Juvenile delinquency: No child’s play

The recent surge in teen gang violence has become a major concern for the citizens. The murder of 17-year-old Mohsin Ali in the capital’s Mohammadpur area on September 4, 2019 had haunting echoes of the gruesome killing of Adnan Kabir (14) in 2017—which brought into limelight the recent rise in Dhaka’s teen gang violence—and was far too menacing to pass quietly below the radar.