After scrutinizing the list in the same year, DMP had finalised 516 adolescents who were involved with crime. However, only a few of them were brought under the legislative process, said DMP sources.
According to DMP statistics, at least 15 murders in Dhaka over the last five years had alleged involvement of juveniles. However, clashes between teenage gangs over power struggle is far more frequent.
DMP, however, have finally started looking into the activities of violent adolescent gangs after murders of three teenagers in gang violence last month.
According to DMP, the 516 adolescents enlisted in the last list came from different educational institutes.
A total of 144 adolescent criminals were enlisted from Wari, 106 from Mirpur, 75 from Motijheel, 51 from Ramna zone, 36 from Lalbag, 46 from Tejgaon, 48 from Gulshan and 10 from the Uttara zone.
Intelligence officials had found that drug abuse often led to involvement with crime. Mugging to fund drug purchases usually happened to be the first kind of crime adolescents committed.
In some cases, victims of mugging were killed because they did not carry much cash or valuable items, DMP sources said.
Power struggle over establishing supremacy in a particular area is one of the prime reasons of the escalating number of teenage violence, said the DMP sources.When asked why Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) did not update the list, DMP’s Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) Md Yousuf Ali avoided the question. However, admitting the matter, he said: “We have started taking steps to update the adolescent criminal list again. However, the police alone cannot eradicate the problem. We should have a collective social effort to solve the problem.”
However, the Dhaka Tribune learnt from several DMP sources that no steps have been taken yet to start the listing process.
Unavailability of an updated list of juveniles involved with crime has made it increasingly difficult to offer them help and keep them away from crime.
A high official of DMP’s Counter Terrorism Division, seeking anonymity, said, “The number of teenage criminals is growing day by day. Their faces are still unknown to the locals and the police, making it easier for them to hide in plain sight.”
DMP authorities last updated the list in 2010, after they had conducted an area-based scan of Dhaka City. The list had names of about a thousand teenagers who were involved in different criminal activities, said DMP sources.
After scrutinizing the list in the same year, DMP had finalised 516 adolescents who were involved with crime. However, only a few of them were brought under the legislative process, said DMP sources.
According to DMP statistics, at least 15 murders in Dhaka over the last five years had alleged involvement of juveniles. However, clashes between teenage gangs over power struggle is far more frequent.
DMP, however, have finally started looking into the activities of violent adolescent gangs after murders of three teenagers in gang violence last month.
According to DMP, the 516 adolescents enlisted in the last list came from different educational institutes.
A total of 144 adolescent criminals were enlisted from Wari, 106 from Mirpur, 75 from Motijheel, 51 from Ramna zone, 36 from Lalbag, 46 from Tejgaon, 48 from Gulshan and 10 from the Uttara zone.
Intelligence officials had found that drug abuse often led to involvement with crime. Mugging to fund drug purchases usually happened to be the first kind of crime adolescents committed.
In some cases, victims of mugging were killed because they did not carry much cash or valuable items, DMP sources said.
Power struggle over establishing supremacy in a particular area is one of the prime reasons of the escalating number of teenage violence, said the DMP sources.
After scrutinizing the list in the same year, DMP had finalised 516 adolescents who were involved with crime. However, only a few of them were brought under the legislative process, said DMP sources.
According to DMP statistics, at least 15 murders in Dhaka over the last five years had alleged involvement of juveniles. However, clashes between teenage gangs over power struggle is far more frequent.
DMP, however, have finally started looking into the activities of violent adolescent gangs after murders of three teenagers in gang violence last month.
According to DMP, the 516 adolescents enlisted in the last list came from different educational institutes.
A total of 144 adolescent criminals were enlisted from Wari, 106 from Mirpur, 75 from Motijheel, 51 from Ramna zone, 36 from Lalbag, 46 from Tejgaon, 48 from Gulshan and 10 from the Uttara zone.
Intelligence officials had found that drug abuse often led to involvement with crime. Mugging to fund drug purchases usually happened to be the first kind of crime adolescents committed.
In some cases, victims of mugging were killed because they did not carry much cash or valuable items, DMP sources said.
Power struggle over establishing supremacy in a particular area is one of the prime reasons of the escalating number of teenage violence, said the DMP sources.