Staff Reporter:
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali yesterday asked the lessees to refrain from collecting beyond the government fixed five percent hasil (market fee) during trading of the sacri-ficial animals marking the Eid-ul-Azha.
“Don’t charge extra money from the government fixed hasil. No cattle markets will be allowed to do so,” he said in a special coordination meeting at the conference room of the DMP Headquarters here.
In the meeting on the overall security, including at the cattle markets and ensuring safety of the cattle and rawhide carrying vehicles and traffic management in the DMP areas, Sazzat said that no vehicles carrying cattle from different parts of the country will be forced to enter the haat.
The DMP Commissioner said that sacrificial animals cannot be loaded and unloaded in a scattered way.
“Strict legal action will be taken if traffic is disrupted on the road or if traders are forced to sell ani-mals,” he said.
Additional Police Commissioner (Traffic) Md. Sarwar and Additional Commissioner (Crime and Opera-tions) S. N. Md. Nazrul Islam spoke on the occasion.
Representatives of various intelligence agencies, representatives of various specialized units of the police, Bangladesh Bank, Dhaka University’s Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology, Animal Re-sources Directorate, National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate, Dhaka South City Corporation, Dhaka North City Corporation, Fire Service and Civil Defense, DPDC, DESCO, Dhaka District Admin-istration, various government and private service providers, Salt Traders Association, Bangladesh Tan-ners Association were present at the coordination meeting.
At the beginning of the coordination meeting, DMP Joint Police Commissioner (Operations) Moham-mad Shahidullah, presented the overall security and traffic management plan on cattle markets through a power point presentation.
