Another creditable anti-terror operation
A joint forces raid at a house in Narayanganj Sadar upazila has taken out three militants, including Tamim Chowdhury, the mastermind behind the Holey Artisan Bakery killings. We compliment the law enforcing agencies for the quick and robust operation in the form of "Operation Hit Strong 27". This is another breakthrough which indicates successful follow-up of leads. The latest action, coming on the heels of the decisive strike against militants in Kalyanpur, which killed nine militants, shows the government's determination to root out militancy. We feel it will go a long way in engendering confidence in the public.
It would have been more useful if Tanim was captured alive. We could have learnt about their master plan, sponsors and financers, in the wider scope of things. But in this incident, it is obvious that the extremists had no intention to surrender.
What we are witnessing is a major thrust of the law enforcement agencies in the use of human intelligence. We hope the momentum against the extremists will continue. To keep them on the run and not to allow them to regroup will help in preventing them from perpetrating their terror acts, and that the public will be taken into confidence in the government's efforts to combat and root out militancy and extremism from our soil. And now that efforts of the security agencies to physically neutralise the militants have borne some fruit, we need to focus equally to counter their narratives that they use to distort the scripture to influence a section of the gullible youths.
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