Punish Biswajit's killers

Photo: STAR

The photo of murdering an innocent man by the activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, published in The Daily Star, is so much shocking and disturbing that I fail to describe my feelings to condemn such a murder. And I wonder how the 13-year-old boy could bear the pain of seeing the gruesome killing of a young man. The lives of common people have become unsafe, and in such cases the law enforcers just witness the incidents without intervening. It is pointless to ask the incumbent government to take any sort of action because they will obviously turn a blind eye to such activities done by their party cadres and will do nothing. Allah will never help the people of a country who do not help themselves to change their own fate.

The tragic killing of Bishwajit at the hands of BCL hooligans in front of a senior police official on the 9th December blockade in Dhaka has shocked us greatly. From the newspaper reports we came to learn that Bishwajit, a poor tailor, was a resident of Old Dhaka who had no link with any political party at all. As seen in the video footage of different TV channels, the on-duty police official along with his sub-ordinates were enjoying (!) how a hartal supporter (?) was being punished by the student wing of the ruling party. We appeal to the authorities concerned to arrest the people who took part in the killing, pay due compensation to his parents, and also punish the police personnel for their neglect in saving the life of an innocent youth.