Adding insult to injury!!
We have seen media reports quoting some "doctors" that Tarique Rahman's spinal problem is an old one.
Where are we heading for? Repeated onslaught on democratic institutions, imposition of abnormal forms of governance, that we have seen since our birth, have eroded all ethical values from all strata of society.
No, a young man, with no known history of dangerous ailment like cancer or tuberculosis, taken into custody in good general physical condition, cannot sustain this kind of grievous damage without physical assault.
These futile attempts to cover up the crime will not work in the long run.
In a freer atmosphere at home or abroad, any orthopaedic doctor can find out in hours the cause and circumstance under which this happened.
We like it or not, it is a fact that he is the son of one of our most outstanding freedom fighters and his celebrated father won the hearts and minds of millions and millions of Bangladeshis.
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