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Buddhists point at police super
[Bangla Daily Star] Buddhist leaders yesterday demanded removal of the Cox's Bazar superintendent of police and immediate action against him for his alleged inaction during the recent atrocities on the minority community in Ramu.They made the demand at a closed-door meeting with Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi in Ramu. The SP, Selim Mohammad Jahanagir, was present. The leaders handed over the adviser a seven-point charter of demands to bring back communal harmony in the upazila. Incensed apparently by a Facebook posting of a photo derogatory to the holy Koran, religious bigots in Ramu destroyed 12 pagodas and more than 50 houses on the night of September 29. The charter held inaction of the police responsible for the atrocities on the Buddhists. Had the police played its due role, the situation would not have been so grave. The demands include immediate identification of the culprits, their arrest and meting out exemplary punishment to them, formation of a special tribunal for a fair and neutral probe into the atrocities, engagement of senior and experienced Sherlocks in the probe, appointments of competent OC at Ramu Police Station and SP in Cox's Bazar, better treatment for top monk Satyapriya Mohathero and financial support to the family of Swapan Barua, who died of heart attack after seeing the destroyed monasteries. Posted by: Fred 2012-11-04 |
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