Police have arrested two people in this connection as per senior DMP officials while recovering the bag from Shonir Akhra in the city’s eastern gate. The thief was initially identified from TV footage that showed a young man was lifting it when the ambassador left her seat to inaugurate the programme. A case was filed with Shahbagh police station hours after the incident took place.
It is quite appreciable that police were amazingly fast to capture the thieves in record time and recovering the handbag with all items intact including notepad, ipad and such other artifacts. But the stealing itself raises some serious issues about the security coverage to our foreign dignitaries. While it can be said that the security forces acted with efficiency on post facto basis the point remains how a common thief could have access to the area where the ambassador remained in the first place. Checking for bombs and sharp weapons was acceptable but there should have been a security cordon around the immediate vicinity to prevent such mishaps.
It is entirely possible that if we look at the situation in a different angle that an intruder with malafide intentions could have gotten access to the area. In that case the consequences would have been more grave as the result would perhaps been far more serious if someone would have intended actual bodily harm to the ambassador. Thankfully such an incident was averted but the need for continued vigilance remains to ensure future threats are averted.
Whatever the scenario there is no alternative for the law enforcers to maintain constant vigil and remain alert to possible threats from malefactors. Easy arrest is no assurance that the guilty ones have been found. The way of securing confession by torture in police custody is making justice system more unjust.
