Editorial
Monir's battle ends
A victim of senseless politics
WE are saddened by the death of the 14 year-old school boy Monir, whose pitiable condition in the hospital, writhing in agony, was published in this and other newspapers. His is yet another name added to the long list of unfortunate victims of hartal. We share the grief with his family and condemn his death in the strongest possible terms. His tragic, illogical and brutal death defies any logic. He is the victim of our crude politics that is becoming increasingly violent and irrational by the day.
We have been repeatedly calling on the political parties, particularly the BNP led 18-party alliance, to refrain from coercing and intimidating the people to conform to its political programme. Our plea has fallen on deaf ears. Monir is just another figure in the statistics of casualties of political violence who will soon be forgotten like many others before him. Who, may we ask, is responsible for his death? Can anyone compensate his death and the deaths of many others like him?
In most death cases such as Monir's – the police fail to indict the criminals. And even more, the cases are dropped since they can easily be labelled as politically motivated. We want a change in this trend and see justice done to Monir, his family and to all the other families like his.
When will our conscience rise against pointless deaths as Monir's? Will the political parties ever change for the better?
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