Barely two weeks ago – a recently married 22 year-old bride was reported to have been gang-raped by a group of Chhatra League leaders at Barisal’s Banaripara Upazila.
The police are very busy fighting terrorism but the crimes are being committed against men, women and children as if there is no police, there is no authority to stop the criminals and punish them.
There is something seriously wrong in our politics if it is to be called politics. The leaders believe, they need dangerous men in the party for doing politics of violence. They do not care about politics of people’s vote. For creating panic violent criminals are needed.
The party followers know they do not have to fear the police. The police are theirs and whatever happens their arrest is a different question to find an answer. Whether the party criminals are punished to create fear in their minds remains a puzzle. Party members including local MPs are responsible in creating terror locally claiming themselves to be above law.
A total of 7889 women became victims of violation last year while unreported violence against women is much higher. The police are all powerful yet life of the ordinary people are most unsafe.
