Reza Mahmud :
Drug addicts take illegal drugs like morphine and pethidine with injection syringe in the broad-day light and thereby create very ugly scene in many parts of the capital city, but police try to avoid it many a time and transfer responsibility on others.
“We face very embarrassing situation everyday while crossing the Dayaganj level Crossing where the drug users openly commit crime. Our school going children question us about the matter, but we cannot answer them,” Sumon Chowdhury, one of the residents of the area, said it.
The drug addicts do it at Babubazar bridge area, Moghbazar level crossing and some other areas.
The guardians of school and college going students of those areas accused the police of shutting the eyes on the drug taking incidents and say that the area is not under their jurisdiction. “It is nothing but to avoid own responsibility,” alleged a businessman.
The drug addicts look very ugly, wear dirty clothes and bear wounds in their bodies. The addicts frequently snatch and steal commuters’ cash and mobile phone sets near their dens to meet the expenses.
“It is not acceptable. They frequently compel us to give them money by showing us blades. They even cut their own bodies to bleed to frighten us,” said, Shabita Rani a resident of Nayabazar area adding that the police could not free the Babu Bazaar bridge area from the anti-social elements. The residents of Moghbazar level crossing areas have raised the same allegations.
When contacted about the Dayaganj den, Mizanur Rahman, the Officer-in-Charge of Gandaria Police Station told The New Nation, the area is not under his police station.
“It is not under Gandaria police station. It is under Shyampur. I will inform the police station about the drug hub,” he said.
But Abdur Razzak, the Officer-in-Charge of Shyampur Police Station did not agree with the statement saying Dayaganj is not under his jurisdiction.
“The Shyampur police station’s jurisdiction does not exceed the Gandaria railway station. Dayaganj is far from our police station’s area,” he said.
When contacted, Mezbah ul Islam, the Officer-in-Charge of Tejgaon police station, said, the Moghbazar rail crossing’s drug den is totally out of his area.
“It is partially under Tejgaon industrial area police station and partially under Ramna,” he said.
But Abdur Rashid, the Officer-in-Charge of Tejgaon industrial area police station, said the drug addicts’ den at Mogbazar level crossing is not under his area. “The den is under Ramna and Tejgaon police station,” he said.
When contacted, Masudur Rahman, Sub-Inspector and duty officer of Ramna police station, said, all the area of that drug addicts hub is not under Ramna. “The police is trying heart and soul to eliminate drug hubs,” he said.
Abul Ahsan, the Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali police station said the east side of the Babu Bazar bridge is under his area. But the West side of the bridge is under Bangshal police station.
He claimed that the efforts of his police station notably decreased the number of addicts in his area.
Besides, Sub-Inspector Rafiqul Hasan, the duty officer of Bangshal police station, said police drove away the addicts several times but they came back soon. “The addicts are loads for police. The addicts need rehabilitations. The media should take step about it,” he said.
Drug addicts take illegal drugs like morphine and pethidine with injection syringe in the broad-day light and thereby create very ugly scene in many parts of the capital city, but police try to avoid it many a time and transfer responsibility on others.
“We face very embarrassing situation everyday while crossing the Dayaganj level Crossing where the drug users openly commit crime. Our school going children question us about the matter, but we cannot answer them,” Sumon Chowdhury, one of the residents of the area, said it.
The drug addicts do it at Babubazar bridge area, Moghbazar level crossing and some other areas.
The guardians of school and college going students of those areas accused the police of shutting the eyes on the drug taking incidents and say that the area is not under their jurisdiction. “It is nothing but to avoid own responsibility,” alleged a businessman.
The drug addicts look very ugly, wear dirty clothes and bear wounds in their bodies. The addicts frequently snatch and steal commuters’ cash and mobile phone sets near their dens to meet the expenses.
“It is not acceptable. They frequently compel us to give them money by showing us blades. They even cut their own bodies to bleed to frighten us,” said, Shabita Rani a resident of Nayabazar area adding that the police could not free the Babu Bazaar bridge area from the anti-social elements. The residents of Moghbazar level crossing areas have raised the same allegations.
When contacted about the Dayaganj den, Mizanur Rahman, the Officer-in-Charge of Gandaria Police Station told The New Nation, the area is not under his police station.
“It is not under Gandaria police station. It is under Shyampur. I will inform the police station about the drug hub,” he said.
But Abdur Razzak, the Officer-in-Charge of Shyampur Police Station did not agree with the statement saying Dayaganj is not under his jurisdiction.
“The Shyampur police station’s jurisdiction does not exceed the Gandaria railway station. Dayaganj is far from our police station’s area,” he said.
When contacted, Mezbah ul Islam, the Officer-in-Charge of Tejgaon police station, said, the Moghbazar rail crossing’s drug den is totally out of his area.
“It is partially under Tejgaon industrial area police station and partially under Ramna,” he said.
But Abdur Rashid, the Officer-in-Charge of Tejgaon industrial area police station, said the drug addicts’ den at Mogbazar level crossing is not under his area. “The den is under Ramna and Tejgaon police station,” he said.
When contacted, Masudur Rahman, Sub-Inspector and duty officer of Ramna police station, said, all the area of that drug addicts hub is not under Ramna. “The police is trying heart and soul to eliminate drug hubs,” he said.
Abul Ahsan, the Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali police station said the east side of the Babu Bazar bridge is under his area. But the West side of the bridge is under Bangshal police station.
He claimed that the efforts of his police station notably decreased the number of addicts in his area.
Besides, Sub-Inspector Rafiqul Hasan, the duty officer of Bangshal police station, said police drove away the addicts several times but they came back soon. “The addicts are loads for police. The addicts need rehabilitations. The media should take step about it,” he said.
