Editorial
Leave Limon alone
Govt intervention at the highest level called for
The college student from a poor family of Jhalakathi, Limon, was attacked by a local thug, allegedly a Rab source
As if that was not enough, he has also been implicated in a murder case by the same attacker. In the face of continued threat to his and his family members' lives, he has been compelled to seek police protection.
It may be recalled that members of Rab shot Limon in March last year mistaking him for a criminal. Badly injured in the Rab shootout, his left leg had to be amputated. Limon was later released on bail by a High court order.
Latest incident shows that a powerful law-enforcement organ of the state would not let this hapless adolescent off its hook. He is being constantly pursued on one pretext or another, even though the DG RAb last year admitted that Limon was innocent. But the recently submitted police report that clears the responsible Rab members of their mistake of shooting at Limon flies in the face of that admission.
Civil society members including the anti-graft watchdog Transparency International (TI), Bangladesh have condemned the Eid day's attack on Limon and demanded prime minister's intervention in the matter.
It's bizarre that state's law-enforcement organ is so hell-bent on stalking a helpless individual and his family members. The way Limon is being harassed relentlessly reflects badly on the state's role as the protector of its citizens as well as the state of rule of law, human right, civil liberty and even of democracy.
If law-enforcement members become vindictive rather than protective towards people, who would they turn to?
We condemn the attack on Limon and his family members in the strongest term and demand initiative from the highest level in the government to ensure security of Limon and his family members. We further demand that the attackers be brought to justice sooner rather than later.
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