Friend of the public?
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
A woman was set upon by the relatives of her husband who tried to kill her with a drill machine. This barbarous and savage act took place in Rampura.
The wife, Tahmina Akhtar (25) has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in serious condition.
The members of Tahmina's family have alleged that the husband has been torturing his wife and them for the past few months. They also alleged that they had reported this to the local police station a number of times but instead of taking the complaint the police threatened them and accepted a false case against them that was filed by the man. A deputy commissioner of police allegedly told Khilgaon Thana to work in favour of the man.
The man in question is one Joynal Abedin (45) an assistant secretary of the Ministry of Education.
Abedin had been married once before and has a child through his first wife but after seven or eight years of marriage he divorced her after accusing her of having a bad character. In 2002 he married Tahmina, some 20 years his junior. The couple have two daughters. The members of Tahmina's family complained that Abedin had stopped giving her money for the past few months (they live separately) and when she asked for the money that her expatriate brother had sent her and which Abedin had misappropriated he threatened to divorce her.
The violent incident of attempted murder took place around 11 in the morning at Tahmina's house at 26/C Ulan Road, Rampura when Abedin's brothers Zaman and Altaf and nephews Rashed, Mitul and Masum attacked her. The brothers held her while the nephews tried to drill a hole in her head, it was alleged. Hearing the cries of the victim, neighbours and passers-by rushed in and rescued her before taking her to the hospital.
In a society violent incidents do take place but you would expect that if the law enforcers are alerted earlier they would take a hand and prevent it. Not so with our policemen. This is the most common complaint against them: they always take the side of the more influential, the more powerful and, of course, those who can pay them more bribe.
Friend of the public? Our police? Nobody in his or her right mind would believe it. It is mainly because of such behaviour that criminals like as Abedin and his cohorts get the courage to commit violent crimes with assurances (don't forget the DC of police) that they would escape punishment. It remains to be seen how the law finally treat this case.
MA Karim
Malibagh Chowdhuripara, Dhaka
The wife, Tahmina Akhtar (25) has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in serious condition.
The members of Tahmina's family have alleged that the husband has been torturing his wife and them for the past few months. They also alleged that they had reported this to the local police station a number of times but instead of taking the complaint the police threatened them and accepted a false case against them that was filed by the man. A deputy commissioner of police allegedly told Khilgaon Thana to work in favour of the man.
The man in question is one Joynal Abedin (45) an assistant secretary of the Ministry of Education.
Abedin had been married once before and has a child through his first wife but after seven or eight years of marriage he divorced her after accusing her of having a bad character. In 2002 he married Tahmina, some 20 years his junior. The couple have two daughters. The members of Tahmina's family complained that Abedin had stopped giving her money for the past few months (they live separately) and when she asked for the money that her expatriate brother had sent her and which Abedin had misappropriated he threatened to divorce her.
The violent incident of attempted murder took place around 11 in the morning at Tahmina's house at 26/C Ulan Road, Rampura when Abedin's brothers Zaman and Altaf and nephews Rashed, Mitul and Masum attacked her. The brothers held her while the nephews tried to drill a hole in her head, it was alleged. Hearing the cries of the victim, neighbours and passers-by rushed in and rescued her before taking her to the hospital.
In a society violent incidents do take place but you would expect that if the law enforcers are alerted earlier they would take a hand and prevent it. Not so with our policemen. This is the most common complaint against them: they always take the side of the more influential, the more powerful and, of course, those who can pay them more bribe.
Friend of the public? Our police? Nobody in his or her right mind would believe it. It is mainly because of such behaviour that criminals like as Abedin and his cohorts get the courage to commit violent crimes with assurances (don't forget the DC of police) that they would escape punishment. It remains to be seen how the law finally treat this case.
MA Karim
Malibagh Chowdhuripara, Dhaka