Sleepless Nights in Pabna Since August 5: Villagers on Guard, Administration Silent

❐ Local correspondent

Since the political change of August 5, 2024, the incidence of thieves in the Sujanagar, Santhia and Ataikula police stations of Pabna has taken an unusual and extreme form. The common people are spending sleepless nights due to one theft after another.

The situation has now reached such a point that not only are cows and goats being moved from the barns, but even the crops in the fields are no longer safe.

Farmers in particular are left distraught after the region’s main cash crop, onion, was stolen from their fields. For many, these livestock or crops were their only source of income, and they are now living in extreme despair after losing them.

Local villagers complain that since August 5, due to the deterioration of the law and order situation, thefts have increased at an abnormal rate, but no effective action has been taken by the administration. The lack of police patrols at night has made thieves more reckless.

This mysterious silence of the administration has created intense anger among the common people.

They raised the question, is the administration only nominally responsible for the safety of people’s lives and property? Currently, the locals themselves have taken up guarding the village with sticks and flutes to protect lives and property.

The locals are demanding that the Pabna Superintendent of Police and the concerned police stations immediately strengthen police patrols in the area and identify the gang of thieves and bring them to justice quickly. Otherwise, it is feared that this accumulated anger of the locals could turn into a major public discontent at any time.