MEDIA reports said that the Home Ministry and the police headquarters have directed Deputy Commissioners (DCs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) in all districts to beef up security for foreign nationals in their areas and maintain regular contact with them. Police headquarters have also introduced temporary passes for people who are not resident of Gulshan and Baridhara areas to visit the areas and on leaving the areas to ensure tight security to the Diplomatic Zones. Law enforcers are also not allowing more than one person to ride on a motorcycle while visiting the area. The government is correct as far as it plans stringent steps to keep watch on killers and save innocent lives. There can’t be any compromise. But the point is that why rampant killing has unleashed targeting the foreigners and locals and if it shows a total break-down of law and order and the poor capacity of the government and inefficiency of its law enforcers to give security to the nation. The quality of governance and instable politics may have created the greater vulnerability. Many believe that using pass system within the city is not a workable solution and may not be practically effective either. But one may also easily understand the pressure that the government is coming under from diplomatic circle and international community as well as from domestic political circles as the killers remain clueless and at large. The government is responsible to give security of life and property but the situation suggests that the government is not only incapable but also without a clear idea about who are those outfits killing the foreigners and also locals and with what specific objectives. Meanwhile, killers’ fresh attempt to kill a local priest at Ishwardi in Pabna showed they are targeting variable persons at variable places. The killing of the former chairman of Water Development Board on Monday at his own residence again made people critically nervous as panic is gripping the nation. The Japan government’s sharp reaction demanding quick investigation and trial of the killers has created a highly embarrassing situation for the government and for the country as a whole. Many fear that its fallout may overshadow Japanese investment in Bangladesh. The Italian government is also waiting results of the investigation to know who had killed the man and why and particularly if the IS or any such terrorist groups have their hands in it. Naturally, the European Union (EU) as a whole remained skeptical about the identity of the perpetrators to plan safety of their nationals in Bangladesh. Garment buyers are also at a fix. It is our misguided politics that is the cause of dangerous life threatening crisis. In identifying the real culprits playing cheap politics will not be helpful. The government claims to have no terrorism, but terrorism has now become a real threat. The foreign missions insisted on fair investigation and our foreign ministry also assured. We shall all hope sense will prevail.
