Kansat killings
The way the police put down the people's united movement at Kansat, which left as many as twenty people killed, shows that the government cares little about the lives of its citizens. The people of the village stood up to press a rational demand, namely the uninterrupted supply of electricity. Instead, they were brutally persecuted, thrown out of their houses and killed like animals. Is it the way a democratic state handles a delicate situation?
In other words, it seems that the state is still run in a primitive way. At least judging by the action of the police force, we cannot but conclude that these so-called law enforcers are still acting as their counterparts did during the colonial times.
Since the creation of Rab, the country has witnessed many extra judicial killings.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. One wonders if the country is heading for a situation when the civil laws will become secondary things . It seems that the government is more interested in using its repressive organs to keep the people under control. Is our country turning into a police state?