Yet more pointers to abysmal law and order situation
Editorial New Age 9/3/11
WHEN three people are murdered on a single day, that too in the capital
Dhaka, it tends to reinforce the increasing public perception that law
and order has drastically deteriorated since the assumption of the Awami
League-Jatiya Party government more than two years ago. According to a
report front-paged in New Age on Tuesday, three young men, including two
brothers, were beaten to death at West Mohammadbagh in the city's
Shyambagh area. While the police claim that the murders took place over
a dispute, people in the locality believe the brother may have been
involved in crime. Whatever the reason was, the incident is yet another
pointer to the worrying law and order situation now prevailing in the
country.
Over the past two years or so of the AL-JP government's tenure, all
sorts of crime, both petty and serious, have marked a sharp rise.
Regrettably, however, the home minister, who is in charge of maintaining
law and order, has thus far shown the tendency to deny the reality on
the ground, claiming on more occasions than one that that law and order
now is better than it was ever before. What the home minister
doesn't seem to realise is that such unrealistic claims could only
signal to the people the government's indifference to, if not
inability to arrest, the law and order downslide.
On the other hand, such claims could also induce a sense of complacency
among the law enforcement agencies, which would only lead to further
downslide in law and order. Moreover, such unrealistic assertions could
only embolden criminals to carry on with further impunity. What the home
minister and her government need to realise is that empty political
rhetoric will not in any way allay the fears of the people at large but
would only heighten their sense of insecurity. Therefore, instead of
making such lofty and essentially hollow claims, the home minister must
make the law enforcement agencies redouble their efforts to maintain law
and order, and take strong actions against crime and criminals. We have
said in this column time and again that mere claims of success will not
translate into any improvement in law and order, demonstrative and
decisive actions will
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