Students managing roads in Bangladesh despite traffic police joining their duties

Students managing roads in Bangladesh despite traffic police joining their duties PTI Updated: August 14th, 2024, 12:10 IST in Home News , International 0 Pic- AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on WhatsApp Share on Linkedin Dhaka: Several Bangladeshi students, who were behind the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, are still controlling traffic on the roads in the country despite traffic police personnel rejoining their workplaces. A wave of violence, including revenge killings and arson, persisted after Hasina fled to India August 5. Also Read Hezbollah fires more than 20 rockets towards Israel 2 hours ago United Auto Workers files federal labour charges against Trump, Musk 12 hours ago Almost all of the country’s police officers went into hiding, afraid of reprisals for the force’s role in the deaths of hundreds of young protesters demanding the scrapping of quotas in government service jobs.

In such a situation, the students came out on the streets and tried to regulate traffic. However, traffic police personnel rejoined their workplaces Monday. Still, the students say they do not want to leave the traffic management to the designated units of the police, The Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.

Even on Wednesday, students were seen controlling traffic on the roads. There are also members of Ansar, Border Guard Bangladesh Red Crescent, Scouts and Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC). A limited number of traffic police were also seen on the roads.

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