From Rab to ROB
S. A. Mansoor Gulshan 1, Dhaka
Rab is one year old! Proverbially it started with lots of fire that seems to be ending now in ashes! Rab's robbery and extortion is the first and foremost image today. While they were robbing the helpless trader; who came to his rescue? Not Rab, not police but ordinary caring and concerned unarmed citizens! Rab and police came much later to save their colleague from the well-deserved public wrath.Official news is that the Rab men were not in uniform and not on duty! The analogy that follows is: Rab in uniform in the name of suspicion and search, which they claim as legal access; will see all your cash and other visible wealth like jewels. They could later return in plainclothes, may be off duty, to rob you! What a frightening scenario indeed! Unfortunately you are helpless; for even out of uniform they can pounce upon you, and should you refuse access; they will beat and maul you and relieve you of whatever you may have; all in the name of resistance in their line of duty! What a birthday scenario indeed! Unhappy first birthday to Rab from the helpless, uncertain, frightened simple law abiding citizens who pray that they never encounter Rab; in or out of uniform! The Rapid Action Battalion is metamorphosing into Rapidly Organized Brutality (ROB) From protectors of the innocent public, they are transforming into persecutors of the hapless citizen. They should remember and realise that one bad deed washes away all the good deeds that precede it. Do they care about their darkening image? One wonders.
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