(Dhaka) A anti-drug crackdown across the country these past 5 days has seen at least 35 people have been killed in ‘shootouts’ by law-enforcement agencies.
In fact Law-enforcement agencies stated that they had engaged
in gun battles with drug traffickers in eight districts overnight on Tuesday
alone. Rights organisations have expressed their anxiety over the killings and
the way the law-enforcement agencies are combating drug trafficking. They have demanded
an end to these extrajudicial killings.
Ramadan death toll stands at 189.
