Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali says that traffic police sergeants on Dhaka's roads will be approved to use small arms.

He made the remarks to the media on Thursday at the inaugural ceremony for counters and e-ticket counters of a new bus service in Dhaka's Uttara.

"We have started distributing small arms to traffic sergeants on duty so they can stop robberies on roads and highways," the DMP chief said.

The event was organised by the Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association next to the BDR Market in Azampur.

In response to a question from the media about the robberies on roads in and around Dhaka, Sazzat said: "I am aware of the issues or robberies and armed robberies in different public are...