Why this heavy-handed attitude?
We have been covering the excesses committed by ruling party men from time to time. This time round a forest official got the short end of the stick for performing his duty. A local Jubo League leader allegedly beat up the man in question for preventing him from cutting down trees in Horidabaria of Amtali upazila in Barguna district on June 10. We are informed by a report in this paper that the president of Jubo League of Gulishakhali union along with accomplices was engaged in illegal activity in the felling of trees that had been planted by the forest department. So the forest official was only performing his duty when he tried to stop these men from cutting down public property.
It seems that ruling party activists feel that it is their right to do what they please. This is setting a very dangerous precedent. Incidences are happening frequently and seldom do we see local administration, police, or the party taking steps to cull this sort of attitude, which merely encourages more of such rogue behaviour. The message being given out is that even public servants are not safe from such excesses. Our crying hoarse for justice and rule of law apparently falls on deaf ears. If this is what is in store for government officials, one may only wonder what is to happen to the ordinary citizens.
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