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| Bangladesh |
| Lawmen blamed for secular activists' murder |
| 2015-05-14 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Failure of the law enforcers in arresting suspected accused, delay in investigation and lengthy trial procedure to punish the religious forces of Evil are behind the repeated murders of advocates of secularism, allege experts and activists. They blame the law enforcement agencies for negligence while some think that religious fanatics have their own men in the security forces and the government's crucial positions. Otherwise, they think, the government could be able to uproot militancy and the murders would not have taken place. "It seems that the killings have been taking place as the criminals see they can evade arrest and punishment. Moreover, no specialised system has been adopted by the government to track and arrest the bully boys," Prof Shah Ehsan Habib of criminology department of Dhaka University told the Dhaka Tribune. "Failure of the law enforcers in taking prompt and effective steps after every incident and the pending trials in previous cases work as inspiration for the criminals." He thinks if the law enforcers act responsibly and the government executes sentences against the bully boys, such killings will come down in the future. "Since the killers belong to some radical Islamist groups, it is a political fight for the government," Prof Habib added. Yesterday, family of the latest victim, Ananta Bijoy Das, filed a case against four unnamed persons over the murder that took place at Subidbazar of Sylhet on Tuesday. The law enforcers are in the dark about the killers and their affiliation. Three other secular activists were killed recently -- Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam, science writer Avijit Roy and activist Oyasiqur Rahman Babu -- in the hands of radical groups. But the Detective Branch of police and US investigating agency FBI could not make any breakthrough as yet. Detectives suspect that members of bully boy outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team were behind the killings. Recently emerged group Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has grabbed credit for the four killings. According to media reports, the five banned bad boy groups including JMB and Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... have revived their activities recently whereas the law enforcers have traced a number of new outfits. It is also learnt that the major groups have been working together since late last year aiming at establishing Shariah law in the country. The Awami League-led government in 2011 reinstated secularism in the constitution. However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... it recognises Islam as the state religion and allows religion-based politics. "The law enforcers always say 'investigation is under way' only to hide their failure in unearthing the mystery behind the bully boy acts," Imran H Sarker, spokesperson of Gonojagoron Moncho, said. Some people within the government are working as insiders for the bully boys. "Otherwise, the forces of Evil could not kill the secular bloggers one by one," he claimed. |
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