Grenade inside jail

By Romeo Ahmed, Central Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
26 August 2004, 18:00 PM
After the brutal grenade attack on the main oppositions meeting, at least 2 unexploded grenades were found on the spot. One of which had its safety ring on. Which indicates the miscreants didn't have enough time to use it...just got rid of it as they fled the place. Very surprisingly, one more was found in the central jail the next morning.

I don't know how one would be convinced that someone came in with a grenade and passed through the security net of an installation like jail. And question comes... why somebody wanted a deadly device like grenade inside the jail?

The only possible conclusion is, some of the prisoners went out on that evening on a mission and came back safely after completing the mission partially....and since they were in a hurry while falling back, unfortunately they could not get rid of all the unexploded grenades....they carried one back to their den.

This practice is not totally new in our politics. Everyone must remember that in 1990 the then government let some prisoners out to attack demonstrators. I don't think we, the general people, can do anything about it. Our fate has become hostage to the politicians.