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Kabirul Islam Siddiki elected president of Faridpur Press Club
Kabirul Islam Siddiki has been elected as the new president of the executive committee of Faridpur Press Club.
In the election held on Monday, a total of 69 votes were cast for the winning president candidate. Besides, Mahabubul Islam Piklu was elected the general secretary of the committee getting 46 votes.
Of the 18 posts candidates contested for 13 while five others were elected uncontested.
Sheikh Foyez Ahmed, Sanjib Das and Sazzad Hossain Rony are the three elected as vice presidents.
Launch fire: CID collects DNA samples of missing passenger families in Barguna
Criminal Investigation Department (CID)of police in Barguna on Monday started collecting DNA samples from families of missing passengers of MV Avijan-10 to identify the unclaimed bodies.
Earlier on Sunday, the district administration urged the family members looking for their missing relatives to submit their samples to identify the 23 unclaimed bodies that were buried in Potkakhali mass graveyard in the Sadar upazila on Saturday.
“We have collected 35 samples today at Barguna General Hospital and we will continue the collection if more people come to claim their missing relatives”, said Robiul Islam, DNA tester, Forensic DNA Laboratory CID, Dhaka.
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A five member team is currently collecting the samples in Barguna, he said.
“We will be able to announce the results at least after a month of collecting the samples, He said.
However, the anxious families of the missing passengers complained the sample collection started at 4 pm six hours past the announced time.
A case filed with Barguna Chief Judicial Magistrate Court against the owner of MV Avijan-10 Hamjalal Sheikh and 24 others in connection with the deadly fire in the launch has been lodged as a First Information Report on Monday, said Shahidul Islam Milon, inspector (Investigation) of Barguna police station.
The investigation in the case has already started, he said.
The blaze broke out at 3am on Friday on the Barguna-bound launch carrying some 800 passengers from Dhaka and it engulfed the entire vessel within 10 minutes.
The death toll from the fire incident climbed to 42 on Monday. Besides, over 81 people suffered injuries and many of them are undergoing treatment at different hospitals.
Also read: Launch fire: Death toll climbs to 42
However, the exact number of passengers traveling by the launch and the missing passengers is yet to be known.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested Hamjalal Sheikh, one of the owners of launch MV ‘Avijan-10’ on Monday from Keraniganj, in connection with the tragedy in the launch.
UP-polls violence: 1 succumbs to injuries in Sirajganj, 1 arrested
A man succumbed on Monday to injuries he sustained during a clash between supporters of two rival member candidates in the Khash Kaulia Union Parishad election in Chowhali upazila under Sirajganj district.
The deceased was identified as Zakir Hossain Molla,50, brother of Khash Kaulia Union Parishad Ward-8 member candidate Jahangir Molla.
He died around 2 pm at a private hospital in Dhaka a day after he was seriously injured, said Md Rafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Chouhali police station.
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During the election on Sunday some 10 people were injured including Zakir when supporters of Jahangir Molla and Abdul Hakim locked in a clash at Kukri centre, said the OC.
Zakir was transferred to Dhaka in a critical condition, he said.
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Rival candidate Abdul Hakim was arrested from his house around 3pm on Monday over the death and the process of filing a case is underway, said the OC.
Another dolphin carcass recovered from Halda River
Another dolphin carcass was recovered from the Halda River in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram district on Monday.
The dolphin weighing 15 Kg and three feet in length was recovered from the Akbaria area by river police and upazila administration.
The cause of the dolphin's death could not be known as the carcass was found decomposed, said Ashraful Islam, Sub-inspector of river police.
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The carcass was buried at Ramdas Munshirhat area in the upazila, said Shahidul Alam, Hathazari Upazila Nirbahi Officer.
Earlier on October 4, another dead dolphin was recovered from the river near Ramdas Munshirhat area.
So far, local administration has recovered 33 carcasses of dolphins from Halda River since September 2017 and most of the carcasses bore several injury marks.
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The government incorporated a punishment of maximum five-year jail or highest Tk 5 lakh fine for repeated killings of dolphins in the Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act.
On October 19,the government approved the "Dolphin Conservation Action Plan” to protect the habitat of dolphins in Bangladesh.
Female tourist in Cox’s Bazar was gang raped for extortion money: Rab
Ashiqul Islam Ashique, the prime accused in the case of gang raping a female tourist in Cox’s Bazar, and his associates assaulted the woman after they failed to extort Tk 50,000 from her, Rapid Action Battalion said on Monday.
According to a Rab media release, Ashique, is the mastermind of an organised criminal gang of 30-35 members in the seafront resort town of Cox's Bazar.
Earlier, a team of Rab arrested Ashique, 29, from in Madaripur district on his way to Patuakhali from Dhaka, said Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of the elite force’s Legal and Media Wing.
The intelligence branch of Rab headquarters, Rab-8 and Rab-15 conducted an operation in the area of Mostafapur bus stand in Madaripur on Sunday night to nab Ashique, the release said.
Moin said Ashique and his associates have been involved in crimes like theft, robbery, kidnap, extortion and drug peddling in Cox's Bazar since 2012.
Also read: Cox's Bazar gang rape: Prime accused Ashiq arrested
Ashique was first arrested in 2014 for possessing illegal arms.
He used to blackmail tourists in collusion with the managers of different hotels, the release added.
In this latest incident on December 21 Ashique and associates committed the crime as the woman and her family refused to pay them Tk 50,000 demanded as extortion money.
Then Ahique and his men abducted the woman from Laboni point of the Beach area and took her Zia Guest Inn Hotel, where she was sexually attacked.
Besides, the woman along with her husband and child went to Cox’s Bazar few days ago. They family needed Tk 10 lakh for the child’s treatment. According to Rab release the family went there for collecting donation from the rich people for the treatment.
