The Public Administration Ministry has asked the Directorate of Government Transport, known as transport pool that provides transports for cabinet members and bureaucrats, to follow the directives of the Home Ministry on removing tinted and translucent glasses from all its cars and microbuses by May 10.
The Home Ministry imposed the ban as criminals are believed to be using such vehicles to commit crimes easily and get away from the hands of the law enforcers. The move came following the killing of seven persons in Narayanganj after abduction on April 30.
Public Administration Ministry’s Senior Secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday that the directorate had been instructed to remove tinted or translucent glasses from all vehicles by the stipulated time.
The transport pool now has around 2,000 vehicles which are usually provided for the minister, state ministers, deputy ministers, secretaries, divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, UNOs and high officials of different ministries, departments and other government offices.
When contacted, Transport Commissioner Reaz Ahmed told the Dhaka Tribune: “We will follow the directive of the Public Administration Ministry and the Home Ministry. As a result, the tinted and translucent glasses of all the transports of the directorate will be removed.
“The tinted and translucent glasses of the vehicles belonging to the cabinet members and senior bureaucrats will also be removed regardless those were set after purchase or built in.”
He said most of the cars used by such persons were bought with tinted and translucent glasses.