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To the Editor
Burgeoning crimes and the police
Sir, It is easily understandable to all that poverty, unem ployment and uncertainty about future are at the core reasons for social unrest, untoward incidents, lawlessness and anarchy. The aforesaid causes . have, undoubtedly, given rise to widespread corruption in various forms and dimensions.
The reports published In the dallies and other periodicals regarding mugging and snatching including threats to life and property In other forms confirm the steady spl jailing crimes. We the general masses feel helpless and hapless under the circumstances prevailing In the country Including the Metropolitan Dhaka city. Presumably, the tremendous expenditure made in maintaining the law enforcing agencies of the country Is as bad as putting money In water. One should not forget that the masses In general and the Income-tax-payers tn particular shoulder the said expenditure and as such they have an established right to security of their lives and properties.
Allegedly, the incidents are happening Just under the noses of the police personnel who often Just look on, and seldom come forward to rescue the victims. On the other hand, it is also reported that when the criminals are caught by the passers-by and are likely to face stem punishment, the police promptly step In to arrest (rather to save) the criminals. As a result, specially, our womenfolk feel very insecure to go out of their houses.
The question is "how long can this be allowed to con-tinue?"
Our queries regarding the role of our political representatives, brilliant bureaucrats and other concerned authorities are growing alarmingly terrible as under :
a) What role is being played by the public representatives of the parliament? Are they conscious of thetr commitments and responsibilities to the nation? Do they ever try to make self-assessment of what they have done for the people beside their personal interests?
b) Do the supreme commanders of our law enforcing agencies ever take Interest to go through the various reports of lawlessness published In the dallies and other papers? If so, what actions arc being taken to contain the crimes?
c) What does the concerned ministry do? The whole nation is anxiously looking forward to some concrete responses from the concerned authorities.
Jerome Sarkar
Shlngtola. Dhaka
Right to choice
Str. It was with great interest that I read the letter of the bideshl' tn your daily, of 17th March, under the heading "An Irish Tragedy”.
Apparently, the ’bideshl’ has totally misunderstood the moral behind the editorial in your paper of Feb 26. Nowhere do you imply that the 'weakest' do not deserve our concern; you only advocate the right to choice of a victim, victimised due ■ to no fault of hers. Abortion Is a crime, and none can support It. But the right to terminate a pregnancy resulting from a rape. Is certainly not propagating the abortionist cause. You have only propagated honouring the right to practise the right to choice. The bideshl' is advocating a hypocritical situation: your outrage Is not at the aborting but at the denial of a choice to a rape victim. And the Irish government should certainly first stop the crime of rape before trying to stop the crime of abortion, resulting from the rape. The logic of the bideshl' seems to be elusive: the logic of The Daily Star is clear.
Parveen Haque
DhanmondL Dhaka.
Passengers suffer
Sir. In spite of the government's repeated announcement over TV and other news media that sufficient arrangements had been made for travel during Eld holidays I was shocked to see the state of affairs at the Sadarghat Launch Terminal. While passengers stuffed themselves like sardines in a tin can' and quite a few overflowing onto the roof tops, a good number of vessels were seen lying Idle moored on the opposite bank. It Is a well-known fact that certain influential owners In collusion with BIWTA officials make only a limited number of vessels available during peak hours to reap maximum benefit at the cost of much discomfort to passengers. Many newspapers displayed pictures of such overcrowding and It seemed no different from other years. Will the concerned government agencies kindly explain the cause and reasons for such lapses ?
P Rasheed.
Uttam, Dhaka