Bangladesh’s Awami League party yesterday alleged that under the 14-month tenure of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, 4,177 murder cases were registered, with bodies found in drains, rivers, and streets across the country. He added that in this illegitimate government’s rule, Dhaka alone has seen 456 recorded murders. The Awami League added that these figures reflect only reported cases, noting that many more killings were never officially recorded. Human Rights groups have also reported that 216 people were beaten to death across the country during this period. Police say crime has risen partly because 25 per cent of the looted weapons, including deadly ones, are still missing. After coming to power, Yunus released top criminals, and the police couldn’t control them, it added.
Raising concerns over the spike in killings and the number of bodies recovered, the Awami League questioned how many criminals the police have arrested or even identified. It added that the rate is below 20 per cent, while police have already thrown hundreds of thousands of Awami League supporters and activists in jail solely for political dissent.
