Editorial
Shibir ramps up bellicosity
Civic peace at stake
IN a show of force, Jamaat-e-Islami's student front, the Islami Chatra Shibir went on a rampage across the country on October 10. In their protest against the incarceration of party leadership, the student body committed acts of arson and vandalism in a number of districts. They showed no temerity in taking on the police and one of their workers was shot dead in Chuadanga during a standoff with members of law enforcement.
Ever since the commencement of the war crimes trials, Shibir has shown no hesitation in the use of violence to create terror and panic, although legal means have not been exhausted in the trial process. The incidents that have occurred merely confirm what has been witnessed in the past, that the body is willing to employ any means it sees fit to challenge the law of the land. Given the provocative circumstances, with a belligerent crowd hurling bombs at them, the police had to act in self-defence. It is regrettable that in the process a person had to lose his life.
It is highly regrettable that Shibir men chose to desecrate a Puja Mandap at Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga. Every time there is political tension over the sentencing of war criminal suspects, attempt is made to disrupt communal harmony. It is high time that such tendencies are nipped in the bud. We strongly urge the law enforcement agencies to adopt a well thought out strategy to curb Shibir violence.
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