Four years since Taqi's murder
It is perhaps the worst injustice when parents of a slain child have to suffer the agony of knowing that the murderers are allowed to walk freely because they have the protection of powerful individuals. That is the fate of the parents of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, the 17-year-old brilliant student who was killed, his body being later found floating in the Shitalakkhya river. It has been four years since the gruesome murder and still no charge sheet has been submitted. This -- despite complaints to the Narayanganj police accusing seven people, including two lawmakers and their sons.
The apparent reluctance of the authorities to start the proceedings indicates the impunity enjoyed by political elites so that even if their names come up in investigations, the cases often get halted because of interference or unexplained delays in the due process. Leaked drafts of the investigation report included comments from top ranking Rab officials about the involvement of a dozen people in the murder. This was reported in several newspapers. If this is so then why has there been no charge sheet against these individuals? This is a question the answer to which Taqi's parents and the entire nation are waiting for.
It is tragic that the cries for justice by the public have gone unheeded. Taqis parents, human rights and cultural activists, even the mayor of Narayanganj believe that the law enforcers have all the information regarding who killed Taqi yet there has been a deliberate delay in the murder investigation and hence in apprehending the suspects.
In the wake of such blatant disregard for justice, we can only hope that the government will intervene and make sure that the trial proceedings start with sincerity and without further delay.
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