Internet cafes and our inspector closeaus
Anyone with a working knowledge of the Internet (hint: no one in the Technology-related Ministry!) knows that it is possible to "spoof" e-mail addresses and even IP addresses, thus pretending to send e-mails from a location while sending from another. It is also possible to hack into e-mail accounts by gaining access to passwords, using some routine queriesthis is especially easy if the password is an English language word. On top of that, the threatening e-mail was sent from an open-access cyber-cafe, where any one of dozens of people could have come in and used the terminal. Thus there is very little tangible proof to show that Saibal Saha Partha actually sent the e-mail in question.
Bangladesh ranks at the bottom of the world in Internet connectivity. Because of our refusal to join the submarine cable network a few years back, we have fallen far behind while even laggard Pakistan is now ahead of us. Thus, we can imagine the technological prowess the DB brought to bear on this case to catch their man. Saibal Saha Partha's arrest and subsequent torture is another example of the bumbling work of our detective force.
"Innocent until proven guilty"? No, in Bangladesh, it is, "Torture until confession."
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