In different parts of the country including Dhaka, there are constant incidents of robbery, robbery and public murder. Crime scenes in the capital are becoming increasingly alarming. Robbery and robbery incidents have increased in the capital compared to the previous period. Experts say that since the change of government, the number of law and order forces has decreased in different areas of the country, including the capital, and criminals have become more active than before. This was said recently by the Chief of Police and the Internal Affairs Advisor.
On Friday evening (December 20), a serious robbery took place on a Hello transport bus on the Dhaka-Arisha Expressway. Four passengers on the bus were seriously injured in the attack by the thieves. The previous day, on December 19, three people, including two juveniles, tried to rob Rupali Bank in South Keraniganj in Dhaka. They held 16 people hostage, including the bank manager, for about four hours using toy guns. In addition, a woman named Farzana Akhtar was robbed on the night of December 18 at Dhanmondi Road No. 27. Two days before that, on the night of December 16, some videos of some people openly robbing with local weapons in Asadgate area went viral on social media. .
There are also incidents of stabbings by thieves. Last Wednesday (December 18), he was stabbed at around 9 p.m. by a robber in Sidabad, Maryland. A person named Kamrul Hassan, 23 years old, died. Earlier, a teenager named Habibullah (18 years old) died after a thief stabbed him in Maghbazar on the night of December 15. This is often the case. Crime experts and city residents blame weak checkpoints and patrolling activities by law enforcement agencies for the increase in such crimes.
The increase in general crimes such as theft and robbery across the country, including the capital, is also evident in the monthly police review conducted by the police. Lieutenant General (retd) Jehangir Alam Chowdhury, Home Affairs Adviser to the Interim Government, also expressed his concern over the matter. Last week, he instructed the police forces to increase patrol activities of law and order forces to reduce the share of theft to zero. The secretariat’s journalists’ advisor said: There are usually more robberies towards the end of the night. We instructed the police to increase patrols last night. Efforts should be made to increase police patrols so that theft rates can be reduced to zero.
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Crime experts believe that if public crimes including thefts and thefts are not controlled quickly, there may be more instability in the country. Head of the Department of Criminology and Police Sciences at Maulana Bhasani University. Doctor of Medicine. Omar Farooq told Bangla Tribune: “After August 5, criminals have become more active due to weak police patrols and checkpoint activities. If this situation continues, the law and order situation in the country may become more serious. As a result, police activities should be strengthened soon. Checkpoints should be increased.” Inspection and patrolling in particular. Because due to the increase in various criminal activities including theft and robbery, the country’s economy is also under increasing pressure and it is important to keep the law and order situation under control to maintain the normal situation in the country.
Meanwhile, analysis of nearly six years of police data shows that burglaries have been increasing every year since 2019. From 2019 until last August (2024), more than 47,000 complaints were received. 6,880 complaints were registered in 2019, 7,200 in 2020, 8,498 in 2021, 9,591 in 2022, and 9,475 in 2023, and 5,883 incidents were recorded until August of this year. Among them, most of the complaints are in Dhaka Urban and Ringiya area with 15,419. After that there are 7 thousand 746 in Chittagong Metropolitan Range. However, there are complaints against the police for not filing cases in most theft cases. Many victims of theft do not even want to go through legal proceedings to “avoid trouble.” As such, the actual number of theft incidents is much higher.
Crime data released by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) indicates that in the last 11 months, 208 cases of robbery, 1,437 cases of robbery and 514 cases of murder were recorded. The police allegedly do not take cases in most cases of theft and burglary. As a result, the real crime remains hidden.
“Recently, we are seriously looking at the increase in various crimes including theft and burglary,” RAB spokesman Lt. Col. Munim Firdaus told Bangla Tribune. In each Rapid Intervention Battalion, crime-prone areas are identified in the respective areas. In some areas, various crimes including theft and burglary are increasing and hence checkpoints are increased along with patrolling activities. Especially in the middle of the night and early morning when passengers alight at various stations including buses, there are more incidents of theft and robbery in those areas.
He said: ‘Also, we are creating a database for crime management. Who is involved in the crime, who is behind the criminals and whether anyone gets involved again, these matters are verified. At the same time, legal action is taken by collecting information through other means.
AIG (Media and Public Relations) Police Headquarters spokesperson Inamul Haq Sagar said: “In the incident that occurred in July and August, several structures including police vehicles were damaged. However, we are quickly overcoming these hurdles and providing maximum services to the public.” Police patrols and checkpoints have been increased across the country including Dhaka to control crime and mobile team has been increased especially outside Dhaka through motorcycles. Apart from this, raids are being carried out in crime prone areas and to identify Criminals.