The members of the Bangladesh Army, the police and the Rapid Action Battalion on Monday conducted a joint drive in the capital鈥檚 Karwan Bazar wholesale market in a bid to contain the prices of essential commodities.
They also removed makeshift shops set up occupying the roads during the drive, also aimed at reducing traffic congestion in the area and stopping extortion from the traders.
The joint forces launched the drives at the country鈥檚 one of the biggest wholesale markets at a time when the interim government, led by Professor Muhammad Yunus, was struggling to contain skyrocketing commodity prices.
鈥楢 product reaches a general consumer after moving it through four or five hands in the same market. Each of the hands extract profit from the product and the process impacts common people鈥檚 purchasing capacity,鈥� Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 Tejgaon Division additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Ziaul Haque said.
Talking to reporters during the drive, he also said that they would not tolerate any kinds of extortion and business occupying roads in the area.
鈥榃e will conduct joint drives regularly in the area from now on,鈥� Ziaul said.
The drive began at about 7:30pm and continued till writing the report at 10:00pm.
Though none was held until 10:00pm, the members of law enforcement agencies had been removing shops occupying the roads in the market area and talking to traders to raise awareness against extortion and exorbitant profit making.
