The law and order has deteriorated seriously across the country over establishing supremacy by the ruling Awami League (AL) activists with the killing of rivals in recent times much to the concern of the common people.
Establishment of supremacy and extortion by the ruling party hoodlums have assumed to a serious proportion in the length and the breadth in the country, police sources said.
In the meantime, at least 30 people have been killed by the criminals in last 15 days much to the concern of the people in absence of enough law enforcers.
Chairman of Boraigram upazila under Natore district and president of pourasava BNP Sanaullah Nur Babu was killed following an attack by the activists of Awami League at Bonpara Bazar on Friday.
Sanaullah was attacked by the ruling party men while chairing a rally organised as part of the opposition’s countrywide month-long demonstrations.
Witnesses and police said, as soon as the rally began at least 50 men armed with sticks and sharp weapons swooped on the rally. The upazila chairman along with 25 others, including three local journalists, were injured while they tried to resist the attack.
Meanwhile, the president has pardoned 20 death-row prisoners four years after they were sentenced to death for the murder of the then ruling party activist, Sabbir Hossain Gama, in Natore on September 7.
Gama was murdered on February 7, 2004 at Naldanga upazila in Natore. Gama was also a nephew of former BNP state minister Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu.
Avilash Chakma, 37, another leader of PCJSS, was shot dead in Kalyanpur area of the Rangamati town early on Friday.
Miscreants forcefully entered his house at Kalyanpur and shot him dead. Avilash was general secretary of PCJSS Naniarchar Upazila wing.
A Jubo League leader Yousuf Sarder was killed by a group of local Bangladesh Chhatra League activists in a row over submitting bids for selling old motorcycles of the Red Crescent in the city’s Moghbazar on Thursday.
Five young men were killed in separate incidents in the city’s different parts and Savar on Sunday.
In an incident, unidentified miscreants stabbed Alamgir Hossain, 25, an alleged drug addict and security guard Bulbul, 30, to death behind Savar Municipal market around 3:00am.
Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Alamgir’s wife Rani Begum filed a murder case with the Savar Police Station in this connection.
In South Keraniganj, police yesterday morning recovered the body of an unidentified youth wearing a jean pant and a red shirt from a wetland.
In another incident, police also recovered the body of another youth in the morning from under the sand in the area. Locals saw the head of the body in the sand and informed police of the matter.
Yet another incident, Darus Salam police recovered the body of a young man from inside Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard on Sunday. There were mark of injuries inflicted by blunt weapons behind his head.
Unidentified criminals slaughtered three members of a family– businessman Mizanur Rahman, his mother Sufia Khatun, and his wife Bithi Rahman at their Shaheed Faruk Road residence at Jatrabari in the capital on September 30.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to take stern actions against the Awami League men who are tarnishing its image by involving in unlawful activities.
Hasina, who heads the ruling AL, issued the order at the party’s central working committee meeting at her political office in Dhanmondi yesterday.
“We’ve got the video footage of the killing of Natore BNP leader. Everyone will be identified through it and brought to justice,” AL General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told reporters after the three-hour meeting chaired by its president premier Sheikh Hasina.
