Declaring a strict stance against drugs, State Minister for Liberation War Affairs and Dhaka-6 MP Ishraq Hossain has said that from now on, drug dens will be crushed with bamboo sticks. He made this announcement in an explosive post on his verified Facebook page recently. After the publication of his announcement, a wide discussion has started in the political and social arena.
Criticizing a section of the media in a Facebook post, State Minister Ishraq Hossain wrote, “Some well-known media outlets have renowned panels of lawyers who are able to clearly explain the provisions of the law and they also practice it. But despite knowing everything, looking at the way they publish news, it seems that those media outlets may have had exclusive suppliers or distributors of drugs in their ‘secret chambers’. He commented that after the anti-drug campaign, the behavior of those media outlets has become like wild animals.”
Ishraq Hossain warned in the post, “Wait and see.” The drug lords or gangsters who finance these papers will have their hideouts razed to the ground. Referring to his personal security, he said that he has a legally licensed weapon.
Regarding the next steps in the anti-drug campaign, the state minister wrote, “From now on, these drug dens will be destroyed with bamboo sticks. The police will stand by and watch and arrest the accused before the magistrate.” He expressed his firm conviction in a Facebook post that the ’16 arts’ of this anti-drug struggle will be completed.
