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Govt. warns of stern action against lynching spreading rumours
DHAKA, July 22, 2019 (BSS) – The government today issued a strong note of
warning against killing of innocent people led by suspicion or rumour, saying
perpetrators of such barbaric acts would be exposed to stern punitive
actions, amid several recent incidents of lynching calling the victims “child
lifters”.
“Such acts (lynching) are serious punishable offence,” said a government
statement fearing that a vested quarter was spreading provocative rumours to
expose ordinary innocent people to fatal mass beating.
The government asked people to inform police if activities of someone
appeared suspicious instead of taking laws into their own hands.
“Anyone can take assistance of dialing 999,” the handout read.
The statement came while police headquarters earlier today distributed an
internal circular among all its subordinate offices including police stations
across the country ordering stringent security vigil to prevent recurrence of
lynching.
Earlier on July 20, the police headquarters issued a statement cautioning
people against romours involving child lifting and describing killing of
anyone based on rumour as a serious criminal offence.
“Killing of anyone in mass beating based on child-lifting rumour is a
criminal offence . . . don’t take the laws into own hands,” the police
statement said.
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