Murders take place in myriad forms in this country. Teenagers also fall victim to mindless homicide following family feuds. What a primitive way of exacting revenge on rivals! If no particular area in the country is immune to this deranged and distraught mentality, Narayanganj is perhaps one place that has become a killing field for teenage boys in particular. The latest such murder involves a 14-year old school student of class X, named Naeem Mian who lived with his family in Rupganj under Narayanganj. Sure enough, the murder of Twaki shook the conscience of people across the country because of the boy's family background, his academic performance and the political motive suspected behind the murder. But when it comes to murder of boys as young as Naeem or Twaki, the loss is equally grave to their respective families.
Now the question is, why teenagers are particularly vulnerable to violence triggered by family or party feuds? Sociologists and criminologists dealing with crimes could have done better if they closely watched the pattern of a series of murders that have taken place involving school boys in Narayanganj area. The murderers have opted for the softest target in order to teach their opponents a lesson. If they killed their opponents instead of their sons, the family would have suffered as much but at least their next generation would have survived to continue the lineage. Now that the scions have been done away with, there will be no one to carry forward the family baton. That is perhaps the primary motive behind such murders. To establish monopoly influence and grab property, the killers have acted most deviously and decisively and they do not stop short of any cruel method to achieve their objectives.
It is this deadly ploy that should have intrigued enquiring minds. The law enforcement officers in charge of investigation into all such murders might find a common pattern and motive. Well, human psychology is such that when crimes such as these are left unravelled and the criminals go unpunished, diabolical minds feel encouraged to settle scores on smaller pretexts because they know they will not get punished as well. Prima facie evidence, according to the police, indicates that the boy may have been murdered by his class mates as a result of a love affair involving a girl, Naeem and one of the murderers. What has happened over the years in connection of a number of school-student murders in and around Narayanganj may have emboldened Naeem's classmates to go for the 'final solution' as men like Hitler have reasoned throughout ages.
It is a dangerous game the elders have used and left for the young ones to emulate. Teenagers could not have any reason to be so violent unless their elders taught them to be so. Society is now seduced and hypnotised by money and power. Some take the bizarre art to the extreme. In the past it was not any different. But at least in well-knit societies internecine feud did not lead to this kind of murder of young progenies. They had the bravery to face the rivals in open contest. Now under the so-called democratic arrangement, this is a stupendous aberration of human soul. Man has not advanced too far as his basic instincts are concerned. Despite the shining lifestyle with so much automated and digitised gadgets to bolster it, many people still languish in the heart of darkness.
Planning for a murder takes a most intriguing and monstrous mind. When it concerns the murder of a young boy or girl, the monstrosity has to cross all limits. Any murder leaves society poorer and the murder of a young soul leaves society doubly poorer. It is in the interest of a civilised society, the murderers should be meted out exemplary punishment so that no one in the future dare unleash their wrath on children when their enmity is with their parents. No political consideration should stand in the way of doing this much. Society must not bear the guilt simply because of any obligation other than one to the country's law.
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