Also read: Cox's Bazar gang rape: 3 more arrested, although not prime accused
Rab said Ashique confessed his guilt during primary interrogation.
According to the police, there are 12 previous cases against Ashique, including assault on women, possession of drugs and illegal arms.
Earlier in the day, Cox’s Bazar Tourist Police arrested three more accused in the case- Rezaul Karim Sahabuddin, 25, Mehedi Hasan, 21, and Mamunur Rashid, 28, from different places in Cox’s Bazar district.
Police said the individuals arrested earlier today were found to be involved in the crime indirectly during investigation.
However two other prime accused in the case Esrafil Huda Joy and Mehedi Hasan Babu are still absconding. There are two police cases against Joy, said Additional DIG of Tourist Police of Chattogram Division Mohammad Moslemuddin.
Earlier on Saturday, Riaz Uddin Chhotan, manager of a hotel that was one of two locations where the woman was raped, was arrested and remanded for four days.
With Ashiq, five people have been arrested in the case.
On Friday, the court recorded the victim’s statement, said inspector Ruhul Amin, investigation officer in the case.
On Thursday, the woman’s husband filed the case under the Prevention of Women & Children Repression Act at Cox's Bazar Sadar Model Police Station accusing seven people.
The 22-year-old woman checked into a Cox's Bazar hotel on Wednesday morning with her husband and their eight-month-old baby.
In the afternoon, the family went out for a stroll on the sea beach. At Laboni point, the husband had an altercation with one of the accused - thought to be Ashiq, who has an extensive criminal record and only got out of his last stint in jail 2 weeks ago -after they accidentally bumped into each other.
What started as a small argument soon snowballed into a major altercation and the young man called his accomplices to the spot. Later in the day they kidnapped the family in two auto-rickshaws and took them to a desolate place near the golf club where three of them allegedly violated the woman.
Her ordeal did not end there. The woman was taken to Zia Guest Inn, of which arrested manager Riaz Uddin was a friend of Ashiq's, and there the three accused again took turns to rape her for hours. They released her in the early hours of Thursday and allegedly threatened to kill her family if she narrated her ordeal to anyone.
Lieutenant Colonel Khairul Islam Sarkar, commanding officer of Rab-15, said their team rushed to the family's rescue soon after they got the call from the woman. Earlier calls to 999 proved futile.
4 held with 11 kg gold at Sylhet airport
Customs officials detained four people along with 11 kgs of gold at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Monday.
The detainees are Makbul Ali, son of Abdul Ahad, Bashir Uddin, son of Mantaz Ali, Sultan Ahmed, son of Najim Uddin of Kanaighat upazila and Sheikh Mohammad Zahid of Nabiganj upazila.
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Al Amin, deputy commissioner of Sylhet Customs, said a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG-248 landed at the airport around 9 am from Dubai.
Tipped off, a team of customs officials challenged four passengers of the flight and recovered the gold worth Tk 7 crore from their luggage.
The gold was brought tactfully concealing in iron machines and juicers after melting it, said Al Amin.
3 touchstone idols recovered in Thakurgaon
Three touchstone idols worth Tk 66 lakh have been recovered from separate places in Thakugaon.
Tipped off, a patrol team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted a drive and recovered a touchstone idol and a pot from Dhantala in Baliadangi upazila around 11:15 pm on Saturday, said Md. Raj Mamud, Assistant Director of Thakurgaon 50 BGB.
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Besides, another BGB patrol team recovered two abandoned touchstone idols weighing about 31 kg each from Akhanagar in Sadar upazila.
However, no one was arrested in this connection, he added.
4 of a family killed in Nawabganj road crash
Four women of a family were killed after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw at Mrirdhakanda in Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Moina Begum, 50, Rahela Begum, 40, Sufia, 30, and Mala Begum, 46, residents of Gungerpar area of Nayanshree union of Nawabganj.
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Witnesses said the accident occurred around 7am when a sand-laden truck crashed into the auto-rickshaw carrying the four women on their way to Dohar, leaving them dead on the spot.
Sirajul Islam Sheikh, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Nawabganj Police Station, said the killer truck has been seized.
A case has been filed in this regard, the OC added.
Couple killed as truck ploughs through Jamalpur house
A man and his wife were killed as a truck ploughed through their roadside house at Garohori village in Dewanganj upazila early Monday.
The deceased are Joynal Abedin, 48 a farmer, and his wife Hasina Begum, 40.
Read: Auto-truck collision leaves 2 dead in Jamalpur
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Dewanganj Police Station Mohabbat Kabir said the Rowmari-bound fertilizer-laden truck skidded off the road and ploughed through the roadside house after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving the couple, who were asleep, dead on the spot.
However, the driver managed to flee the scene, the OC added.
UP polls violence: One shot dead in Sylhet
A garage mechanic was shot dead during a clash between villagers and police centering Fulbari UP election in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam, 50, a resident of Lakshmipasa union of the upazila.
According to locals, the supporters of independent chairman candidate Emran Hossain blocked Sylhet-Zakiganj road in Boitikar Bazar over the poll results of two centers in wards 8 and 9 in Fulbari Union at 8pm.
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A clash ensued between the villagers and police when police tried to disperse the supporters of Emran Hossain, forcing police to open fire, they said.
Abdus Salam, who suffered bullet injures during the clash, was taken to MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital (SOMC) where doctors declared him dead.
In-charge of Osmani Medical College and Hospital police outpost SI Jonny Chowdhury said one was killed and five policemen were injured during the clash.
Abdus Salam had bullet wounds on his body, said SI Jonny Chowdhury.
The body was kept in SOMC morgue for an autopsy, he added.
Additional police have been deployed in the area after the clash, the SI said.