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Gazipur filling station fire: One succumbs to burn injuries at DMCH
One of the seven victims of the Gazipur filling station fire died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Mithu, 26, a resident of Moulvibazar district.
Mithu, who sustained 100% burns, breathed his last at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of DMCH at 8am, said the hospital’s police outpost in-charge Md Bacchu Mia.
On Thursday evening, the fire was triggered by an explosion that occurred in a cylinder-laden van while refuelling gas at Wahed Ali Filling Station in Gazipur’s Borobari area.
Three firefighting units brought the blaze under control around 8pm, said Iqbal Hossain, senior station officer of Tongi Fire Service and Civil Defense.
The seven people who sustained burn injuries in the fire were all standing nearby. They were rushed to Tahirunnesa Memorial Medical College Hospital (TMMCH).
Mainul Islam, a resident doctor at TMMCH, said that five of the injured were shifted to DMCH in a critical condition.
The other injured undergoing treatment at DMCH are Al Amin, 25, Anwar, 30, Sirajul Islam, 28, and Parvez, 33.
Gazipur teacher-couple found dead in car
A teacher-couple was found dead inside their private car in the Borobari area of Gazipur district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as AKM Ziaur Rahman Mamun, the headmaster of Tongi Shaheed Smriti High School, and his wife Mahmuda Akter Joly, an assistant teacher with Tongi Amzad Ali Sarkar Pilot High School and College.
Md Nandalal, officer-in-charge of Gacha Police Station, said that the couple's son Meraj spotted the bodies inside their car, near their house in the morning and informed police.
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On information, a team from the local police station soon reached the spot and sent the bodies to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College and Hospital for an autopsy.
On Wednesday, the couple did not return home from work.
Meraj claimed to have spoken to his parents in the evening on the mobile phone. He also informed the cops later that night when his parents didn't return home and their phones were switched off.
“A probe has been ordered,” the OC said.
Gangrape on moving bus in Gazipur: 5 arrestees give confessional statement
Five people who were arrested over gang rape of a woman on moving bus after pushing her husband off it gave confessional statements before a Gazipur court on Sunday.
Gazipur District Judicial Magistrate Court recorded their statement and sent them to jail after they were produced before court seeking remand to interrogate them, said Md Moniruzzaman, officer-in-Charge of Sreepur police station.
The arrestees are Md Rakib Molla, 23, from Narayanganj, Sumon Khan, 20, from Netrakona, Md Sajib, 23, from Mymensingh, Md Shahin Mia from Haluaghat upazila, and Md Sumon Hasan, 22, from Khulna.
Meanwhile, in forensic test of the rape survivor, primary evidence of rape was found, said Dr ANM Al Mamun, forensic department of Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Medical Coollege and Hhspital.
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“For further confirmation her DNA sample will be tested. We suggested conducting an x-ray of her head as she had injuries on forehead,” said the doctor.
According to police, the couple hailing from Naogaon reached Gazipur Bhogra Bypass early Saturday by a bus and got on another bus of Takwa Paribahan heading toward Mawna union in Sreepur upazila.
As the bus reached near Chandna intersection on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, three more staff of the bus got on it.
When the bus reached near Hotapara bus stand the bus became empty as all the passengers except the couple got down.
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After crossing the bus stand the five transport staff snatched money and mobile phones of the couple and shoved the husband down from the bus after beating him up.
They then gang raped the woman until the bus reached Rajendrapur intersection, where they dumped the woman on road and absconded.
Later, the woman’s husband filed a case with Sreepur police station.
The five accused were arrested and the bus was seized after the case filing conducting a drive, said OC Moniruzzaman.
5 killed in Gazipur road crash
Five people were killed as a bus crashed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur on Saturday night, police said.
The deceased were identified as auto rickshaw driver Nazrul Islam, 27, and its four passengers- Mehedi Hasan, 44, Atiqul Islam, 42, Saidul Islam, 27, and Shahin Uddin, 28.
The accident occurred around 10:30 pm when a speeding passenger bus of ‘Itihas Paribahan’ collided with the auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction at Makish Bathan in the upazila, leaving the auto-rickshaw driver and Mehedi dead on spot and three injured, said Abdul Bashar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kaliakair police station.
The injured were rushed to Kaliakair Health Complex in critical condition where two of them succumbed to their injuries, said the OC.
