Court Correspondent

What are happening now in the country are abnormal incidents. We are having a terrible time. The law enforcement agencies are violating laws. No one except the court can take anyone into safe custody. If police detain anyone, they must produce the person before the court within 24 hours but they are not following the norms.

The Detective Branch (DB) was a place of hope for the people but now it is used as a political tool. Being an intelligence agency, it has failed to assess the situation ahead of the bloody turmoil centring on the quota reform movement. It is now more interested in arresting and harassing people. It has no professionalism.

Now television and film stars are seen entertained in its office. It feeds different people with delicious items. My question is who pays the money it spends for food? Is it public money or does anyone pay from their pocket? If any individuals pay from their pocket, what is the source of this money?

When it comes to media, the television channels are utterly failing to meet the expectations of the people. Certainly, apart from the loss of lives, many public properties are damaged. However, the electronic media are focusing only on the destruction of public property and completely ignoring the deaths of over 200 people. I don’t know whether the owners of TV channels or the government are restricting journalists from disseminating true information for the people to know.

Social media has been shut. Consequently, the whole picture of the happenings is not coming out. Ordinary people are deprived of their rights to know and express their minds. As a result, confusion and rumours are spreading all around.

No independent commission has been formed yet to investigate the incidents of deaths and injuries. The judicial investigation committee is probing only six deaths.

People have repressed anger. Students are annoyed at the repression of the Chhatra League in most of the universities and colleges. They think vice-chancellors and teachers are recruited there based on political loyalty and they are not capable of protecting general students’ rights.

The government must find a way out of it. If it still addresses all the demands of the students and takes steps after reassessing the situation, peace and normalcy will return.