Manik Saha's death

Different political parties and cultural organisations demonstrated and expressed solidarity with the journalists demanding punishment to the killers. The government has asked the law enforcers to nab the criminals. But all these actions go unheeded in a country like Bangladesh where political parties nurture criminals for their party as well as individual interests. This is our experience.

Manik Saha's family refrained from filing a case, citing insecurity, while police filed two separate cases two days after the New Age Senior Staff Correspondent was brutally killed in a bomb attack.

Not only journalists, people from all walks of life are passing their every minute amid insecurity. Nobody feels safe in the country. All sorts of anti-social activities such as killing, rape and robbery are on the rise. The image of the country has slipped down to the lowest. Do our political leaders have conscience? Do they feel secure? If not, why don't they come forward to resist these heinous activities for the sake of a better society. We do not want to see any more death like Manik Saha's.

Can we hope that it would be the last crime committed against innocent people?