Prof. Dr. Syed Anwar Husain, Department of History, DU
Prof. Dr. Syed Anwar Husain, Department of History, DU : It is the families that have to the youth away from drugs, and then the responsibility goes to educational institutes. Both families and educational institutes must perform their duties properly. However, none of the moves succeed until the government stops the supply of narcotics at source. Yaba is entering the country from Myanmar while Phensidyl from India. Not a single piece of advice will work until the sources are blocked.
Drug addiction is the kind of a mental disorder. And the government must not have similar issue. The government has to be directly and clearly informed of what it is doing or failing to. An extremely awaited development is executed through a highly controversially manner. An accused, no matter how big the charges are brought against him, cannot be blamed before being found guilty in the legal process. No matter how you name it, these are extrajudicial killings. However, the government must make sure no such operations are questioned.
A comment from our Road Transportation and Bridges Minister about the murder of councilor Ekramul came to me as a great shock. When the mistake costs a man his life, it is so deadly. Nobody has the right to play with someone’s life in a democratic country where the constitution has guaranteed the right to life and property.
Everyone wants salvation from drugs. This is even more terrible of a crisis than militancy, but the process to contain it needs to be executed more cautiously.
Based on an interview by Ashiq Rahman, Translated by Sofian Khan