Rajshahi district law and order committee at a meeting on Tuesday expressed its worries over the recent rise in crimes, particularly those against women and children, in the region.
The participants at the meeting viewed that slack enforcement of laws caused the decrease in public safety.
According to the statistics presented at the meeting, a total of 22 incidents of violence against women and children were recorded in June 2010 while the number rose to 29 in June 2011.
The meeting had highlighted the death of a girl, who had committed suicide in May this year at Tanore upazila after being raped allegedly by her school headmaster, and the rape and killing of Moriam Murmu, a Santal woman, at Godagari upazila on July 10.
Calling on the law enforcers to be stricter on their surveillance over the crimes against women and children, lawmaker Jinatun Nesa observed that women's increasing participation in public administration and private organisations had little impact on curbing violence against them.
The speakers also laid stress on taking sterner measures to control the trafficking in illegal drugs from across the border.
The journalists at the meeting, condemning the police invasion of the residence of Imran Hossain, correspondent of a local daily at Tanore upazila in the district on July 14, demanded punishment of the responsible policemen.
Chaired by Rajshahi deputy commissioner Abdul Mannan, also ex officio president of district law and order committee, the meeting was also attended by lawmaker Jinatun Nesa Talukder, police superintendent Rokonuddin, all upazila nirbahi officers, all upzaila parishad chairpersons, right activists and senior journalists.
Source : New Age
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