10 mobile courts to patrol Dhaka

Dhaka, July 9 (bdnews24.com) ? Ten mobile courts will go around the city roads during the 11-party-called 30-hour general strike to punish trouble-mongers on the spot.

The courts, however, did not punish anyone on Saturday, the first day of their four-day operation, Dhaka additional magistrate S M Mahbubur Rahman told bdnews24.com.

"The courts have been assigned the task to monitor law and order situation in the capital city, not to foil hartal. They'll try crimes in line with the relevant act," he said.

The mobile courts would run from 10am until evening, he added.

Twelve Islamist parties have called a 30-hour shutdown from Sunday protesting the removal of the words 'Absolute Faith and Trust in Almighty Allah' from the constitution through the 15th Amendment.

BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday also expressed their support for the strike.

Around 100 supporters of the two parties were awarded sentences during a 36-hour shutdown staged by the two parties last while 34 pro-hartal activists were jailed during the 48-hour general strike starting on Wednesday last.

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