As many as 1077 people were arrested in the capital on Thursday for breaching restrictions on the eighth day of strict lockdown.
Besides, 318 people and entities were fined around Tk 16,00,790 through the mobile courts.
Iftekharul Islam, the additional deputy commissioner of media and public relations division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told this Jago News this evening.
He also said 937 vehicles that went outside unnecessarily during the lockdown were sued and fined about Tk 21,53,500.
The government, however, imposed a strict lockdown across the country for a week starting from July 1 to contain the alarming rise of coronavirus.
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