The lawlessness is everywhere. Factional clash and gunfights among young ruling party cadres are spiralling unchecked making the society unprotected every day. There is none who can stop them and often killing the rivals. Awami League front organizations such as Jubo League, Shechhwa Sebak League and Chhatra League are all powerful at local levels.
How they are terrorizing the society is not far from our sight. On Saturday night as media report said, a Jubo League activist Rizvi Hasan Babu was shot and killed in the city’s Motijheel area and one of his fellow activists injured as a group of unidentified assailants fired on them.
It resulted from quarrel over which group will hold control over the locality and that also includes toll collection and other trade in giving party favour to vested groups such as grabbing others property in exchange of cash.
On Saturday a Jubo League leader opened fire on a rickshaw puller in the Banani area of the capital city when the poor man demanded Tk 40 as rickshaw fare.
Police lodged a case when the man went to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment. But on the next day the rickshaw puller left the hospital ‘voluntarily’ and went to Dhaka Court to say he has no objection to bail for the man who fired on him.
Police said since the complaint has no objection, the state is also not opposed to the bail. The judge released the Jubo League leader Yusul Sardar Sohel on a bond for Tk 5,000. This is how our lower judiciary and police are acting together with ruling party men to silence the cry for justice.
Most ruling party cadres are known now in their area as dangerous elements busy in grabbing and extorting. They don’t bother law enforcers and even senior officials in public administration. Only few months back, a local Jubo League leader had beaten the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Feni as he was busy to give protocol to a Minister and the Jubo League leader felt his presence was not properly recognized. The news about unruly behaviour of the young party workers of the ruling party is a serious indication of our future leadership.
Media report said on August 8 a group of Jubo League and Chhatra League activists had beaten the Headmaster of a High School in Kushtia for proposing names of Hasanbag High School’s managing committee members without consulting them.
The victim, Shamsul Alam had submitted the names to Kushtia Sadar Upazila Education Office to form the committee. Following this, a group of local party activists stormed into his office and law enforcers had to come to the scene to rescue the Headmaster.
UNO of Kushtia Sadar Upazila Khodeza Khatun said she would take necessary action but many fear that the Headmaster will have to suffer. Meanwhile, report of the killing of a BLC leader on the other hand by unidentified miscreants on September 1 in Khulna appears to be sequel of factional quarrel.
In another case involving Afsana murder who was a student of Architecture and Bangladesh Chhatra Union leader by Chhatra League leader Habibur Rahman Robin is most talked murder case that took place in the city in August.
Not only police, but even the elected leaders of the government party are helpless. The young turks of the party dominated everywhere. Such examples are signs of a government not in control.
