News Desk :
The police are offering security during the transportation of large sums of cash in Dhaka, but the people appear to have little or no interest in the special service called ‘money escort’ despite repeated incidents of mugging, reports, bdnews24.com.
Businessmen, company staffers and ordinary people lose hefty amounts of money while carrying the cash on their own. Some of them even get hurt in the assaults committed by the muggers. In some cases, people are even killed.
Police officials say the people can avoid such incidents simply by taking help from the 10 teams formed by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to provide the money escort service.
A total of five teams are always ready at the police control room on Abdul Gani Road to provide money escort service to individuals or organisations under Ramna, Motijheel, Wari and Lalbagh divisions under the DMP, while Mirpur Police Control Room has five teams to cater to the people in Mirpur, Gulshan, Uttara and Tejgaon divisions.
Those seeking the services just need to dial 9559933, 9551188, 9514400 or 01713398311.
Local police stations and DMP Central Command and Control Centre have been campaigning to motivate people to use the money escort service.
A large group of traders do business in wholesale hubs Badamtali, Islampur and Babubazar but only a few of them opt for the money escort service offered by the police, said Mizanur Rahman, chief of Kotowali Police in Old Dhaka.
Shahin Fakir, OC of Bangshal Police Station, now speaks to the managers of the banks in his area every morning, requesting them to inform the police in case they need any assistance.
“We speak to the local traders too, but they have never shown any interest in the service. Only four to five people seek the money escort service while many traders shift the money from one place to another by themselves,” he said.
Some people avail the service during the Eid holidays but not in other times, said OC Delwar Hossain of Bhashantek Police Station.
An official was shot while on his way to a sub-post office snatching an amount of Tk 5 million belonging to the clients as in their Sanchaypatra and FDR, which he withdrew from a post office in Kalihati, Tangail on May 17, 2020.
An official was shot while on his way to a sub-post office snatching an amount of Tk 5 million belonging to the clients as in their Sanchaypatra and FDR, which he withdrew from a post office in Kalihati, Tangail on May 17, 2020.
Police are always prepared to provide security to the people, said Sudeep Kumar Chakrabarty, deputy commissioner of police in Gulshan division. “Especially, we send the team immediately when they ask for money escort service,” he said.
But people do not want to make use of the service because not all funds are legitimately earned, he said.
People seek assistance from the police when they want to move a large amount, usually more than Tk 10 million, said Dhaka Superintendent of Police Maruf Hossain Sardar. Some of the readymade garment factory owners commonly take help from the police to carry around large amounts of money, he said.
While the public are indifferent towards availing police protection, crimes, including mugging, theft or deception have not ebbed.
On May 10 last year, a bag full of Tk 8 million cash was lost from a National Bank vehicle. The bank filed a case at Kotowali Police Station over the incident.
In a few days, the Detective Branch of police recovered Tk 6 million of the lost amount and arrested four looters carrying foreign arms.
In a separate incident on the same day, two brothers Saiful Islam Sabuj, 35, and Rafiqul Islam Mukul, 30, were robbed of Tk 5.5 million from Janapad Intersection in Jatrabari. They used to run an agency office of Dutch-Bangla Bank in Kajla, Jatrabari and were on their way to the Motijheel foreign exchange branch on a motorcycle to deposit the money.
The police are offering security during the transportation of large sums of cash in Dhaka, but the people appear to have little or no interest in the special service called ‘money escort’ despite repeated incidents of mugging, reports, bdnews24.com.
Businessmen, company staffers and ordinary people lose hefty amounts of money while carrying the cash on their own. Some of them even get hurt in the assaults committed by the muggers. In some cases, people are even killed.
Police officials say the people can avoid such incidents simply by taking help from the 10 teams formed by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to provide the money escort service.
A total of five teams are always ready at the police control room on Abdul Gani Road to provide money escort service to individuals or organisations under Ramna, Motijheel, Wari and Lalbagh divisions under the DMP, while Mirpur Police Control Room has five teams to cater to the people in Mirpur, Gulshan, Uttara and Tejgaon divisions.
Those seeking the services just need to dial 9559933, 9551188, 9514400 or 01713398311.
Local police stations and DMP Central Command and Control Centre have been campaigning to motivate people to use the money escort service.
A large group of traders do business in wholesale hubs Badamtali, Islampur and Babubazar but only a few of them opt for the money escort service offered by the police, said Mizanur Rahman, chief of Kotowali Police in Old Dhaka.
Shahin Fakir, OC of Bangshal Police Station, now speaks to the managers of the banks in his area every morning, requesting them to inform the police in case they need any assistance.
“We speak to the local traders too, but they have never shown any interest in the service. Only four to five people seek the money escort service while many traders shift the money from one place to another by themselves,” he said.
Some people avail the service during the Eid holidays but not in other times, said OC Delwar Hossain of Bhashantek Police Station.
An official was shot while on his way to a sub-post office snatching an amount of Tk 5 million belonging to the clients as in their Sanchaypatra and FDR, which he withdrew from a post office in Kalihati, Tangail on May 17, 2020.
An official was shot while on his way to a sub-post office snatching an amount of Tk 5 million belonging to the clients as in their Sanchaypatra and FDR, which he withdrew from a post office in Kalihati, Tangail on May 17, 2020.
Police are always prepared to provide security to the people, said Sudeep Kumar Chakrabarty, deputy commissioner of police in Gulshan division. “Especially, we send the team immediately when they ask for money escort service,” he said.
But people do not want to make use of the service because not all funds are legitimately earned, he said.
People seek assistance from the police when they want to move a large amount, usually more than Tk 10 million, said Dhaka Superintendent of Police Maruf Hossain Sardar. Some of the readymade garment factory owners commonly take help from the police to carry around large amounts of money, he said.
While the public are indifferent towards availing police protection, crimes, including mugging, theft or deception have not ebbed.
On May 10 last year, a bag full of Tk 8 million cash was lost from a National Bank vehicle. The bank filed a case at Kotowali Police Station over the incident.
In a few days, the Detective Branch of police recovered Tk 6 million of the lost amount and arrested four looters carrying foreign arms.
In a separate incident on the same day, two brothers Saiful Islam Sabuj, 35, and Rafiqul Islam Mukul, 30, were robbed of Tk 5.5 million from Janapad Intersection in Jatrabari. They used to run an agency office of Dutch-Bangla Bank in Kajla, Jatrabari and were on their way to the Motijheel foreign exchange branch on a motorcycle to deposit the money.
