Joynal Abedin Khan :A deep panic prevails among the people in view of the recent sensational killings, including city’s Kalabagan double murder, across the country in the recent days.Moreover the Tuesday’s statement of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) that it is hard to check the target killings surprised all.At this, some people said, if it is that armed police are unable to ensure our security, how an unarmed man can face the armed-goons? According to a report of Ain o Salish Kendra, at least 20 sensational murder incidents took place across the country in last 10 days, while 43 people were killed in polls violence in the last three phases from March 22 and April 22. Of them, at least five persons were reportedly murdered in the capital, Chittagong and Gazipur districts only on Monday. In capital, former US Embassy official Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Tanay Mojumdar were hacked to death at a flat in the capital’s Kalabagan.Besides, unidentified assailants riding on a motorcycle gunned down Rustom Ali, a former prison guard of Kashimpur jail in Gazipur in broad daylight and fled away.On the other hand, two young men were shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Purba Sarakbhata village in Rangunia upazila in Chittagong. The deceased were identified as Manju and Hashem,A former leader of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industries was found shot dead at his office in Rajshahi city on Sunday afternoon. Ziaul Huq Tuku, the former administrator of RCCI, was also an Awami League leader.Earlier, blogger and free thinker Nazimuddin Samad was hacked with machetes at a traffic piont in the city on April 7, while Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu was murdered in Comilla Cantonment area on March 20.Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Tuesday said that it is not possible for the police and other law enforcing agencies to guard all houses across the country with the limited manpower.The IGP advised the countrymen to build their own security-cordon for themselves with the necessary help of the cop personnel. The IGP also asked citizens to remain alert round the clock. “Every individual should have a sense of security. They should be aware of their own security, of their neighbours’ and also of the locality.” Fatema Parveen, a resident of Dhanmondi questioned, “How can an unarmed citizen ensure own security?” Jahanur Rahman, a student of Jagannath University, said if police do not ensure security of the people, will then miscreants would be more active. Dhaka University student Dilruba Akter Sawpna said, police are bound to provide safety to everybody and to maintain the law and order of the country. A resident of Dhaka said on condition of anonymity, how can we guard ourselves when we are unarmed and killers are well equipped? Zia Rahman, Chairman of Criminology Department of Dhaka University, said, “The members of law enforcing agencies must guard the countrymen.”He said, most of people are disappointed at the latest statement of the IGP AKM Shahidul Haque. Every citizen desires security from the state, the professor said. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that militant link had been found to the 31 recent murders that took place across the country. To the contrary, he rejected US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat’s claim that the militants have been desperate.The minister disclosed the information to journalists after a meeting with Bernicat in the Secretariat on Wednesday afternoon. The US ambassador met him to express her concern over the recent outbreak of murders.About the Prime Minister’s sudden meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies, the minister said that the PM ordered them to be more careful about investigation into the target killings.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia has claimed that there has been ‘significant progress’ in the investigations into the recent murders of writer, bloggers-online activists and a publisher.”There is no reason to be terrified as it is a detached incident and the government has taken it as a challenge,” the DMP boss said at a programme in his office in Dhaka on Wednesday. He also claimed that a number of killers of bloggers and other people left the country.
