Mymensingh blasts

The blasts had cost 19 lives and raised serious concern about the security of people. But the law enforcers have failed to achieve anything in the investigation despite the government's repeated assurance that the culprits would not go unpunished.

A series of arrests and trading of accusations between the two major political parties followed the tragedy. But it is still not known who were the attackers and what was their hidden agenda. But one could safely conclude that subversive elements were out to destabilise the country.

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And that is where the danger lies. If such elements are not brought to justice, they will be further emboldened and may try to carry out their evil designs with bigger impact in future. Surely, law and order cannot improve as long as killers of innocent people manage to evade police action.

The investigation has so far produced nothing, but it is not known what the government is doing to ensure its success. The same is true about other incidents, which caused public commotion for the obvious reason that innocent lives were lost under most unfortunate circumstances.

Now, the government has to stand up to the challenge. The killers and bombers cannot go unpunished. However, before a collective resistance against them can be organised, it is absolutely essential to prevent party politics from blurring the picture.

So, the task on the government's hand is to rejuvenate the investigations which have apparently slowed down to the point of not proceeding at all. It is also necessary to dispel doubts creeping into the minds of people about the fate of the cases that had a direct bearing on their security.