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Later, another was shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where he was declared dead, said Sub-Inspector (SI) of Kaliakair police station Rahat Akand.
The bodies were handed over to their respective families without post mortem, he added.
Police seized the killer bus but its driver escaped, said the SI.
Road accidents in Bangladesh
As many as 524 people including 73 children were killed and 821 others injured in 467 road accidents across the country in June alone.
Of these, 204 people died in motorbike accidents alone during this period, which is 38.93% of the total fatalities, the Road Safety Foundation said in its latest report released on July 4.
Besides, 107 pedestrians, 86 drivers and their assistants were killed in the accidents.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh witnessed 398 deaths on roads in 319 accidents in just 15 days during journeys before and after Eid-ul-Azha this year.
The accidents and deaths recorded on Bangladesh roads during Eid-ul-Azha were highest in the last 7 years, according to a report prepared by Jatri Kalyan Samiti, a passenger welfare organization.
10-year old crushed under bus in Gazipur, 1 injured
A 10-year old girl was killed on her way to school after being hit by a bus at Tongi in Gazipur on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Fatema Haque, a student of class three of Sahajuddin School.
Her aunt Shahnaj Begum also suffered injuries in the accident.
Fatema used to live with her paternal aunt at Bonomala in Tongi as both her parents are Dubai expatriates, said Yasin Arafat, Sub-Inspector of Tongi east police station.
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When Fatema with her aunt Shahnaj was going to school by a rickshaw around 7 am a staff bus of Kohinoor Chemicals Factory hit it, leaving her dead on the spot.
Angered by the accident, hundreds of students of Sahajuddin School blocked Bonomala-Tongi road around 10 am and staged demonstrations demanding arrest of the bus driver, said police.
After an hour students left the road around 11 am after police and teachers assured them of justice, said SI Yasin Arafat.
“The body has been sent for an autopsy and legal action will be taken in this regard,” said Jabed Khan Masud, officer-in-Charge of Tongi east police station.
Train derails in Gazipur
Two bogies of an oil-laden train derailed at Tongi Railway Station in Gazipur Sunday noon, said authorities.
The bogies of the Dhaka bound freight train from Akhaura veered off the tracks before entering Tongi station around 2:30pm, said Tongi Railway Junction Station Master Abdur Rakib.
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However, the rail communication of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chattogram remained normal through an alternative route, he added.
The higher authorities were informed to salvage the bogies, he added.
‘Robber’ lynched in Gazipur
A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Rajendrapur in Gazipur district in the small hours of Saturday, said police.
The deceased was identified as Rakib, 27, son of Alamgir H ossain of Joydebpur upazila. He was wanted in four robbery cases.
Mahtab Uddin, officer-in-charge of Joydebpur Police Station, said garment worker Hashi Akter, 19 along with her colleague Ilias Hossain was heading towards Rajendrapur Haldoba area to visit one their colleague’s house in the evening.
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When they reached near Rakkhitpara, a group of miscreants intercepted them and took Hashi to Rakkhitpara forest after beating Ilias up mercilessly.
Later, they tied Hashi to a tree and tried to realise ransom.
At one stage, Ilias informed the matter to the local people and sought help.
Local people then besieged the forest and caught Rakib around 12:30 am while the others managed to flee the scene. They also gave him a good thrashing, leaving him injured.
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They also gouged out the eyes of Rakib and broke his two legs.
On information, police rescued Hashi and Rakib and took him to Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Hashi lodged a complaint with Joydebpur Police at night.
Dozen killed on roads in 5 districts
Twelve people were killed and fourteen others injured in several road accidents in Bogura, Gazipur, Narayanganj, Cumilla and Pabna districts on Friday.
In Bogura, two unidentified people were killed and ten others injured in a head-on collision between two buses belonging to ‘Kaliyakour Paribahan and Naogan Travels Paribahan’ at Ghoga bridge area on the Dhaka-Borgua highway at around 3:30pm, said Siddikur Rahman, an officer of Sherpur Fire service and civil defense station.
The injured were undergoing treatment at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, said Baniul Alam, in-charge of Sherpur highway police camp.
In Gazipur, three motorcycle riders were killed and a minor child was also injured when a private car hit their bike on the Konabari flyover in Gazipur on Friday noon.
The deceased were identified as Raju Islam, 26, Md Shamim, 26 and Shahin Islam, 31; all the victims hailed from Konabari’s Dewliyapara area.
