Law, order deteriorates all over country : Establishing supremacy, extortions by ruling partymen responsible
The law and order has deteriorated seriously across the country for establishing supremacy and collecting tolls ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr in recent times adding to the concern of the people.Establishment of supremacy by the men of the ruling party and their extortion have also assumed a serious proportion in the length and the breadth of the country, police said.
Meanwhile, maximum forces of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police were deployed for maintaining the law and order in the month of Ramzan and ahead of Eid.
In recent times, at least five people were shot dead, and 20 others killed in the mob beating much to the concern of the people for absent of law enforcers.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police sources said on an average 400 to 500 cases of snatching, extortion and robbery were taking place in the capital every month. Dhaka had already been turned into a most risky city, the sources added.
The ruling party cadres throughout the country had been extorting money from the business and industrial sectors at random. They were being shielded by influential leaders in the government, police said.'
Awami League leader Ibrahim Ahmed died when an MPs pistol bullet suddenly went off on his mouth at Topkhana Road in the capital Friday night. Ibrahim Ahmed, 38, an AL activist of Ward 56 of Dhaka City Corporation, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with bullet injuries on his mouth. The doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Ibrahim, a resident of Topkhana area, was a Ward Councillor aspirant, claimed his relatives.According to police, Juba League leader Ibrahim Ahmed died when he was handling a pistol licensed to Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon, the recently elected MP of Bhola-3.
Ibrahim, a resident of Topkhana area, was a Ward Councillor aspirant, claimed his relatives.According to police, Juba League leader Ibrahim Ahmed died when he was handling a pistol licensed to Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon, the recently elected MP of Bhola-3.
A bullet from the firearm went off on Friday night in front of the MP hostel, inside the jeep that Shaon uses. Jeep driver Kamal Hossain's statement to the police says that the bullet went off by itself, presumably accidentally as Ibrahim himself was holding it and playing with it in the jeep.
Meanwhile, a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader of Gazipur district, who suffered stab wound on August 3, succumbed to his injuries at DMCH on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Mizanur Rahman, former organising secretary of the district unit of BCL.
Alleged extortionists shot dead a contractor in the capital's Moghbazar area on Thursday night and also injured a pedestrian.The deceased, Mohammad Swapan, 35, was riddled with four bullets as he went to buy medicine from a pharmacy near his Ambagan residence in Moghbazar around 8:30pm.
The injured, Nur Mohammad Nuru, 27, of the same neighbourhood was in line of fire as he went to buy cigarettes. He suffered wound to his lower back.The deceased's uncle Abdul Kader said last week some extortionists demanded Tk 50,000 from Swapan. They might have shot Swapan as he refused to pay the money, said Kader.Officer-in-Charge of Ramna Police Station Shiblee Noman told The New Nation that some assailants had shot Swapan a few months back. Some of them were arrested but later released on bail, he said.
Shah Paran, activist of the ruling party was killed by the mob beating in Hazaribagh area on July 15. Police filed an unnatural death case in this regard.Source said, for establishing supremacy in the area local terrorists Halim, Abed and Jashim beat him mercilessly and he died on the spot. Police still did not put up their names for being involved in the killing of Shah Paran.
In another incident, six police were killed by the mob beating in Gazipur area few days ago. Six police were killed allegedly for their involvement in robbery. Muggers snatched Tk 5.12 lakh from two traders, injuring them with bullets and bomb in the process, in separate incidents in the city's Mirpur and Sutrapur areas on August 1.
In Mirpur, Hasan along with his younger brother Qayyum Talukder withdrew Tk 5 lakh from the Mirpur Branch of Prime Bank at Rokeya Sarani at about 3:30 pm. Muggers snatched the money and fired them when they tried to resist.
In another incident, the vegetable trader Saidul, while returning to Mohammadpur by a rickshaw van loaded with vegetables from Shyam Bazar at about 12:30 P.M on Saturday, the muggers attacked and injured him by gun shots. The muggers fled the scene after snatching Tk 12,000 from Saidul. He was rushed to the DMCH.
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