Transparency International Bangladesh has claimed that in the first 100 days of the government, various types of crimes including murder, kidnapping, robbery, and robbery have occurred at an alarming rate. According to the organization’s data, 605 murders and 196 kidnappings occurred in the country during this period.
This information was presented at a press conference organized at the TIB office in Dhanmondi in the capital on Sunday (June 7).
According to the report published by TIB, a total of 605 murders, 294 robberies, 90 robberies and 196 kidnappings occurred in the country in March and April this year. At the same time, 129 incidents of assault on the police and 2 thousand 214 incidents of theft were recorded.The report also mentions that 3 thousand 496 incidents of violence against women and children took place during the period under discussion. Besides, 78 to 102 victims of rape, 30 to 36 victims of gang rape and 49 to 71 victims of child rape.
The executive director of TIB at the press conference. Iftekharuzzaman said that in the first 100 days of the current government, the law and order situation in the country was very fragile. The report mentions that incidents of murder, robbery, theft, robbery, rape, abuse of women and children, looting and anarchy continue.
He said, effective steps are needed to improve the law and order situation and more active role of concerned authorities in crime control.
However, there was no immediate response from the government regarding the facts and figures presented by TIB.
