No traffic police in Khulna for 7 hours

As a result, all vehicles plied recklessly violating traffic rules, creating gam on almost all roads.

Withdrawal of traffic police soon after the bomb attacks in Gazipur and Chittagong court compounds create panic among people. Traffic police did not resume their duties till 6 PM yesterday.

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On November 19 and 20, traffic police at Daulatpur and Picture Palace cinema half intersection came under bomb attacks by extremists.

A senior AC of Khulna Metropolitan Police told this correspondent that traffic police were withdrawn for security reasons as it is very easy to target them in bomb attacks while on duty on roads.