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‘Crime increases for lack of enforcement of law’


Bangladeshpost
Published : 13 Jul 2019 12:21 PM | Updated : 06 Sep 2020 08:19 AM

BNP standing committee member Selima Rahman on Friday alleged that rape and other crimes have marked a sharp rise in the country for lack of enforcement of law since the government is regulating the judiciary.

She made the remark while speaking at the council of Bangladesh Chhatra Mission, the student body of Labour Party, at the Jatiya Press Club.

She said a Pabna court recently gave an ‘absurd’ verdict sentencing nine people to death and jailing 25 others for life in a case over an incident happened 25 years back.

“The court gave capital punishment for an incident where even no one was injured. Who will we trust? We count on judges for justice, but what is going on in the name of trial?” the BNP leader questioned.

She alleged that the government is imposing a big burden of tax and VAT on people and cutting their pockets by hiking the gas price.