Md Shakhawat Imtiaz, a Sub-Inspector (SI) of Konabari police station, said the three youths met the tragic end when the private car hit their bike while crossing the Konabari flyover on Friday noon.
In Narayanganj, a private university student was killed and three others were injured when a bus of ‘Soudia Paribahan’ crashed into a private car carrying the victims in Narayanganj’s Dariyakandi area on Friday.
The deceased was identified as twenty-year-old Mahima, a third-year student in the English department of East West University while identities of the injured could not be known immediately, said Nabir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kanchpur Highway Police Station.
In Sirajganj, two people were killed when an unidentified truck hit their pickup van on the Hatikumrul-Banparra highway in Tarash upazila Friday early.
The deceased have been identified as pickup van driver Kiron Mridha, 28, son of late Abdul Karim of Duttakanai village in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore district, and his assistant Jahangir Alam, 47, a resident of Sirajganj municipality.
Md Lutfur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Hatikumrul highway police station, said the accident happened at around 7: am when the unidentified truck crashed into the pickup van that got stranded on the highway after it had gone out of order.
The accident left the duo dead on the spot; he said adding that the victims were repairing the vehicle during the accident, said the OC.
In Cumilla, a former headmaster of a government primary school was killed when a speedy motorcycle hit him while crossing road in Aungaura area on the Gouripur-Homna regional in Daudkandi upazila road at noon.
The deceased was identified as Md Jahirul Hoque, 82, former headmaster of Gouripur Government Primary School and also a resident of Aungaura village.
In Pabna, three motorcycle riders were killed in a head-on collision between their motorbike and a pickup van at Nagardemra of Sathia upazila in the district on Friday afternoon.
The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately, said Asif Mohammad Siddikul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sathia police station.
The accident occurred at around 5:30 pm when the vehicles collided head-on at Chhoto Pathaihat Gorostan area in the upazila, he added.
Mentionable, At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a new report by the Road Safety Foundation.
The road accidents took place on highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
Falling crane kills BRT project worker in Gazipur
A construction worker of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project died after a crane fell on him in Gazipur’s Chandna Chourasta area on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on Friday afternoon.
The identity of the worker couldn’t be known yet.
Some others were injured in the accident.
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Mohsin Reza, a Supplier of Rafiq Enterprize, said that the crane fell off a trailer truck, causing the death of the construction worker.
“The deceased’s body has been sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy,” said Maleq Khasru Khan, an Officer In-charge of Gazipur Metropolitan Police’s (GMP) Bason police station.
College teacher Utpal murder: Prime accused held in Gazipur
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Wednesday detained the prime accused in Savar college teacher Utpal Kumar Sarker murder case from Gazipur district.
The arrestee is a class IX student of Haji Yunus Ali School and College at Ashulia of Dhaka’s Savar upazila college.
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Based on secret information, an operational team of the Rab-1 conducted a drive in Sreepur of Gazipur in the evening and detained the teenager around 7:00 pm, said ASP (media) Imran Khan of Rab headquarters.
Earlier, Ashulia thana police arrested the 9th grader’s father Uzzal Hossain , another accused of the case from Kushtia, four days after the teacher was beaten to death in broad daylight in Savar .
Uzzal was hiding with his family since the murder.
Although Uzzal was arrested his other family members managed to flee during a police drive.
Police said they recovered the cricket stump that was used in the killing.
According to Md Kamruzzaman, Officer In-charge (OC) of Ashulia police station, based on secret information Investigation Officer (IO) of the case Sub Inspector (SI) Emdad Hossain arrested Uzzal from Kushtia’s Kumarkhali upazila.
Police sent Uzzal to a court in Dhaka seeking a 10-day remand.
Students and teachers of the college alleged that the student killed Utpal, head of the disciplinary committee of the college, in a pre-planned way.
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“Utpal sir had caught the student (prime accused) with a girl inside a classroom and informed the family of the girl about the matter, which had created anger in him. That’s the reason why the student beat up Utpal sir to death on the sports day,” said a student of the college.
According to the college authorities, no CCTV footage of the crime was found as the cameras recorded nothing at that moment due to power outage.
The college authorities suspect that the boy had disconnected the power supply before killing Utpal.
Utpal Sarker, 35, son of Ajit Sarker of Engeldani village under Sirajganj’s Ullapara police station, had been serving as a teacher of Haji Yunus Ali School and College for almost ten years.