Shared hosting redirect to public always

Options -MultiViews -Indexes

RewriteEngine On

# Handle Authorization Header
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

above is my public directory .htaccess file.

========================================================== below is my root directory .htaccess file

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]

but still, it redirects to public/dashboard

below is my login method

public function login(Request $request)
{
    $this->validateLogin($request);
    try{
        if (Auth::attempt(['email' => request('email'), 'password' => request('password'), 'status' => 'active', 'user_type' => '...'])) {
            // Authentication passed...
            return redirect()->intended('dashboard');
        }
        elseif (Auth::attempt(['email' => request('email'), 'password' => request('password'), 'status' => 'active', 'user_type' => '...'])) {
            // Authentication passed...
            return redirect()->intended('/dashboard/blog');
        }
        elseif (Auth::attempt(['email' => request('email'), 'password' => request('password'), 'status' => 'active', 'user_type' => '...'])) {
            // Authentication passed...
            return redirect()->intended('/admin');
        }
        else{

            return redirect()->back()->withErrors('Unauthorized user');
        }
    }catch(\Exception $e){

        return redirect()->back()->withErrors($e->getMessage());
    }
}

other login works fine but when the first condition checked it redirects to public/dashboard