Ershad Shikder

the acts of inhumanity. The process through which a convict, who's been sentenced to death, goes is certainly a horrible one. Even though he was a bestial creature, sometimes we feel sorry for him. We want to hate crimes not the criminals. They are human beings as well. They also have innocent relatives and children who suffer and thus get a punishment that they do not deserve. The solution is to build up a better society where no one would commit such horrendous crimes. Execution of the existing criminals is just a temporary solution; we have to think about the preventive measures against crimes. We have to fight against the existing discrimination and lack of consciousness and education throughout our society that make a person a criminal. The criminals in our country get support of the political leaders and thus they become much more dangerous. Several politicians used Ershad for political purpose and they are the

ones who helped him become a savage killer. Ershad became ward commissioner twice and was under the protection of powerful leaders and law enforcers for a long time. Who will punish those sordid men who deliberately inspired and helped a person turn into a criminal?

We are thinking about the cure of a disease but we are not determined to eliminate the cause of the disease. We neither want crimes nor capital punishment in our country.