Law and order dips across country

The law and order situation has deteriorated sharply in recent weeks in capital Dhaka and elsewhere across the country though the state minister for home affairs, Shamsul Haque Tuku, on Tuesday reiterated the government’s resolve to root out crime.
The law enforcing agencies have totally failed to contain the rising crimes like murder, mugging, snatching, burglary and extortion despite the enhancement of security measures and police vigilance.
Statistics available with Dhaka Metropolitan Police suggest an alarming rise in incidence of crime in the city during the last month.
Intelligence sources said criminals who reportedly enjoy the patronage of some local ruling party leaders have formed small bands to carry out their criminal activities.
Teenage youths, who are not on the police list of criminals, get involved in crimes like extortion, abduction, mugging and other forms of crime, police sources said.
Armed muggers shot dead a flour mills manager, Towhidul Alam, 32, and injured employee Mintu Babu, 51, while looting Tk 10 lakh at Agrabad in Chittagang on Tuesday.
In Dhaka, armed assailants slaughtered rent-a-car businessman Abdul Haque, 40, inside his car in front of Balaka Bhaban near Zia International Airport on Tuesday morning.
Police suspected the assailants might have killed him over previous enmity.
In Kushtia, police recovered severed heads of Ayub Ali, 35, Joad Ali, 27, and Abdul Kaiyum, 45, in front of the Kushtia Roads and Highways Department office on Monday morning.
Police later recovered their bodies from Sonaidangi in sadar upazila, 20 kilometres from Kushtia town.
Police claimed that outlawed Gano Bahini had committed the murder to ensure their supremacy in the area.
The latest police count reveals that 36 people were killed in July in Dhaka city alone. Besides, 59 cases of mugging were lodged with different police stations here.
Alarmed by the sudden rise in crimes, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner AKM Shahidul Hoque told New Age, ‘Police and different intelligence agencies have been deployed to patrol the city streets round the clock… We have geared up efforts to ensure security of the city dwellers ahead of Ramadan.’

Courtesy of NewAgebd