Masud Kamal: In One Year, Our Achievement is Legitimizing Mob Terror

Staff Reporter

Journalist and political analyst Masud Kamal believes that the biggest “achievement” in the country since last August has been mob terror.

He said, “Our greatest achievement in one year is the mob culture. We hadn’t seen or experienced this before. In just one year, we have established mob culture in such a way that it now appears as a ‘legitimate act’.”

The senior journalist made these remarks during a news analysis program on a private television channel, referencing various incidents of mob violence across the country since Dr. Yunus’s interim government came to power.

Expressing concern over the lack of punishment for mob violence, Masud Kamal said, “There is no punishment for mob attacks, no one is being held accountable—these acts are all being legitimized. This mob culture has a dangerous side; it is terrifying.”

He further added, “If a person is walking down the street and 4-5 youths start beating him, labeling him as a collaborator of dictatorship or fascism, no one will come to his rescue. Even if someone wants to help, they will fear becoming the next victim. The police may walk by but won’t intervene because if they try, they might face backlash.”

Referring to the incident where former Chief Election Commissioner and freedom fighter Nurul Huda was physically and mentally humiliated, with a garland of shoes hung around his neck while police stood by silently, Kamal said, “In the video of Nurul Huda’s mob attack, we saw a police member standing silently as a spectator. He made no attempt to stop the mob.”

“But wasn’t his training supposed to prevent this? It did instruct him, so why didn’t he act? He won’t—because he will think, where is the security of my own life? No one’s life is safe anymore. I don’t know what fate awaits those who are encouraging this,” he added.