Death of a student
The gruesome, cold-blooded murder of a Dhaka University student is condemnable. The dastardly act is a grim pointer to the entrenchment of student politics across the country. There is absolutely no place for violence and extremism in a democracy.
Our security personnel stake their lives to capture and eliminate criminals.
They put in tremendous efforts to enforce law and order, as a result of which they live in constant threat virtually without any support from anywhere. On the other hand, the captured criminals, including terrorists, are kept safe and healthy in our jails. Very few are punished. We are reluctant to act even after the judiciary sentences some of them to death.
Are we not making a mockery of democracy by taking more pains to support and sustain criminals than those who fight to eliminate them? The reluctance to punish the guilty has eroded people's faith in the criminal justice system.
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