Dhaka court's delinquent staff

That a temporary staff engaged with Dhaka court has managed to forge bail documents for seventy inmates charged with dealing in drugs, arms and ammunition over a period of five months speaks volumes of the state of the principal jail in the country. As per his confession before a Dhaka court, the accused confessed to his crime but we understand he acted in collusion with a certain bench assistant at the court. We are very fortunate that this racket has come to light, thanks to an investigation by the court. While this particular event was nipped in the bud, it merely goes to show the ease with which criminals may go scot-free, in the absence of seriously cross checking of court documents as they are presented to jail authorities.

We will probably never know how many such incidents have occurred before this was detected. Going by what has been reported in this paper, the two accused have in the past forged signatures of judges and issued fake bail orders resulting in some 110 accused getting bail. While the misdeeds of the past cannot be undone, we can however take measures that it does not occur in the future. Given the gravity of the situation, the matter should not be treated as a one-off incident. Such breaches of security allow criminals to get back into circulation and resume their villainous activities. Surely, a thorough investigation is in order to ascertain just how widespread this racket is and bring to book those involved.