Punish the perpetrators

When we achieved independence in 1971, we dreamt of a secular state where people irrespective of their religion, caste, and creed will enjoy equal status and equal rights. But what do we see in reality? On March 26, the day of our independence, a gang (led by a man named Akbar Ali) swooped on the house of a Hindu family (Ripon Deb's family) in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet to grab their land. They stabbed three members of that family and vandalised, looted and torched the house. We are extremely upset about the incident. Although police arrested one of the 15 accused, the rest of the gang are still at large. All of them should immediately be arrested and sentenced with rigorous punishment.

Amina Begum
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