Editorial Desk :
The sixth grader allegedly gang-raped in Bhola on Sunday evening has been struggling for life. After doctors at multiple hospitals in the region failed to stop the bleeding, her family started for Dhaka in an ambulance. Meanwhile, two men accused of raping the 12-year-old girl were killed in what police said was a gunfight early Thursday, according to newspapers.
Incidents of such ‘crossfire’ are nothing new. Time and time again we hear reports of a notorious criminal, or one who has committed a particularly horrendous crime, being involved in mysterious death — usually through crossfire.
These extra-judicial methods go unchallenged by the Supreme Court. The courts and media are ignoring their responsibilities to save life without due process of law. Such a country cannot hope civilised existence.
The reasons for the public perception are due to a belief that the judicial system is being corrupted and destroyed. In a report of Bangladesh Law Commission in 2015 it was found that the conviction rate in the violence against women cases filed under the provisions of the Nari-o-Shishu Nirjaton Daman Ain 2000 is below 10% on an average. Before blaming the system we must know who is the heir-man of the Law Commission. He destroyed election system as Chief Justice of the country.
It is foolish to discuss loopholes in the law when there is no rule of law and police feel free to kill people without accountability. Where the police decide the election results, no sane people can be unaware of the police power encouraged by the government.
Tolerating extra-judicial killings by police should be seen as an encouragement to police to be used as killers. No civilised people can tolerate it. We are proving our collective national incompetence and shame. Blaming police cannot be helpful when tolerated by the government and the people. We are proving a nation undeserving of freedom and rule of law.
The sixth grader allegedly gang-raped in Bhola on Sunday evening has been struggling for life. After doctors at multiple hospitals in the region failed to stop the bleeding, her family started for Dhaka in an ambulance. Meanwhile, two men accused of raping the 12-year-old girl were killed in what police said was a gunfight early Thursday, according to newspapers.
Incidents of such ‘crossfire’ are nothing new. Time and time again we hear reports of a notorious criminal, or one who has committed a particularly horrendous crime, being involved in mysterious death — usually through crossfire.
These extra-judicial methods go unchallenged by the Supreme Court. The courts and media are ignoring their responsibilities to save life without due process of law. Such a country cannot hope civilised existence.
The reasons for the public perception are due to a belief that the judicial system is being corrupted and destroyed. In a report of Bangladesh Law Commission in 2015 it was found that the conviction rate in the violence against women cases filed under the provisions of the Nari-o-Shishu Nirjaton Daman Ain 2000 is below 10% on an average. Before blaming the system we must know who is the heir-man of the Law Commission. He destroyed election system as Chief Justice of the country.
It is foolish to discuss loopholes in the law when there is no rule of law and police feel free to kill people without accountability. Where the police decide the election results, no sane people can be unaware of the police power encouraged by the government.
Tolerating extra-judicial killings by police should be seen as an encouragement to police to be used as killers. No civilised people can tolerate it. We are proving our collective national incompetence and shame. Blaming police cannot be helpful when tolerated by the government and the people. We are proving a nation undeserving of freedom and rule of law.
