Murder at Mirpur

Whereas the administration may have achieved some degree of success in containing petty crimes, the one related to extorting money at gun point from the trading community seems to be on the rise. Most of the murders do have a sequel of previous intimidation and threats often known to the local law-enforcing agency in advance. The people of the locality in this particular case has stated that a group of toll collectors whom the police knew had been operating in the area for quite sometime.

We do find it absurd that, in most cases, despite the masterminds and, at times, even the criminals involved in the actual acts having been identified by the victims' families and the local folks, no arrest of anyone takes place for some unknown reasons for days, or even months.

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The culture of extortion and its impact including that causing ruthless murders is slowly turning into a regular feature of our society. With the recent empowering and re-equipping of the law enforcing agencies, there is absolutely no reason for such a crime to thrive.

We wish to see some results not only in bringing the culprit to justice, not just in this instance, but also in dealing with the extortionist culture with an iron hand eliminating the scourge once and for all. Given the will and sincerity of commitment the task should not be difficult to achieve.