Home minister: Patience has its limit
The minister also requested the parents of the demonstrating students to take their children back home
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the government will take firm action if the students continue to create problems for the public with their protest.
The minister said: “We have shown patience and so did the security forces. Even we have a limit. We will take action if that limit is exceeded.”
He made the statements while inaugurating Traffic Week at zero point in Gulistan, Dhaka on Sunday.
He said: “Some people are spreading false information in the name of the movement on social media. If the students continue to make the public suffer, the government will not be silent.”
The minister also requested the parents of the demonstrating students to take their children back home.
“If everyone maintains traffic laws, the number of road accidents will come down significantly,” he said requesting everyone to comply with traffic laws and use foot over-bridges and footpaths.
He said unfit vehicles and drivers without driving licenses will not be allowed on the roads of the country.
Traffic week begins throughout the country from Sunday.
Police officials said action will be taken against any kind of traffic law violations throughout the week.
In Dhaka, our correspondents from different spots reported that police officials are checking the documents of vehicles since the morning.