BSS, Khulna
Mobile courts on Saturday fined 32 people Taka 13,500 in different areas of Khulna district for breaching Covid-19 safety rules and violating the rules of the ongoing countrywide strict lockdown to prevent coronavirus infection.
Four executive magistrates led the mobile courts while UNOs and assistant commissioner (AC land) conducted drives at different upazilas of the district. Police, Anser, BGB and Army personnel were present during the drives, said additional deputy commissioner (General) Md Yousup Ali.
As part of the week-long all-out lockdown enforced by the government from Thursday, Khulna city on Saturday experienced a total strict lockdown with shops and transports closed for seven days as the authorities struggle with a massive surge of the coronavirus in the industrial belt.
In spite of enhancing both dead and infections, law enforcing agencies patrolling the city areas and district.
Except some private cars and motorcycles, public transports stayed off the city streets except some rickshaws and three wheelers and easy bikes, said Khulna deputy commissioner Moniruzzaman Talukder.
Law enforcers including Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Police, Anser, BGB and Army are patrolling across the city and all ten upazilas to implement the lockdown strictly.
