2024-02-14 10:06:43
Opposition Chief Whip and General Secretary of Jatiya Party Mujibul Haque Chunnu said that juvenile gangs were involved in 25 murders last year. This force is more in three places of the capital.
He said these things while participating in an unscheduled discussion at the National Parliament session on Tuesday (February 13).
Highlighting a media report on juvenile gangs, he said that juvenile gangs were involved in 25 murders in 2023. These forces are more in Mirpur, Demra and Sutrapur. Indulging in extortion, extortion, drug dealing, land grabbing, extortion, extortion, murder. According to the police’s own report, at least 80 forces like the Gangchil force were found in Dhaka. Most of which are known as ‘teenage gangs’. Although they are juvenile gangs in name, most of the members of these forces are above 18 years of age. They are involved in various crimes including extortion, extortion, drug trade, assistance in land grabbing, internet connection, control of cable TV (DISH) business and junk trade, harassment, sexual harassment, assault, beating.
He said that the police had prepared a report on ‘teen gangs’ across the country at the end of 2022. It said that there are at least 173 juvenile gangs across the country. There are 780 cases against them in various crimes. There are about 900 accused in these cases. There are 66 juvenile gangs in the capital. There are 57 in Chittagong city. There are 24 gangs in Dhaka division outside the metropolis. Most forces have 10 to 50 members.
It has been said that the situation is worse than the picture that came out in the police report. For example, at least 14 youth gangs have been found in Dhaka outside the police list.
Chunnu said, the forces not only commit crimes, but also clash with each other to maintain dominance. According to DMP sources, 25 of the murders in the capital in 2023 are related to juvenile gangs. Forces are not built in a day. These forces have now taken a terrible form due to the inaction of the politicians and the police. These forces have become a major threat to the safe living of people in the capital, big cities. 21 councilors have been named in Dhaka under whose shelter juvenile gangs have been formed.
He said that it is difficult for ordinary people to live in Dhaka city. These forces who are extorting and looting, who are causing suffering to the people, are committing these crimes with the help of the police and the politicians of the ruling party. My question is the newly formed government. Those who are helping these criminals should be brought under the law and punished.