The Traffic Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed 4,260 cases against traffic rule violators across eight divisions in the capital during a intensive 48-hour enforcement drive conducted on Thursday and Friday (October 15 and 16, 2026).
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of DMP Media and Public Relations Division Md. Akhtar Hossain confirmed the figures on Saturday (October 17, 2026). During the crackdown, traffic personnel sent 1,286 vehicles to dumping grounds and towed away 628 vehicles using wreckers for severe traffic rule infractions, including reckless driving, unauthorized parking, route-permit violations, and driving without valid documents or helmets.
The breakdown across the eight DMP traffic divisions reveals that Traffic-Gulshan Division recorded the highest number of prosecutions with 1,294 cases (including 153 buses, 49 trucks, 82 covered vans, 118 auto-rickshaws, and 451 motorcycles). This was followed by Motijheel (638 cases), Uttara (610 cases), Wari (535 cases), Mirpur (504 cases), Tejgaon (256 cases), Lalbagh (249 cases), and Ramna (174 cases). DMP authorities stated that high-intensity traffic enforcement drives will continue uninterrupted to bring discipline and smooth traffic flow to the capital's road networks.
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