DNCC took the initiative to construct five more police boxes at Mohammadpur Bus Stand, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Jahangir Gate, Tejgaon Love Road and Bijoy Sarani.
Regarding the construction of a police box on the road at Shia Masjid intersection, Mustaq Ahmed, deputy commissioner (DC) of Tejgaon traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told Prothom Alo, “Earlier, there was a police box and we are renovating it. Adding more.” A toilet for this. Such police boxes are available all over the capital, and municipal corporations know it.
When asked, this police officer did not give details of the cost of construction of the police box and said, it is an ‘internal’ matter.
Police boxes centered on traffic signals are often seen at various intersections in the capital, and are erected either on footpaths or on road dividers.