Alleged robbery by police

Police are supposed to maintain law and order and ensure security of the lives and properties of the citizens. But sometimes law enforcers appear in the role of law violators and even allegedly commit crimes. Such an unwarranted incident is reported to have taken place in a Dinajpur village on Tuesday in which some police personnel were allegedly involved. According to a news agency report, three cops were injured in a mass beating when a group of police allegedly attempted to commit robbery at Bohola village in Birganj upazila in the early hours of Tuesday. The injured were Sub-Inspector Sukumar and Tajul and ASI Shajahan of Birganj police station. Eye witnesses said, when 10-12 members of police entered the village in a microbus to commit robbery at about 3 am, villagers encircled them and beat them black and blue. At one stage of beating, the dacoits introduced themselves as police and called Birganj thana police over mobile phone to rescue them. When Birganj thana police rushed to the spot local people chased the law enforcers and set two pick-up vans of police ablaze. What has happened in Birganj on Tuesday is most unwarranted and unfortunate. The violent reaction of the villagers and the mass beating of the police afterwards were results of the alleged misdeeds of the police personnel. So, the most unfortunate aspect of the incident is the robbery allegedly committed by police personnel. The question that arises immediately is where the people will go for security if law enforcers commit crimes in this way. Mohammed Jashim Uddin Dhaka E-mail : juctg2008@gmail.com