Alleging that the country’s law and order situation has been on downslide, BNP yesterday said the incidents of robbery, killing, and sexual assaults on women have marked an alarming rise as during the pre-1975 period.
“Those returning from their village homes are saying killings, hooliganism, robberies have marked a sharp rise. The incidents of robbery are taken place in rural areas as happened during the pre-75 period. Alongside the robberies, women are being sexually assaulted. This is an ominous sign,” said BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon.
He came up with the allegations at a press briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office.
The BNP leader called upon the government to take necessary steps to improve the law and order situation and ensure the security of public life and their property.
Mentioning that the Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader had said the eid-trippers journeys will be safe, Ripon said the minister has failed to live up to his promise as many people are now killed in road crashes every day. Ripon further alleged that the conditions of roads across the country, including the capital, are in a sorry state with cracks, potholes and ditches, causing immense sufferings to commuters.
“The government is spending thousands of crores of taka to develop the roads, but it doesn’t monitor the development works properly as it is only busy harassing and repressing opposition leaders and activists,” he observed.
