Editorial
Rescue of Danida official
BDR men are deserving of praise
The rescue of kidnapped Danida official Shahid Sumon by the Bangladesh Rifles from a remote location in Thanchi upazila on Sunday causes a sense of relief everywhere, especially within his family. At a point when many had already given him up for lost, not merely because of the two weeks spent looking for him but also because of the difficult terrain through which he was constantly being moved by his abductors, his return to normal life will surely be regarded as a miracle in a country where the missing hardly ever come back to their families. In this instance, the abduction and subsequent murder of Chittagong businessman and politician Jamaluddin Chowdhury are a reality we as a society cannot get over any time soon.It must be noted here that the strenuous, unceasing efforts put into the search for Shahid Suman by the BDR, whose men earlier recovered his driver, are truly commendable. The men in the BDR patrol worked day and night, through the hard terrain made worse by the weather, in their efforts to find the Danida official. For two whole weeks, in the same attire and without any chance of relief or rest, these men scoured the entire region around Bandarban. They would not give up, until they found the spot where they believed the kidnapped man was being held by his abductors. It was their persistence that paid off. The kidnappers, leaving a hapless, nearly devastated Sumon to be recovered, fled the scene. Now that the BDR men have done their job, it remains for the authorities to zero in on the disparate elements allegedly involved in such criminal acts as kidnapping and murder in the south-eastern hilly region of the country. Such an operation could begin by a serious attempt to nab the kidnappers of Shahid Sumon. Let the operation then be expanded to include those who have kidnapped people earlier and bringing them to justice.
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