Political instability has unleashed a crime epidemic in Bangladesh this year, with 2025 logging 181,737 police cases. Women and children top the victim list in this surge, enduring 21,936 reported atrocities amid murders (3,785), thefts (12,740), and dacoities (1,935).
Muhammad Yunus’s interim regime, born from a power shift, has failed to tame the disorder. Detailed police figures in Bonik Barta expose the scope: 702 loot cases, 1,101 abductions, 601 police attacks, 66 communal clashes, 988 fast-track prosecutions, and 81,738 other offenses.
The brutal killing of young Roza Mani last year sparked massive protests. Missing from Dhaka’s Tejgaon, her mutilated body turned up in trash near Tejkhunipara overpass on May 13. This was no isolated horror—Dhaka alone saw 1,000+ child molestations, with patterns emerging in schools and offices countrywide.
Dhaka University criminologist Tauhiful Haq sounds the alarm: ‘Post-revolution lawlessness has exploded crimes against the vulnerable.’ In interviews, he spotlighted targeted hits and mob lynchings as new threats. ‘Enforcing laws rigorously is the only path forward,’ he insists.
Critics slam the Yunus government for inaction as violence spirals. Bangladesh’s future hinges on reclaiming control, shielding its women and children from this onslaught before irreversible damage sets in.