Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Asaduzzaman Mia has said that legal action will be taken if any vehicle is found taking extra fare from passengers.
“No vehicle can realize additional fare beyond the BRTA chart,” he said while speaking a view-exchange meeting with Inter-District Bus Terminal at Mahakhali in the city on Saturday.
Mahakhali Bus Terminal Road Transport Owners Association and Dhaka District Bus Minibus Road Transport Owners Association jointly organized the meeting with the association of Traffic North Division.
Md Asaduzzaman Mia said: “Our intelligence along with other intelligence agencies is working cordially to check realization of additional fare.”
He urged the owners of transport not to employ any drug addicted man as bus driver and helper.
He said that security measures have been beefed up ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr so that the holidaymakers can reach their village home safely and enjoy the most expected religious festival with near and dear ones. He hoped that the the holiday makers will celebrated their Eid with safety.
DMP Additional Police Commissioners Krishna Pada Roy and Mafij Uddin Ahmed, Joint Police Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Road Transport Association Secretary General Khandker Enayet Ullah, Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation General Secretary Md Usman Ali, Mahakhali Bus Terminal Owners Association President Haji Kalam were present on the occasion, among others.
