Highway Police (Bangladesh)

Highway Police is a specialized unit of Bangladesh Police responsible for law and order on Highways.[1][2] The unit is led by a Deputy inspector general of Bangladesh Police.[3]

History

The Highway Police was established on 11 June 2005 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. It can only investigate crimes under a few sections of Penal Code 1860 and the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1983.[4] It has jurisdiction over 5,487 kilometre national highways and 4,165 kilometre of local roads.[5]

On 28 August 2018, Highway Police suspended the Officer in Charge of Bonpara Highway Police Station GM Shamsun Nur after a bus without proper registration papers was involved in a fatal road accident in which 15 people died.[6]

References
  1. "Slow Vehicles on Highways: The ban exists only on paper". The Daily Star. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. "Highway police observes service week in Daudkandi". The Asian Age. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. "Highway Police get new DIG". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. "Present government committed to improve overall condition of Highway Police – says DIG Asaduzzaman, PPM". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. "Highway Police identifies 54 causes of accidents". Dhaka Tribune. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. "Bus in Natore Crash: Ran without route permit for 26 years". The Daily Star. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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