[Bangla Daily Star] The director general of Rapid Action Battalion yesterday refuted the allegations of extra-judicial killing by Rab and said investigations are carried out after each death in gunfight with Rab.See? There ya have it! Case closed!
Some investigation: do they ever find the perp's accomplices in the mango grove who fled into the night after the shootout? Hmmmph.
"Rab members never get involved in any activity which is extra-judicial," Hassan Mahmood Khandkar, the Rab chief, said at a press briefing at its headquarters in Uttara.
But we do most of our work at night and really don't want to wake up a judge if we don't have to...
Rab follows a legal framework and is aware of human rights, Hassan added.
Yes. We're aware of that...stuff.
"Hey Sarge, does this dead guy over here have any human rights?"
"Shaddup Chaudhray and load him into the meat wagon with the others. Cheez, you think you learned it all at the academy?"
He said the battalion didn't even spare its 850 members for breaching the code of conduct. Of them, 400 members have been punished.
Probably for using too much ammo.
| Almost half breached the code of conduct at least once? They need to rewrite it to reflect reality, like the American airlines change their take-off times when they have too many late flights. |
How many lived through them?
Ummmmmmm...we'll get back to you on that.
"Hey Sarge, do we have to count the accomplices who flee into the night?"
"Shaddup Chaudhray and gimme dat abacus before you hurt yourself."
Underlining its successful role, the Rab chief said about 64,664 people and around 7,000 firearms have so far been seized.
| That's over nine perps per firearm. Quite impressive, actually. |
As has Purbo Banglar Communist Party membership...
| For which the owners of brickyards and strawberry fields across Bangladesh are profoundly grateful. |
For instance, we'd like to find another shutter gun. The one we use is falling apart.
He also stressed the need for forming a national committee to check the use of drug for its harmful effect upon the society.
Ya hate to see it, Muldoon. Another kid dead because he was high.
Yeah, sarge. High on Purbo Banglar Communism...
Meanwhile, Home Minister Sahara Khatun last night said Rab members are left with no option but to open fire when criminals shoot at them.
BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG...Stop or we'll shoot.
They never learn, do they, sarge?
Nope. Bag him and tag him, Muldoon. And here's the shutter gun and rounds of bullet...
Law and order has improved because of the relentless efforts of police and Rab, she said while addressing a dinner and cultural programme organised on Rab's sixth founding anniversary at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.
State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku urged Rab members to work with sincerity and honesty as their wrongdoings or negligence to duty stigmatise not only the force itself, but also other forces from where personnel come to Rab on deputation.
Inspector General of Police Nur Mohammad and the Rab DG also spoke at the event. The principal secretary, home secretary, chiefs of three forces, social dignitaries and top serving and retired police and Rab officials attended the programme.