Attack on Saber Chowdhury
M. Shafiullah, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka
The lion and the tiger kill the prey in one stroke, but a pack of hyenas kill by merciless biting that takes hours for the prey to die. What the victims underwent and the electronic media could capture in frame on 7 September during the Election Commission siege programme was hyenas swooping on the isolated and innocent prey. Mercifully, the victim survived sharp bites at a devastating cost to some of his vital organs. It is reassuring to see that Saber Hossain Chowdhury returned home after treatment in Singapore and London. But he would take much time again to be on his feet and to overcome the double vision problem. No wonder, his suffering from double vision is the consequence of double standard democracy in Bangladesh! It is his second dash with death. Between October 2002 and January 2003 he was subjected to imprisonment, which was subsequently held unlawful by the High Court. Amnesty International recognised him as a "Prisoner of Conscience" and campaigned for his release. Saber is a rare breed in Bangladesh politics. How many of his likes are in Bangladesh politics today? Are we setting a trend by mercilessly beating the highly educated to drive them away from politics and make way for the half-educated to determine the destiny of the nation?
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