We all remember how a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men hacked a tailor to death in broad daylight. Recently, a group of BCL men again beat up a quota reform movement activist, Toriqul Islam, with hammers in front of members of the police. This incident was nothing short of shameful.

How could law enforcers turn a blind eye while a man was mercilessly being beaten right in front of them? What is worse is that the police are yet to take any action against the culprits, despite the fact that video evidence and images of their brutality are both widely available.

It is incidents like this that make us feel more and more helpless and less and less hopeful about the future direction of our nation.

Tanaka Rahaman, Gandaria, Dhaka