When the protectors are killers

Khamin reveals the facts, behind the fiction, that the law enforcement agencies have provided about the latest extra judicial killing of Mohsin and Jinnah

photo by Sanaul Haque

On the morning of May 29, citizens were astounded to read about the deaths of 23-year-old Mohsin Sheikh and Mohammad Ali Jinnah, 22, both students of the Dhaka Polytechnic Institute, on the daily newspapers.

Mohsin, a fourth-year student of electrical engineering department and Jinnah, a third-year student of mechanical engineering department, of the institute, died in an alleged shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) 2, sometime between 10pm and 5am during the dates of May 27 and 28. Mohsin and Jinnah were actually from Alfadanga upazila, Faridpur and Tazumuddin upazila, Bhola respectively and lived in the Farmgate area by themselves.