Death in RAB custody
The formation of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) was aimed at curbing terrorism, lawlessness, and corruption and restoring confidence of the people amid the deteriorating law and order situation. When the law enforcing agencies had lost their control over the situation, this special force at least showed some glimpse of hope as they were trying to improve the situation. In some cases they have been successful. They compelled many listed criminals to surrender and people in some localities felt a bit relieved. But the thing which has stigmatised their much applauded activities is custodial death.
The killing of "Pichchi Hannan' is the latest case in point. Hannan, the undeclared king of underworld, could have disclosed at lot of information that could help the RAB to arrest many other terrorists and persons, indirectly associated with terrorism in some way or the other. It is not pointless to suggest that some influential people might have played a role in eliminating him. Pichchi Hannan candidly admitted that he was a terrorist. He was not brought to justice on fictitious charges of killing, abduction and human trafficking. But the men who patronised him are equally guilty of those sins, and, as such, they must also be punished. Otherwise, justice won't be meted out to them.
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