Bomb blast at shrine

By Md Shamim Khan, 204, Sail-Sabil Cottage, CU
15 June 2004, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh is not a plutocratic country. In our small country, there are many political parties. For our antagonistic politics, we are always falling behind at every step. Now-a-days, many abhorrent episodes are coming about in broad daylight in this country. A few days ago, a bomb was blasted at the shrine of Sylhet which killed three persons and more than 70 people were seriously injured, including the British High Commissioner. Fortunately, he narrowly escaped what could have been a great tragedy .

This inhuman incursion was quietly aimed at the British High Commissioner, even though he is the son of our soil. For this barbaric attack Bangladesh received calumny from the international community which also stirred the whole nation. These brutal invasions are destroying the image of our beloved country. In spite of this, our demagogues are always half-hearted in ferreting out the real lawbreakers. As a result, the culprits are never caught and they continue to commit one misdeed after another. Earlier, a similar incident took place at this holy shrine but the law enforcers failed to dig out the truth. Now it seems that they have been given political shelter. So the government should do its homework on the issue. Failure in this regard will raise many unpleasant questions.

I would like to urge the government to leave no stone unturned and to arrest and give exemplary punishment to the men who perpetrated this heinous crime.