Ahsanul Amin George, Khulna :
Inhabitants of Khulna city and district have been suffering from insecurity. Repression by the police is also going on unabated as well and people from all walks of life are always spending their times amid fear due to recent killing spree in Khulna and at the same time harassment by the policemen is also alleged.
Killing, robbery, snatching, stalking and moreover harassment by the policemen are increasing at 17 police station areas in Khulna city and district .
Recently, an innocent housewife named Shipra Kundu was killed by the miscreants while they shot targeting a former councilor and also an Awami League leader named ZA Mahmud Don. Shipra, however, was purchasing flower for worship.
At last on January15, 2017, a college teacher named Chittaranjon Bayeen was killed at his residence while some robbers entered into his residence by cutting grilles of windows at broad daylight.
Local people commented that law enforcers particularly police has failed to control the law and order situation.
They also commented that after observing the present situation of Khulna city and district they thought that Police Commissioner of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Nibash Chandra Majhee and Superintendent of Police (SP) of Khulna Md. Nizamul Haque Molla could take stern action against the dishonest policemen as well as the criminals who have been committing offences without any hesitation.
It is alleged that policemen of all the 17 police stations are busy for money making through different unfair means. Common people are always in fear of two categories– one is terrorists and the other is repressions by the police. Terrorists are snatching lives and other valuables and policemen are repressing the innocent persons through arrest business.
Among the policemen of 17 police stations, members of Daulatpur, Khalishpur and Arongghata police stations are more ferocious to the common people. Policemen of these three police stations allegedly harass innocent pedestrians by putting ganja (hemp) to their pockets and giving phensedyl and yaba tablets to the persons who deny to give hush money to the police. Particularly SIs and ASIs commit such business without wearing their uniforms.
It is alleged that recently an SI arrested a rickshaw puller and sent to jail giving 75 bottles of Indian contraband Phensedyl as he failed to pay taka 20 thousands.
SI Chinmoy Das and ASI Raihan arrested an youth along with one piece of yaba tablet from Pabla Bonikpara area as he denied to give taka 7000 as bribe, it is alleged.
Different allegations are also brought against ASI Aminul Islam of Daulatpur police station.
Police officer AKM Shahidul Haque asked to the policemen to be more humanitarian during the police week recently. But it is a matter of great regret that on January 26, 2017 some arrogant policemen along with an ASI beat a journalist mercilessly in the compound of a police station at Dhaka.
However, some arrogant policemen at all the police stations in the country have been misbehaving with the innocent persons even with the journalists.
On condition of anonymity, a professor of a public university told this correspondent that the members of police would not be better as they have been running under British law of 1861 which should be amend, according to him. British police were not friends or server of the republic, they were oppressors. If we want to see the policemen as human being, the British law must be amended, according to the professor.
