“The grammar of investigation”

I read the above piece by Muhammad Nurul Huda (TDS, March 21) with intense interest about police investigation in Bangladesh. Our politicians never understood the necessity of high quality investigation. Mr. Huda is squarely putting the blame of negligence on the political elite. But if we consider the standard of our home ministers, what would they understand about the grammar of investigation? The bureaucrats spend their whole lives in the profession and through numerous training get the professional tag. How much did the IGPs do to advise the politicians? Nothing. The post is barricaded by the home secretary (always a non-police person) so that the IGP cannot say anything to the home minister. How will any investigation draw the available resources for a useful investment for the future? Instead of developing a criminal research laboratory in each division, CID has been sidelined. Nowadays we don't see any success story of CID on papers anymore; instead we hear that the police has sought immunity for torture. No investigation is complete without a remand nowadays and the meaning of remand is understood by all. However, I would like to thank the columnist for bringing the issue to the forefront. We hope the government will understand the necessity of quality investigation in the near future.