Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority’s (BRTA) three separate mobile courts jailed 12 brokers for different terms and fined Tk 54,600 on charge of harassing service-seekers in the city’s Mirpur and Keraniganj on Tuesday.
The Executive Magistrates of the BRTA conducted Mobile Courts and passed the order based on the confessional statements of the offenders, said a press release of the BRTA.
At least 61 cases had been filed for violation of
the Motor Vehicles Act, it said. According to the press release, a Mobile Court led by Executive Magistrate Muhammad Abdus Salam, conducted a drive in Mirpur Section-13, jailed six brokers and fined them Tk 9,600. They are Milon, Habib, Jashim, Belal, Dulu and Saddam.
Another Mobile Court led by Executive Magistrate Md Munibur Rahman, conducted a drive in the same area and fined them Tk 25,000.
A third mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Sujit Hawlader, conducted the drive at Equria of Keraniganj PS in Dhaka district and jailed six other brokers and fined them Tk 20,000. They are Mamun, Sabuj, Akidul, Saiful, Enayet and Ilias.
Witnesses said, BRTA launched the drives and caught the brokers while they were harassing the service-seekers. Later, the mobile court handed down punishment to them. The convicts had been sent to jail.
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority’s (BRTA) three separate mobile courts jailed 12 brokers for different terms and fined Tk 54,600 on charge of harassing service-seekers in the city’s Mirpur and Keraniganj on Tuesday.
The Executive Magistrates of the BRTA conducted Mobile Courts and passed the order based on the confessional statements of the offenders, said a press release of the BRTA.
At least 61 cases had been filed for violation of
the Motor Vehicles Act, it said. According to the press release, a Mobile Court led by Executive Magistrate Muhammad Abdus Salam, conducted a drive in Mirpur Section-13, jailed six brokers and fined them Tk 9,600. They are Milon, Habib, Jashim, Belal, Dulu and Saddam.
Another Mobile Court led by Executive Magistrate Md Munibur Rahman, conducted a drive in the same area and fined them Tk 25,000.
A third mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Sujit Hawlader, conducted the drive at Equria of Keraniganj PS in Dhaka district and jailed six other brokers and fined them Tk 20,000. They are Mamun, Sabuj, Akidul, Saiful, Enayet and Ilias.
Witnesses said, BRTA launched the drives and caught the brokers while they were harassing the service-seekers. Later, the mobile court handed down punishment to them. The convicts had been sent to jail.
