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He said those involved in the “heinous” crime would face the maximum punishment under the law.
The interior minister was answering a question from journalists at the Interior Ministry’s own office in the Secretariat on Tuesday afternoon.
Noting the recent increase in rape cases in the country, the minister said: “What happened in Noakhali, we have seen an extreme level of barbarism. I don’t think a conscientious person can do that.”
A month ago, a group of terrorists and drug traffickers videotaped a woman who was unable to rape her after entering her home in Begumganj, Noakhali. After contacting the woman again, they made a ‘bad offer’, but did not accept it and last Sunday they released the video of the torture on Facebook.
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said: “These are the incidents that are happening, such as rape, a person has been tortured by making videos like pornography. Cuál What should be the punishment for such a heinous crime?”
“Of course, they will receive the maximum punishment according to the law. We will do the same so that the security forces give us a good investigative report. That is why we will continue our efforts.”
Meanwhile, on the night of September 25, a woman was raped while visiting her husband at MC College in Sylhet. It has been alleged that nine BCL activists picked up the woman from campus, took her to the dormitory and raped her.
One incident after another of rape and harassment in recent weeks has sparked outrage across the country. Processions and human chains take place every day demanding the maximum punishment for the oppressors. The student union has also demanded the removal of the Interior Minister.
However, Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal claimed that it was possible to “maintain law and order” in the country, as law enforcement was functioning “properly” despite the coronavirus epidemic.
Describing the incident at MC College as “tragic,” he said: “Those who have been involved in such incidents have committed heinous crimes and will be punished.” That is why we will give a truthful investigation report so that they are punished there ”.
He said that all the defendants in the MC College case have already been arrested. And in the Noakhali incident, it was possible to catch all but two.
“I have always said that we are identifying and arresting the culprits immediately after such incidents. The security forces showed no negligence here. The security forces are functioning properly everywhere. They are taking immediate action and arresting those who have done wrong.” .
Responding to a question, the interior minister said: “Look, we have been able to catch the culprits due to the rule of law and we sent them to the judge for prosecution according to the law.”
“If it happened that we are silent and our security forces are sitting in silence; If they are doing nothing, the local administration is doing nothing. So you could say that there is no rule of law. “
Describing the rapists as ‘antisocial and inhumane’, the minister said: “The local administration, UNO, DC, SP are working together against all these rapists and antisocials.” I can catch criminals and subject them to the law, since law enforcement is alert and vigilant. “
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said in response to a journalist’s question about what the local administration has been doing for a month.
“I don’t know if that’s what happened in this place.” As soon as we saw them, our security forces started working and quickly captured them. “
Responding to another question, the Interior Minister said: “Justice is being served everywhere. We receive many complaints and our security forces are investigating, arresting and taking action. Wherever the allegations are found to be true, the security forces are not excluding anyone, they are arresting everyone. “
The context of pubs and sex villages
A journalist drew the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the question of whether there is any connection between the elimination of several sex villages in the country and the lack of free approval of bars.
He replied: “There was a time when there were many brothels in our country, now there are two or three. Our society is not entertaining this brothel. We have seen in society that people have come out and stopped them.
“It just came to our notice then. If society doesn’t want it, we have nothing to do but stop it.”
Commenting on the demand from the society, he said that all sex villages have been closed. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets to stop them ”.
The minister said that the government has issued licenses for bars or pubs in limited quantities. Some hotels have also obtained licenses.
“Also, some clubs, including the Dhaka club, also have bars or bar licenses. For those who have met all of our requirements on a regular basis, we have only licensed a few such bars. We are thinking, if we comply with our conditions and submit the request, we will see if more can be given ”.
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