23 mob-lynched in 18 months
Dhaka, July 18 (bdnews24.com) — At least 23 youths were killed in
mob-lynch attacks in capital Dhaka and on the outskirts of it in the
last 18 months.
"Such incidents are taking place recurrently as the number of floating
people, with little common sense, is on the rise," said a senior
police official on Monday.
In the latest incident, six students were killed in a mass beating at
Keblarchar in the early hours of Monday, as they were suspected to be
robbers.
Additional superintendent of police of Dhaka Sheikh Rafiqul Islam told
bdnews24.com the incident was regrettable.
"The only way to tackle the growing problem of mass beating is to
raise the awareness of people," he said.
On Nov 5 last year, five youths, suspected to be robbers by locals,
were killed in a mass beating on Khanka Sharif Road at Matuail in
Kadamtali.
Deputy commissioner (Wari zone) Mozammel Haque had called the incident
a 'rights of self-defence'. "This is a social resistance. People did
it because they got aggrieved," he had said.
Nur Habib, a resident of Baradesi village near Keblarchar where
Monday's incident took place, said, "I don't know what they were doing
there at night. We don't go to Keblarchar even at daytime."
He said the place was usually a hub for robbers, who swoop on nearby
villages -- Baradesi, Chanpur and Salehpur -- from there.
Murad Hossain, another villager, said four robberies had taken place
in their village since July 4. Officer-in-charge of Savar Police
Station Mahbubur Rahman, however, said only one robbery case had been
filed in recent times.
On Mar 14, two unidentified youth were killed in Keraniganj, one Sumon
was killed in Hasnabad on June 20, and a man, Badsha Sarder, was
killed in Shakta on June 22 -- all in the same brutal way.
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