In a nation where the killers themselves draft the laws, it’s no surprise that murderers parade in joyful processions after their crimes!
Picture this: A man sits inside a police station, brazenly confessing that he torched the station and burned a police officer alive. On camera, banging the table, shouting triumphantly that they formed the government and the police now serve their administration. The police officer sits there silently, listening. No arrest. Only after the video goes viral on social media and public outrage erupts does the police reluctantly detain him the next day. And then? His supporters hit the streets, besieged the police station, and staged protests in Dhaka. By morning, he’s granted bail. By afternoon, a celebratory procession. This is the grotesque reality of Bangladesh today.
What Mahdi Hasan said was crystal clear. They burned down the Baniachong Police Station. They set SI Santosh Choudhury on fire. He uttered these words inside the station, in front of police officers, witnesses, and a recording camera. Now he’s claiming it was a “slip of the tongue.” What kind of slip is so meticulously detailed? Separately admitting to arson and burning a human aliveโhow does that accidentally happen? And if it was truly a mistake, why isn’t there an investigation into the horrific crimes he “accidentally” confessed to?
The murder of Santosh Choudhury was one of the most barbaric atrocities in Bangladesh’s history. On August 5, after a full day of negotiations, as besieged police officers were being rescued from the station, the mob singled him out, snatched him away, beat him mercilessly, and burned him. The next day, his body was hung from a tree. Confessing to this massacre is no trivial matter. This was mass murder, premeditated slaughter, an act of unspeakable savagery with no justification. Yet the man who boasted of it walks free on bail and leads victory marches.
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Yunus’ so-called government is not just incompetent and illegitimateโit’s utterly illegal. The orchestrated riots across Bangladesh in July 2024, where hundreds lost their lives, government property was torched, and police officers were brutally killed, were not a spontaneous uprising. They were meticulously planned, funded by foreign entities, aided by jihadist organisations, and backed by sections of the military. An elected government was overthrown in a violent coup. And in its place, they installed Muhammad Yunusโa man with no electoral mandate, no public support, and nothing more than a usurious moneylender.
Under this illegitimate regime, the rule of law in Bangladesh is dead. Those who led the July riots, who murdered, looted, and burned, are now treated like kings. They call themselves “coordinators.” They barge into police stations, threaten officers, declare that they formed the government and the police are their servants. And the police sit quietly, knowing full well who’s pulling the strings. Arrest them, and protests erupt, stations are besiegedโforcing their release.
Mahdi Hasan’s case is damning proof. After his arrest, supporters blockaded the station overnight, demanding an immediate court hearing for bailโeven at night. Central leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement protested in Dhaka and issued ultimatums. And by morning, bail granted. What is this? Rule of law? Or mob rule? Whoever mobs the loudest, whoever shouts the hardest, gets immunity.
Now, under this regime, demands for blanket indemnity are raging. The Anti-Discrimination Students Movement is shamelessly calling for total amnesty for everything from July 1 to August 8โmurders, arson on police stations, burning officers alive, lootingโall forgiven. Because they claim it was a “revolution.” In what civilised society does “revolution” grant license for mass murder? What law pardons genocide?
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This is an outrageous, unforgivable betrayal of justiceโa despicable attempt to whitewash cold-blooded killings and barbarism. Granting indemnity to these July “fighters” would be a monstrous crime against humanity, legitimising murder, arson, and mob terror. It would destroy any remnant of law and order, rewarding killers while victims’ families scream for justice. No decent nation excuses such savagery in the name of political upheaval. This demand for impunity is nothing short of moral bankruptcy, a slap in the face to every victim of their violence!
Yunus’ government remains silent on these demandsโbecause they know these rioters, these so-called coordinators, are their only power base. Without these thugs, they crumble. They must appease them, bow to their street power. This is Bangladesh’s shameful reality.
Lawyer Shahdeen Malik rightly said attempts to humiliate the police undermine law and order. But it’s far worse: it’s a direct assault on the rule of law, a brazen challenge to state authority. And the state surrendersโpolice mute, administration silent, courts granting bail, criminals parading.
Dhaka University Professor Tauhidul Haq nailed it: This isn’t isolated. When a confessed killer walks free due to mob pressure, what lesson do others learn? That laws are irrelevant. Raw power rules. Mobilise crowds, scream loud enoughโand you’re untouchable. This is how a country descends into jungle law, where might trumps right, and mobs overrule justice.
Since August 5, these self-styled coordinators have run rampantโextortion, coercion, and harassment nationwide. The government watches idly because these are the very forces that installed them. Touch them, and their fragile throne collapses.
Bangladesh has reached a point where law and governance are divorced. Laws exist on paper, but are unenforced. Governance exists, but it is illegitimate. Those in power lack votes. Street enforcers break the laws they demand others follow. Confessed killers before police parade are free the next day. What greater mockery?
If Yunus’s regime truly wants rule of law and justice, they must act against these coordinators. Investigate Mahdi Hasan’s confessions. Punish those who torched Baniachong and burned Santosh Choudhury alive. But they won’tโbecause it would shatter their foundation, built on these rioters and murderers.
Bangladesh endures a bizarre nightmare: criminals are empowered, ordinary citizens are helpless. Killers march triumphantly while police release their colleagues’ murderers. Government is a hollow, illegal shell sustained by fear and thuggery. The rule of law is dead. Now reigns mob ruleโthe law of the stick, where the loudest bully wins.
Absolutely no to indemnity for these July killers! Justice must prevail, or Bangladesh is doomed to anarchy.
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