Jewel Chowdhury, Habiganj/

Habiganj traffic and Shaistaganj highway police have been accused of trading tokens in the name of search. According to a reliable source, more than a thousand CNG autorickshaws ply on the city and Shaistaganj highways every day. If they do not have the token, a case of 5 to 10 thousand rupees is given. Many drivers are also harassed.

Many people take tokens at a monthly rate of 500 taka as they say. And traffic or highway police do not detain CNG if token is shown. By doing this, on the one hand, accidents are happening due to police chase, on the other hand, the government is losing millions of rupees in revenue.

Shaistaganj Highway police station set up checkposts at Laskarpur rail gate and Deundi road and Bahubal area and seized CNG and various vehicles in the name of search. Later two cases were filed but the rest were dropped for mysterious reasons.

Meanwhile, the traffic police in the city conducted similar searches in various areas including Circuit House Road, Motalib Chattar, Chowdhury Bazar, Kamrapur Bridge, Babystand.
Allegedly, they left the cargo truck during the day for mysterious reasons. As a result traffic congestion is also created. If action is not taken soon against the demands of the common people, accidents and traffic jams will increase.