No room for rapists in Bangladesh: home adviser
Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today said that there is no room for the rapists in the country.
"Those who will get involved in any violence against women or rape incidents anywhere in the country would be brought to book and ensured highest punishment," he told a media briefing on law and order at the law ministry conference room here this afternoon.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Those who were involved in the recent raping incident at Magura have already been arrested and would be ensured the highest punishment through legal procedures, the home adviser said, adding that the government has declared 'zero tolerance' against rape.
Among others, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul and Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam were present during the briefing.
"Our stand against rape and women repression is very clear," the home adviser said, adding, "I've already instructed the law enforcement agencies to take stern action against such offenders."
Instructions have been given to the concerned authorities to submit investigation reports to the court by enlisting all incidents of rape and violence against women, Jahangir Alam said.
Those who were involved in recent raping incidents would be arrested soon and put on trial for exemplary punishment, he added.
The women, he said, would move freely in and outside their homes and if anybody tried to obstruct them, they would be brought to book immediately.
He also urged all to launch a social movement against rape and women's repression alongside legal battles.
Jahangir Alam said that the members of the banned militant organisation Hizbut Tahrir brought out a procession at the Baitul Mukarram Mosque area after the Jumma prayers last Friday.
Police dispersed them and many of them were arrested from the area, he said, adding that no banned organisation would be allowed to carry out any political activities in the country.
The government, the home adviser said, has already declared a 'zero tolerance' policy in this regard.
Referring to a recent incident of assaulting a sub-inspector by some miscreants and drug peddlers at Potenga in Chattogram, the adviser said all the offenders have already been arrested and the government will not spare any attacker on the law and order forces.
The government, he said, has been relentlessly trying to maintain law and order during the holy month of Ramadan and already set up over 100 check posts in the capital.
The joint forces have been conducting special drives in the target areas to curb snatching incidents and extortion, he said, adding that necessary instructions have already been given the law enforcement agencies to take immediate steps on the highways to ensure smooth journey of the home-bound people before and after Eid-ul-Fitr.
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