Stop eve teasing

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AFTER the suicide of another schoolgirl in her Madhya Nandipara residence on April 3 last, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has deployed plainclothes lawmen in front of the city's female educational institutions to stop eve teasing and harassment of girls by delinquents. The home ministry, however, instructed all the law enforcers to take strict measures after the suicide of Umme Kulsum Elora, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, who, repeatedly harassed by some delinquents led by 20-year-old Rezaul Karim, committed suicide on Saturday last by swallowing pesticide.
Deployment of plainclothes police in front of the female educational institutions is a good move indeed. We would also like the authority concerned to initiate a move to deploy enough lawmen in front of all educational institutions on a regular basis. Actually, laws alone are not enough to end crime. We also need to follow the laws properly as well as to practise morality in all strata of our life.

Habibur Rashid Ismail
Jamea Rahmania Madrasa, Chittagong
habibur.rashid.ismail@gmail.com