Joynal Abedin Khan :
At least 37 children were brutally murdered in one and a half months since January this year, pointing to a rise of child murder in the country.
The child murder increased in last two years compared with the corresponding past two years. A total of 292 children were murdered in 2015, 366 in 2014, 218 in 2013 and 209 in 2012, according to Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum.
The incidents of child kidnapping are also increasing. At least 543 children were kidnapped in the last four years. Of them, 206 children were reportedly abducted during the period of January-October in 2015, 209 in 2014 and 61 in 2013 as well as 67 in 2012.
In this situation, within six months after the brutal killing of Rakib and Rajon, the bodies of four children who went missing on February 12 were found dumped on a river bank in their village under Bahubal upazila in Habiganj on February 17.
On February 15, the body of a minor boy, Solaiman, was recovered from a bush at Surabari in Kashimpur of Gazipur, two days after he was abducted. The abductor demanded Tk 1.5 lakh ransom from his parents in cell phone.
On February 13, police recovered the slaughtered body of a missing minor boy from inside Ismail Engineering Workshop in city’s Mahiganj area.
Zahid Hasan, 15, and Emon Ali, 13, an orphan, were tortured and filmed on suspicion of stealing mobile phone at Poba in Rajshahi in the same day.
On February 9, a play group student Jemin Tasnim’s body was found murdered in a pond of Rahmatpur in Patuakhali.
On February 8, police recovered the body of a five-year-old boy from a septic tank in Bhashantek Rehabilitation Project Residential Area of the capital.
On February 5, Harichanchandra Nath, a two-year-old minor of Subarnachar upazila under Noakhali district, and his mother Lucky Rani Nath, were hacked to death allegedly by his father.
February 3, a minor girl was found dead in Gouronadi in Barisal while another baby girl’s body recovered in Pachagarh. On February 2, the body of a schoolboy, Abdullah, 11, was recovered from a plastic drum in Keraniganj, four days after his abduction for ransom.
Meanwhile, a woman allegedly killed her five-month-old boy slitting his throat at Patgati Dakkhinpara village in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on February 2.
On February 2, the body of Kabita Bapary, 13, a student of class eight of a local School was found with her hands and legs tied up with rope, from a pond of the village, two days after she went missing in Gournadi of Barisal.
On February 1, an unmarried mother threw her newborn from a five-storied building soon after she gave birth to the baby in the city’s Bailey Road area.
On January 26, a four-year old minor girl was violated in Wari area in the capital.
On January 19, two siblings Mohammad Shakil, 10, and Mohammad Kajal, 9, were found murdered in a garden of Barabil village of Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazaar.
On January 31, two students of class four Shakil, 10, and Imran, 10, of a BRAC School in Dhamrai of Dhaka were found slaughtered, three days after their abduction.
On January 30, a four-year-old child was found in a sack in Rangpur town, while an 11-year old child was found murdered in Munshiganj.
January 24, Munni Akter, a minor domestic girl was beaten to death in the city’s Rampur area.
Janury 19, two minor brothers were killed by abductors at Borobil village under Gorjonia, a hilly union of Ramu Upazila of the district, after their parents refused to pay Taka four lakh as ransom. January 16, five members of a family, including two kids, were hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Baburail in Narayanganj city.
On January 3, three children were burnt to death at Kabirpur village in Shailakupa upazila of Jhenidah on Sunday evening. According to section 20(3) of the Prevention of Women and Children Repression Act 2000 (amended 2003), the tribunal shall dispose of the case within 180 days of getting the case for trial. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman at a recent programme said children are falling victim to repression due to instability in the society. “Crimes are frequently taking place as people are losing patience due to instability in the society. And this is happening mainly due to culture of impunity,” he said. When contacted, Dhaka University criminologist Zia Rahman told The New Nation that children are being targeted as they can be victimized easily.
“A counselling system should start at schools like the university to curb the violence against children,” he said.
Rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra Executive Director Sultana Kamal said although there were two examples of speedy trials in the cases of Rajon and Rakib in Sylhet and Khulna, there was a culture of impunity in general.
She said that the prevailing culture of impunity should go to make a livable society for children.
Dhaka University Clinical Psychologist SM Abul Kalam Azad said that child murders leave a negative impact on other children who could develop fear psychosis and mistrust of others. Advocate Md Rabiul Islam, a penal lawyer of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), said, “Impacts of internet and satellite TV channels are also responsible for increasing the crime.”
“Although perpetrators are arrested and chargesheets submitted against them in some cases, they get off scot-free due to loopholes in the law” he said.
