Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has asked fuel station owners in Dhaka not to sell fuel in containers without clearance from the officer-in-charge (OC) of the police stations concerned.
DMP Commissioner Md Habibur Rahman on Saturday issued a ten-point notification addressing all the OCs, crime division deputy commissioners, additional deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners in this regard.
The notice said that buying fuel for generators at homes, factories, and industries, needs approval from the local police station's Officer in Charge (OC). The purchase should be documented in the registers kept by petrol pumps and CNG stations.
Fuel station owners are instructed to enhance security during fuel loading by preventing vehicle entry at that time. The notice also mandates CCTV coverage with night vision capabilities for every petrol pump and CNG station, with the digital video recorder securely placed.
Earlier, at a press briefing on Friday, DMP Additional Commissioner Khandaker Mahid Uddin said 64 buses have been set on fire in Dhaka from 28 October to 9 November and 64 cases have been filed with different police stations in connection with the arson attacks.
Meanwhile, 12 people were caught red-handed while trying to set fires. Petrol, gunpowder, matches, cotton, and old clothes, among other items, were seized from their possession.
