August 21 grenade attack
Rab have just arrested 9 of the JMB terrorists who have confessed to direct personal involvement in the grenade attack on the AL meeting on 21 August 2004. Earlier, at the behest of the then govt of the BNP-Jamaat alliance a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of CID in the name of investigation concocted a cock and bull story accusing poor Joj Miah, Mokhlesur Rahman and a few others. Even Joj Miah was made to make a confessional statement before a judicial magistrate, I am sure, under duress. By doing so , the SSP not only violated the relevant laws, he surely betrayed the trust reposed on him by his department and the state.
The present IGP, who is known to be an honest and straightforward officer, should prosecute the SSP concerned. He should be taken on remand to find out who were the politicians and senior police officers that influenced/forced him to do such an immoral and illegal act. Legal actions should also be taken against those masters. This should be done not only for the sake of justice, but also to set a deterrent example to those police officers who often cross the line to please their dishonest superiors or political masters.
The nation does not need police officers like them.
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