Police on March 15 last year seized a mini-truck for using it to attempt a robbery. Since then, the vehicle has been kept at Cumilla Sadar South Police Station. Despite this fact, the mini-truck (Chattogram Metro-NA-11-2608) got its fitness certificate in November.
In Bangladesh, road traffic injuries (RTIs) are among the leading causes of death and disability, killing approximately 25,000 people in 2016 and leaving 2.4 percent of road crash victims with a permanent disability, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety.