<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Drivers of battery-run three wheelers set a police box on fire at Kalshi intersection in the city's Mirpur area on Sunday during demonstration against banning the vehicle on Dhaka streets.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Duty office of Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters, Shahjahan, said the drivers set the police box on fire around 4:15 pm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot around 4:32 pm and brought the situation under control.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mukhlesur Rahman, inspector (investigation) of Pallabi Police Station, said necessary steps were taken.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The drivers of battery-run three wheelers staged demonstration blocking roads in Dhaka’s Mirpur, Pallabi and some other areas on Sunday morning, obstructing traffic movement in the area.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The protesters also vandalised some buses passing in the Mirpur area after 2:30 pm. A chase and counter-chase between police and protesters also took place.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Munshi Sabbir Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said the traffic movement in the area remained halted for four hours following the demonstration, causing immense sufferings to the commuters, reports UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, on Wednesday, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader instructed the authorities concerned to take steps to stop the movement of battery-run three wheelers on the roads in Dhaka city.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>