Requisition of private vehicles

2) A side-kick, usually a constable, then finalises a 'deal' for amounts ranging from Tk 200 to Tk 500 and the Blue Book is returned till 'caught' next time.

3) This is a novel method for the traffic police to supplement their income.

If no money is available/or given the vehicle and driver are requisitioned and subjected to rigorous duty without proper rest, sleep, food or time off. On return, both the vehicle and its driver require long and expensive treatment to recover normalcy. The normal work of the private companies is sorely hampered and transport of personnel and goods disrupted causing huge monetary loss.

Questions therefore arise: What current law allows for such mass requisition especially when it is reported that there is abject misuse of the vehicles ? How many times and for how long can the vehicle and/or driver be requisitioned? . In case of damage who is responsible and to what extent? Lastly, what can be done to stop this "legalised hijacking" of vehicles and drivers?

Finally, no patriotic citizen will begrudge placing all they have including vehicles at the authorities' disposal in times of national peril or emergency but certainly they must know if these are forcibly taken (many drivers have been assaulted) for frivolous purposes, including picnics.