Sixty-one law enforcers were killed in nine months--from January to September--this year. Of them, 46 were the members of Bangladesh Police alone.
It was revealed in a report released by Road Safety Foundation on Saturday. the report was prepared based on the statistics obtained from seven national dailies, five online news portals and electronic media.
The report says that 46 policemen, 4 Army men, one Navy personnel, two BGB men, one NSI personnel, one APBn member and 4 Ansar battalion men were killed in the road accident.
The Road Safety Foundation said 22 policemen were killed in nine months--from January to September 2020. So, the death rate has increased by 52.17% over the last months.