At least 37 children were brutally murdered in one and a half months since January this year, pointing to a rise of child murder in the country.
The child murder increased in last two years compared with the corresponding past two years. A total of 292 children were murdered in 2015, 366 in 2014, 218 in 2013 and 209 in 2012, according to Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum.
The incidents of child kidnapping are also increasing. At least 543 children were kidnapped in the last four years. Of them, 206 children were reportedly abducted during the period of January-October in 2015, 209 in 2014 and 61 in 2013 as well as 67 in 2012.
In this situation, within six months after the brutal killing of Rakib and Rajon, the bodies of four children who went missing on February 12 were found dumped on a river bank in their village under Bahubal upazila in Habiganj on February 17.
On February 15, the body of a minor boy, Solaiman, was recovered from a bush at Surabari in Kashimpur of Gazipur, two days after he was abducted. The abductor demanded Tk 1.5 lakh ransom from his parents in cell phone.
On February 13, police recovered the slaughtered body of a missing minor boy from inside Ismail Engineering Workshop in city’s Mahiganj area.
Zahid Hasan, 15, and Emon Ali, 13, an orphan, were tortured and filmed on suspicion of stealing mobile phone at Poba in Rajshahi in the same day.
On February 9, a play group student Jemin Tasnim’s body was found murdered in a pond of Rahmatpur in Patuakhali.
On February 8, police recovered the body of a five-year-old boy from a septic tank in Bhashantek Rehabilitation Project Residential Area of the capital.
On February 5, Harichanchandra Nath, a two-year-old minor of Subarnachar upazila under Noakhali district, and his mother Lucky Rani Nath, were hacked to death allegedly by his father.
February 3, a minor girl was found dead in Gouronadi in Barisal while another baby girl’s body recovered in Pachagarh. On February 2, the body of a schoolboy, Abdullah, 11, was recovered from a plastic drum in Keraniganj, four days after his abduction for ransom.
Meanwhile, a woman allegedly killed her five-month-old boy slitting his throat at Patgati Dakkhinpara village in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on February 2.
On February 2, the body of Kabita Bapary, 13, a student of class eight of a local School was found with her hands and legs tied up with rope, from a pond of the village, two days after she went missing in Gournadi of Barisal.
On February 1, an unmarried mother threw her newborn from a five-storied building soon after she gave birth to the baby in the city’s Bailey Road area.
On January 26, a four-year old minor girl was violated in Wari area in the capital.
On January 19, two siblings Mohammad Shakil, 10, and Mohammad Kajal, 9, were found murdered in a garden of Barabil village of Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazaar.
On January 31, two students of class four Shakil, 10, and Imran, 10, of a BRAC School in Dhamrai of Dhaka were found slaughtered, three days after their abduction.
On January 30, a four-year-old child was found in a sack in Rangpur town, while an 11-year old child was found murdered in Munshiganj.
January 24, Munni Akter, a minor domestic girl was beaten to death in the city’s Rampur area.
Janury 19, two minor brothers were killed by abductors at Borobil village under Gorjonia, a hilly union of Ramu Upazila of the district, after their parents refused to pay Taka four lakh as ransom. January 16, five members of a family, including two kids, were hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Baburail in Narayanganj city.
On January 3, three children were burnt to death at Kabirpur village in Shailakupa upazila of Jhenidah on Sunday evening. According to section 20(3) of the Prevention of Women and Children Repression Act 2000 (amended 2003), the tribunal shall dispose of the case within 180 days of getting the case for trial. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman at a recent programme said children are falling victim to repression due to instability in the society. “Crimes are frequently taking place as people are losing patience due to instability in the society. And this is happening mainly due to culture of impunity,” he said. When contacted, Dhaka University criminologist Zia Rahman told The New Nation that children are being targeted as they can be victimized easily.
“A counselling system should start at schools like the university to curb the violence against children,” he said.
Rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra Executive Director Sultana Kamal said although there were two examples of speedy trials in the cases of Rajon and Rakib in Sylhet and Khulna, there was a culture of impunity in general.
She said that the prevailing culture of impunity should go to make a livable society for children.
Dhaka University Clinical Psychologist SM Abul Kalam Azad said that child murders leave a negative impact on other children who could develop fear psychosis and mistrust of others. Advocate Md Rabiul Islam, a penal lawyer of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), said, “Impacts of internet and satellite TV channels are also responsible for increasing the crime.”
“Although perpetrators are arrested and chargesheets submitted against them in some cases, they get off scot-free due to loopholes in the law” he said.
