Editorial
Stalking, stabbing on rise
Ensure conviction of criminals
Incidence of hapless girls falling victim to stalkers and petty criminals both in the cities and rural areas has been on the rise. Quite often, we come across disquieting news of a girl being either stalked, raped, stabbed or killed by by young men for refusing their advances. The criminals get away through local influence and cooperation from the law enforcing authorities.
Hena died of rape and beating. The perpetrators influenced the local police and the civil surgeon to have a wrong autopsy report to steer the case in a different direction. Stalkers and discarded lovers swoop on the girls with lethal weapons resulting in severe injuries or deaths. Mahmuda Akhter , a college student of East Jurain has been the latest victim of indiscriminate stabbing by a local thug.
We are disgusted by these events and the way the cases are handled by the authorities. Despite continuous campaigning by the rights groups and measures by the judiciary against these crimes there is no sign of improvement of conditions.
To our utter dismay we find that after such incidents, in most cases, police are reluctant to take cases under local pressure. Even if cases are filed it takes a long time for the legal process to end thus allowing the real culprits to escape unscathed. The foot-dragging of legal process is taken advantage of by the culprits.
The law enforcers needs to be prompt in arresting the culprits, preparing charge sheets and starting the legal procedure without showing mercy to the perpetrators. It is time that the local police should free themselves from influence of criminals and side with the victims. Judiciary should also be prompt to mete out exemplary punishment to the perpetrators to help stop the distressing incidents.
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