the capital on Sunday. During the operations, 592 vehicles were sent to dumping stations and 420 were towed away.
The Wari traffic division recorded the highest number of cases, with 490. These included 54 against buses, 40 against trucks, 35 against covered vans, 103 against CNG-run auto-rickshaws and 138 against motorcycles.
The Gulshan traffic division followed with 464 cases. Action was taken against 41 buses, eight trucks, 26 covered vans, 61 CNG-run auto-rickshaws and 131 motorcycles.
In the Uttara traffic division, 397 cases were filed, including 28 against buses, eight against trucks, 14 against covered vans, 61 against CNG-run auto-rickshaws and 157 against motorcycles.
The Mirpur traffic division recorded 378 cases, involving 20 buses, six trucks, 22 covered vans, 48 CNG-run auto-rickshaws and 197 motorcycles.
The remaining cases were filed in the Motijheel traffic division (317), Tejgaon (232), Lalbagh (157) and Ramna (96).
By vehicle type, motorcycles accounted for the highest number of cases, with 979 filed across the eight traffic divisions. CNG-run auto-rickshaws accounted for 360 cases, followed by buses with 203, covered vans with 144 and trucks with 85.
Md Akter Hossain, deputy commissioner of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division, said such enforcement drives would continue to maintain traffic discipline across the Dhaka metropolitan area.
