Bangladesh
DMP Risky hotel-restaurants: 872 held in police operations in three days
Dhaka, March 7: After the death of 46 people in the terrible fire in the capital's Bailey Road, the administration is shaken. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Rajuk and city corporation have launched the operation. Among them, many famous restaurants have been sealed. DMP has done dangerous gas cylinder and various things in three days. So far 872 people have been arrested in these operations, and 20 cases have been registered.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADC) KN Roy Niyati of DMP's Media and Public Relations Department gave this information on Wednesday.
He said that several units of DMP started operations from last March 3. That day they raided 275 hotels and restaurants in different areas of Dhaka. Meanwhile, five cases were registered and 374 people were arrested. And immediate punishment was given to 204 institutions. However, the raiding teams did not find any dangerous gas cylinders and godowns on the first day of the raid.
The next day on March 4, 562 hotels and restaurants were raided in different areas of Dhaka. 104 hazardous gas cylinders and three chemical godowns were found in 455 hotel-restaurants in the raid. 5 cases were registered and 270 people were arrested for various offences. 229 institutions were immediately punished and fined in the raid. Last Tuesday, 510 hotels and restaurants were raided in different areas of Dhaka. 103 dangerous gas cylinders and five chemical godowns were found in 402 hotel-restaurants in the raid. 10 cases were registered and 228 people were arrested for various offences. 192 institutions were immediately punished and fined in the raid.
ADC K N Roy Niyati also said that in the last three days raids were conducted in 1,132 hotels and restaurants. Meanwhile, 207 dangerous gas cylinders were seized from them and 8 chemical godowns were found.
