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The change comes after Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan, a retired army officer, was shot dead at a police checkpoint in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, on July 31.
On the sudden cessation of the ‘shooting’, a former police IGP said that on several occasions, several people went to law enforcement officers and asked them to kill ‘criminals’ in ‘shootings’, but when the police were in danger, ‘no one was left out’.
He thinks that the forces of order have realized that the “war of arms” is not good.
The deaths of militants, terrorists and drug traffickers in Bangladesh have occurred for many years. Although national and foreign human rights groups have expressed concern about this, law enforcement agencies have always said that they are not in favor of extrajudicial executions, they only shoot when attacked.
In a similar incident, retired commander Sinha was shot dead by police at the Shamlapur checkpoint at the Baharchhara union in Cox’s Bazar the night before Eid-ul-Adha on July 31. He went to Cox’s Bazar with two colleagues to make a travel documentary.
Cox’s Bazar police said at the time that Sinha had “prevented a search” with her identity. He was later shot dead by the police on duty at a checkpoint. But when questions arose about the details of the incident provided by the police, the Interior Ministry formed a high-level investigative committee on August 2. Allegations of “extrajudicial executions” against the police are also being re-discussed.
A former army officer was shot dead by police at a Teknaf checkpoint
Prime Minister’s phone call to Sinha’s mother, guarantee of justice
Sinha’s sister filed a murder case in court and seven policemen, including Baharchhara Police Investigation Center Inspector Liakat Ali and Teknaf Police Officer OC Pradeep Kumar Das, surrendered to the court. They were also suspended from their jobs. Those cops now face trial for a murder case.
Additionally, Cox’s Bazar police reorganized after this incident. Almost all the agents leaving SP were taken from there.
Only in early August, after that incident, a man was killed in an alleged “shooting” with the police in Zakiganj, Sylhet. Then, in the last two months, the ‘shooting’ has dropped to zero.
In the first seven months of this year, 164 people were killed in “shootings” with the police, RAB, DB and BGB, according to the Center for Arbitration and Human Rights Law.
Of these, 21 were killed in a ‘shooting’ in January. The following month there were 22 ‘shootings’. In March, the number of ‘shootings’ dropped to 15 in April, when police were busy with coronavirus programs. The following month, on May 28, June 28 and the month Sinha was killed, the biggest ‘shooting’ of the year took place in July, killing 46 people.
Abdul Mannan Munna, 35, was arrested by the police on August 2 in Zakiganj, Sylhet. According to the police, the people of Munnar attacked the police as in the previous incidents when they went to carry out a night raid on him. Munna died when the police responded.
There have been no more ‘shootings’ in the last two months since the incident, although the anti-drug campaign by the police and the RAB has continued.
When asked about this, former Inspector General of Police Shahidul Haque told bdnews24.com: “After the Cox’s Bazar incident, no one wants this shooting anymore. I guess the government doesn’t want it either. Besides, it’s normal to stop saying various negative things about the police ”.
He said, “Many famous people have told us, crossfire, what is the benefit of keeping all of this? But when the police are in danger, no one is by their side.
“We are not in favor of crossfire, but in the real sense, it is allowed to defend oneself when someone attacks a member of the public force. However, it is better not to do the so-called crossfire, this understanding seems to have reached law enforcement now. “
He commented that drugs do not end the “gun war.”
The role of the police in Sinha’s murder will not fade: the head of the investigation committee
In the two months since the death of Sinha Mohammad Rashed, police, members of the RAB and the BGB raided various parts of the country and recovered hundreds of thousands of yaba. Hundreds of terrorists and drug traffickers were arrested during the operation. However, there was no ‘shooting’ in all of those incidents.
According to Ask, 90 people have been killed in the most “shootings” with police in the past eight months since the beginning of this year. The RAB ranks second, with 59 people killed in the bombing.
He called the officer of the corresponding section of the police headquarters and sent an SMS, but could not be reached for comment. BGB officials were contacted but no statement was received.
However, Ashiq Billah, director of the RAB’s media wing, told bdnews24.com: “We have a clear statement that shootings are always an incident. RAB condemns extrajudicial killings.
“In the reality of an event, an unexpected event occurs. Not that there hasn’t been a shooting in the last two months. All members are always ready to face any kind of situation. Only when they are attacked or if there is a possibility of being attacked do unintentional events like shootings occur in reality. “
In response to another question, he said that in the past two months, the RAB has conducted the drug rescue operation more than at any other time.
“Shootings only happen when the RAB is attacked in such a risky operation.”
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