Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday said DMP permission will be required from now on if any individual or organisation wants to distribute Zakat through any event in Dhaka city, reports UNB. The DMP Commissioner said this while taking to reporters after distributing Zakat clothes among poor and underprivileged people at Purana Paltan Community Centre in the city.
The DMP permission has been made mandatory prior to Zakat distribution in the wake of a horrific stampede in Mymensingh that left 27 people dead on Friday morning.
He said police give security to Zakat seekers as well as Zakar providers during its distribution in cash or kinds.
About hawker eviction from footpaths, Asaduzzaman said the DMP will start its eviction drive in this regard after eid.