Editorial
Biking criminals' heyday
Intensify organised patrol
Motor-bike riders mugging through the streets have added a new dimension to the slide in the law and order. Mugging on the congested roads heightens the sense of insecurity apart from the loss of valuables. They often shoot their way through, which is an added concern for the citizens' lives and limbs. At a recently held conference at Rajarbagh Police Lines, DMP officials gave out that victims had been robbed and shot in 35 incidents only in the last month, leaving some of them fatally injured. As admitted, this is a fragmented picture since a good number of similar incidents went unreported.
What we find more alarming is that the police have yet to find an effective way to stop these mugging speedsters. To add to our misfortune, most of the accused who were arrested in this connection got bail in no time and resumed their activities in full swing.
First, we do not understand how criminals having shot and mugged somebody in broad daylight can slip through the net. How could they get away even after intensified patrols as the police claimed? In fact, it goes to prove the commonly held view that criminals are a lot more organised and smarter than the DMP. Secondly, we are baffled as to how the accused can easily get bail if they are prosecuted with adequate proofs.
In order to stop this, we believe that roving and stationary police teams will have to be brought into operation coupled with community policing to checkmate urban crimes including any new form this may take on. If the criminals prove to be more organised than the police, who will the citizens turn to?
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