[ALOCHONA] Mysterious killings on rise: Over 200 pol leaders killed in one year

Mysterious killings on rise: Over 200 pol leaders killed in one year



Incidents of political and mysterious killings have taken an alarming proportion in the country with the death ofover 200 leaders and activists of different parties in the last one year,police have said.Police said in most of the cases local leaders of both AL and BNP were killed by their rivals. 

Many social and political watchers viewed that since the nation did not witness any of the alleged killers get punished, so it has created a flattering ground for political-murders.

While some of these killings took place during clashes between supporters of ruling Awami League and opposition BNP, a significant number of incidents involved killing of one AL leader by-another of the same party.

According to sources, over 8,000accused have been released under political consideration during the tenure ofthe present government while a number of accused awarded death sentence,including 27 convicts in two cases of Natore and Laxmipur, were pardoned.

Meanwhile, the law enforcers didnot make any headway in almost all the cases related to political murder due topolitical interferences and blame games.

In some cases, law enforcers resorted to arresting innocent people belonging to the opposite political camp.

Political leaders killed in the year included Narsingdi Mayor Lokman Hossain, Haridas Kathi UP chairman Prakash Chandra, Tejgaon unit joint convener of Bangladesh Chhatra League Mizanur Rahman, Jhenidah BNP leader Shahjahan Seraj, general secretary of DCC ward-39unit BNP Kazi Abdur Rahman, general secretary of Awami League ward-41 unit ofthe capital's Agargaon Fazlul Huq and Raqibul Islam Rokib BNP  ward-95 unit president of the capital's Kafrul.

According to human rights body Odhikar, 157 people were killed and 8,882 others from AL, BNP and other partieswere injured in political violence from January last year to February this year. At least 23 persons were killed in February alone. They include journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. Another human rights body AinO Shalish Kendra in its report expressed concern over the rise in political violence.

However, home minister Sahara Khatun and inspector general of police Hassan Mahmood Khandaker on several occasions claim that the law and order is better than any time in the past.

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