"Cops back jungle rule in north-west"
This refers to the front-page news item on May 6, 2004, under the above-mentioned heading . The biggest problem that our country is confronting now is the unprecedented slide in law and order. There is reason to believe that the government is trying its best to bring the situation under control as this is the single most factor that will determine its standing among people in future. Even the army was temporarily deployed and it brought some success but the situation has not really improved.
From the news item it appears that a civil group under the banner Jagrota Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) has come forward to assist the law-enforcing agencies in taking actions against the outlaws in north-western districts. The staff correspondent termed its actions against the suspects as "harsher punishment". Nobody will support the law being enforced by any civil group, but no one should mind if outlaws are given harsh punishment.
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