IT IS shame for entire police administration as their members have in a growing number become involved with robbing and other forms of crimes. National dailies reported that detectives have arrested seven people, including four policemen, on charges of robbing a family on Dhaka-Sylhet highway recently. In this election year, when people need more and more protection, the heinous crime committed by law enforcers is simply repulsive.
When Mohammad Sohel, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Malaysia, on his way to Raipura of Narsingdi from Dhaka Airport with his family members by a microbus, seven people followed them by another microbus. As the driver stopped the vehicle at a CNG station near Narsingdi Sadar upazila on the highway for fuel, two sub-inspectors appeared there and started to accuse Sohel of carrying illegal goods in his vehicle. At one point, the two policemen boarded Sohel’s microbus and looted gold ornaments, mobile sets and cash from the family members as the vehicle went on. The duo forced the victims to get down in Puranpara area of Narsingdi town and took away the vehicle. Later, relatives of Sohel informed DB police who busted the involvement of the policemen in the robbery. It is not a single example; there are numerous incidents like it.
The law and order are deteriorating but those who are responsible for restoring the law and order are turning into abusers. In the years, when citizens’ rights were violently fended off and the opposition voice forcefully muted by the police though the Constitution awarded the rights as inviolable, blatant support and near to impunity by the government have emboldened police an indomitable and uncontrolled force. The government has become highly dependent on police force and overlooked their crimes that created such Frankenstein. It is the duty of the government to restore discipline in the force.
When Mohammad Sohel, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Malaysia, on his way to Raipura of Narsingdi from Dhaka Airport with his family members by a microbus, seven people followed them by another microbus. As the driver stopped the vehicle at a CNG station near Narsingdi Sadar upazila on the highway for fuel, two sub-inspectors appeared there and started to accuse Sohel of carrying illegal goods in his vehicle. At one point, the two policemen boarded Sohel’s microbus and looted gold ornaments, mobile sets and cash from the family members as the vehicle went on. The duo forced the victims to get down in Puranpara area of Narsingdi town and took away the vehicle. Later, relatives of Sohel informed DB police who busted the involvement of the policemen in the robbery. It is not a single example; there are numerous incidents like it.
The law and order are deteriorating but those who are responsible for restoring the law and order are turning into abusers. In the years, when citizens’ rights were violently fended off and the opposition voice forcefully muted by the police though the Constitution awarded the rights as inviolable, blatant support and near to impunity by the government have emboldened police an indomitable and uncontrolled force. The government has become highly dependent on police force and overlooked their crimes that created such Frankenstein. It is the duty of the government to restore discipline in the force.
