STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Incidents of mob violence were given patronage during the interim government period, creating a tendency among people to think they could take the law into their own hands, said Zahed Ur Rahman, prime minister’s adviser for information and broadcasting.

“If we want to work effectively against mob violence, then the incidents that took place during the interim government period in the name of mobs, or in a planned way, will also have to be examined,” he said yesterday at the government’s weekly press briefing on the overall situation in the country.

Action will certainly be taken in cases where there is social consensus, he said.

On the Kushtia incident, in which a sufi pir was beaten and hacked to death, Zahed said the government is looking into the matter very seriously in every respect.

A case has already been filed, though there has been some delay and suspects have been identified. Measures are being taken accordingly, he said.

The government is also reviewing the administrative failure behind No

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