Bangladesh Chhatra League activists are now being subjected to compulsory blood tests, according to a recent report in an English language wire service (19 April 2010). The ruling party leader, Mr Tuku, was quoted as saying that it is being done to weed out drug addicts from the student front. We hope that is the truth and not something more disturbing -- like giving 'friends' access to blood samples with which 'ethnic' weapons could be designed to target specific genetic groups!
The current 'epidemic' of sexual offences committed by members of the 'blessed' student organisation could be due to their addiction to various substances in the market, such as yaba, ecstacy, viagra and other products that are known to stimulate abusers to become rowdy and go for rapacious behaviour. Haven't we been lately witnessing a proliferation of sexual crimes of all degrees throughout the country?
The political guardians of all student fronts, BCL in particular, must look more seriously into this. The long-term impact of such drug abuse can be really grim. It can transform otherwise harmless youth into terrible thugs and lechers to destabilize society beyond recovery. 'Friendly' phensydil bottlers on the other side of the border must be stopped but it cannot be done without the help of our good neighbour. Cross border drug peddling is not to be taken lightly if we care for our future.
Md Ishaq Ahmed
Bakshi Bazar, Dhaka
Blood tests for BCL activists
FE Team | Published: April 21, 2010 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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