Slide in city's law and order

The recent spurt in criminal activities like mugging, theft and robberies indicates enough deterioration in law order situation of Dhaka City. Most crimes took place during and after the 4-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday in a virtually deserted capital. What distinguishes the bouts of the criminal incidents is their return after a relatively long gap. Thanks to a concerted police campaign against violent and minor crimes in the last couple of years, the rate of offences witnessed a remarkable decline. The city areas once allegedly infested with professional and amateur criminals were eventually found tolerably crime-free. Against this backdrop, the sudden increase in criminal activities here has given city inhabitants a cause for concern. It's because the crimes include the killing of a police constable in the city in the early morning of July 1. The hapless law enforcer was returning to Dhaka after spending his Eid holidays in his village home. A day earlier, a private TV journalist was badly injured in muggers' knife attack in the wee hours near BTV in Rampura.
In the nearly two weeks, that included a 4-day Eid holiday and the normally busy roads with few pedestrians, the muggers and other criminals such as thieves and robbers appeared to have their field days. However, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has held drug addicts responsible for many of these crimes. According to police, most of them arrive in the capital from the city outskirts. As part of its preparation, the DMP organised an emergency meeting on July 2 with the participation of the OCs' at 50 police stations in Dhaka metropolis. The higher authorities of the police directed the OCs to deal stringently with the deteriorating law and order. The ongoing crime spree chiefly comprises mugging, at times in broad daylight, and thefts. That the DMP authorities have launched a special crime-busting drive in the face of the sudden slide in law and order is welcome. According to impartial law and order monitors, these drives shouldn't be carried out perfunctorily.
The sudden deterioration in the law and order, demands an in-depth assessment, sociological analysts feel. Many experts point their fingers at the post-corona pandemic socio-economic deadlock, which is followed by a series of crises. For a developing country like Bangladesh, the combined impact is price hikes of essentials --- interpreted as fallout of the festering Russia-Ukraine war. Now that the whole world is getting involved in a global economic bedlam, Bangladesh, like many others, finds itself to be a silent victim.
A section of social thinkers finds the roots of law and order breakdown in market jitters. Not all the members of society are equally affected by these unforeseen heating of the market. Those who are badly affected find outlets of expression for their suppressed dissatisfaction. Many, thus, take recourse to aberrant activities. Violent or anti-social engagements are among them. However, this course of events shouldn't be taken as an excuse for turning into social pariahs or hardened criminals. Socio-economic stalemates have been affecting Bangladesh since its birth. As a normal process, these critical times have invariably been a witness to the rise in social crimes. The criminal activities could be a desperate last recourse or an impatient outburst. Had a fewer number of people been vulnerable to economic pressure, society would have witnessed fewer crimes as well.