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The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed 1,658 cases against motor vehicles, their owners, and drivers for violating traffic rules in a single day across the capital.
A media release of the DMP on Wednesday said that they filed those cases and realized the money on Tuesday (October 21) through their regular drives against the traffic rule breakers.
A total of 398 motor vehicles were dumped and 130 vehicles were towed due to poor driving practices, said Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (Media and Public Relations Division) of the DMP.
"The drives will continue to ensure discipline on the city streets," the release said, adding that the DMP has been working to bring the traffic system under smooth in the capital for giving city dwellers easy movement.