PEOPLE’S VERDICT on ‘crossfire’ for rapists

In what was perhaps the most public endorsement of extra judicial killings by lawmakers in Bangladesh, multiple Members of the Parliament on January 14 came out in support of killing the rapists in “crossfire”. Some, including a senior Awami League MP, went so far as to say that if the government can take instant action on drug-related offences, it should do the same for rape.