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Students managing roads in Bangladesh despite traffic police joining their duties

PTI
Updated: August 14th, 2024, 12:10 IST
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Dhaka: Several Bangladeshi students, who were behind the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, are still controlling traffic on the roads in the country despite traffic police personnel rejoining their workplaces.

A wave of violence, including revenge killings and arson, persisted after Hasina fled to India August 5.

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Almost all of the country’s police officers went into hiding, afraid of reprisals for the force’s role in the deaths of hundreds of young protesters demanding the scrapping of quotas in government service jobs.

In such a situation, the students came out on the streets and tried to regulate traffic. However, traffic police personnel rejoined their workplaces Monday.

Still, the students say they do not want to leave the traffic management to the designated units of the police, The Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.

Even on Wednesday, students were seen controlling traffic on the roads. There are also members of Ansar, Border Guard Bangladesh Red Crescent, Scouts and Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC). A limited number of traffic police were also seen on the roads.

Students were managing traffic, checking licenses and reminding people to use helmets.

The students say that they want to stay on the streets until full order is restored.

Meanwhile, traffic police personnel say that students have played a commendable role in controlling traffic during a critical period. But now that the traffic policemen have rejoined work, the students are no longer needed there.

Enayet Ullah, a student of psychology at Dhaka College and a volunteer of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society said: “We have been working on traffic control since August 7 on behalf of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.

“There are no instructions for us to move off the roads yet. Since the traffic police have started working, we no longer need to be on the streets. But we are ready to contribute to the country if required in the future as well,” Ullah said.

Sheikh Rafiq Swadhin, a second-year student of Philosophy at Dhaka University, and 20 others were regulating traffic in Dhanmondi yesterday.

He said: “We will build a beautiful country together. We will remain in the field until further orders. The policemen are here but their number is not significant. They are not playing a strong role yet.”

Sami Chowdhury, a student at Southeast University, said: “We will be on the streets for three more days. The situation is still not fully under control. There is panic among the police.”

Traffic Constable Jewel said: “There are students, Ansar and BGB members on the streets. We have two traffic policemen at the spot. There is no need for more people.”

Traffic Sergeant Mahmudul said: “From today, all our policemen have joined work. Students are no longer needed here. But that’s their decision.”

Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Munibur Rahman said: “The students played a commendable role during a period of crisis. Our traffic policemen have joined their duties. We have seen students greeting them with flowers.”

“We have already discussed the matter with the students. They can leave the roads if they want to. They have studies. But it is their decision. If they want to cooperate, they are always welcome from our side,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.

The student protests began in early July, starting as peaceful demands to scrap quotas in government jobs, before turning into a wider movement that toppled Hasina’s government.

Hasina urged police to clamp down hard on the protestors, referring to them as “not students but terrorists who are out to destabilise the nation”.

The recently formed interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has some student leaders. He has appealed to students to cooperate with his administration to restore peace in the country.

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