Sharp rise in 'shootout'!
It is worrying that three more were killed in 'gunfight' with law enforcing agencies in two separate incidents in the last two days of the week. We are seeing a sharp rise in such 'gunfights' since the 20-party alliance enforced a nationwide blockade a month ago. During this period, it is reported that 16 have been killed in 'shootout' of whom 6 were identified as opposition activists.
Human rights activists have attributed this abrupt rise in extra-judicial killing, particularly death of opposition activists in 'shootout', to current political turmoil. BNP-led opposition has resorted to brutal violence and killing of innocents for political point scoring. And the ruling alliance instead of going for any political solution has been dealing with the issue as a law and order problem and riding roughshod over the opposition. Mindless comments from ruling party politicians and law enforcing agency bosses to use extra-judicial measures to control the situation seems to have only exacerbated the situation.
In the name of containing law and order situation, the law enforcing agencies can in no way indulge in human rights violations. The government cannot be oblivious to such gross violation of human rights. In the existing culture of impunity it will only make the situation worse. And both the ruling and opposition alliances should stop this politics of decimation and find a peaceful solution where fundamental rights of people will prevail over narrow party interests.
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