Law enforcing people are killing our people and they should not take killing lightly

RIGHTS campaigner Ain o Salish Kendra shows that 35 people have been killed so far in “shootouts” in the current month amid the limited mobility of life and livelihood and fear surrounding the deadly Coronavirus. However, the extrajudicial killings have been discouraged by the Supreme Court. The police must know seriously what responsibility it has to be a law enforcer. The Constitution guaranteed citizens of life. It is sad that the police have not been rightly trained to be aware of their honour. They cannot be killers.
 They and most of them in the government forget that they are public servants for saving lives and protecting public interest.
We know nothing will change unless the system is changed. But it is a national disgrace if police are not respectful to life. That is why we remind the police that killing people have no basis in police duties. The politicians can be anything or anybody depending on chance and luck, but professional and educated police and public servants are expected to have their own conscience and a sense of patriotism. In this regard our people are unlucky and ashamed of before the world.
 Between January and June, 143 people died in “crossfires”, averaging at 23 killings per month. Last year, 362 people died in “crossfires,” torture, “shoot-outs,” “illness,” and “suicide” while in the custody of various law enforcement agencies. It also reveals how the Bangladeshi authorities have failed to investigate the deaths of people allegedly killed in “gunfights.” The 466 suspected extrajudicial executions in 2018 alone marked a three-fold increase from 2017 and the highest in a single year in several decades.
 Instead of launching proper investigations into these killings, the authorities feel no accountability. Such unaccountability can lead to dangerous abuses. Higher authorities should find time to think. Nothing erodes discipline in police than easy killings. Our criminals are not so dangerously armed as those in America.