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Faridpur man to die for killing wife in arson attack
A Faridpur court on Tuesday sentenced a man death for killing wife by setting her on fire in 2011.
Faridpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Pradip Kumar Ray handed down the verdict.
The condemned convict is Shahabuddin Khan, of Dholairchar village in Alfadanga upazila.
The court also sentenced his brother Sumon Khan to life term imprisonment and acquitted two other accused in the case.
The convicts were fined Tk 50,000 each.
On June 27, 2011, Monira Khanam’s husband Shabuddin Khan, in-laws Sumon Khan, Asia Begum and Jhumur Begum set her fire after pouring kerosene to kill her, said Public Prosecutor of the tribunal advocate Shwapan Paul.
She was rescued by neighbors and rushed to a hospital and then succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, he said.
On July 3, 2011, Monira’s father filed a case at Alfadanaga police station.
On September 28, 2011, a charge sheet in the case was submitted to the court and after a long trial the court pronounced the verdict.
6 war crimes suspects held in Jashore
Police have arrested six people from Bagherpara upazila in Jashore for their suspected involvement in the crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
The arrestees are Abul Hossain Biswas, Hossain Ali, Abu Bakkar, Lutfar Rahman, Khoibar Rahman and Nur Islam, of Bagherpara upazila.
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Later, they were handed over to the International Crimes Tribunal, said Bagharpara Police Station Officer-in-Charge Firoz Uddin said on Tuesday.
On Sunday, a team led by DB OC Rupon Sarkar and Bagharpara Police Station OC Firoz Uddin arrested the six war crimes suspects from different parts of the upazila.
On Saturday, Jashore district police received the arrest warrant.
A case was filed against the six in 2017. After an investigation, the tribunal issued an warrant for their arrest on October 21 this year.
Three of family found dead in Khulna pond
Police on Tuesday morning recovered three bodies of a family from a pond in Bamia village of Khulna's Koyra upazila.
The deceased were identified as daily wager Habibur Rahman, 30, his wife Beauty Khatun, 26, and their seventh grader daughter Habiba Khatun Tuni, 13. They were residents of Bamia village.
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Police suspect the three were killed by miscreants in their home on Monday night and then their bodies were thrown into the nearby pond.
Shahadat Hossain, officer-in-charge (investigation) of the Koyra police station, said they had collected some evidence from the spot.
"Injury marks of sharp weapons were spotted on the three bodies. A probe is on," he added.
Mohib murder: Police seek 5-day in remand for 3 alleged killers
Police on Monday sought 5-day in remand for interrogating three arrested Rohingyas who allegedly were directly involved in killing Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah in Ukhia camp in Cox’s Bazar.
Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate court has received the appeal for remand and accepted it for hearing.
The three arrestees for whom remand was sought are, Md Rashid Prakash Murshid Amin, from block-D8 of Kutupalong camp-1, Mohammad Anas and Nur Mohammad from block-B of the same camp.
So far nine Rohingya men have been arrested in this case.
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Of them two have already gave confessional statements of involvement in the murder before court.
A senior officer of district police said on Saturday Armed Police Battalion arrested Azizul Haque, Md Rashid, Anas, Nur Mohammad from a Rohingya camp who were part of the killing squad.
Aziz already gave his confessional statement to Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate court on Saturday afternoon and police had sought remand for the three others, he said.
Earlier, five more Rohingyas- Md Elias, Mohammad Selim,33, Abdus Salam,32, and Jiaur Rahman,32, andS hawkat Ullah,23, were arrested for being involved in this murder.
Of them Elias confessed to his involvement on October 10 to the court.
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Commander of APBn-14 SP Naimul Haque said, in primary interrogation Aziz spoke of a total of 19 Rohingya miscreants being involved in the murder plan and of them five were killing squad members including him.
Following the information extracted from Aziz APBn has arrested the three others, said SP Naimul.
On September 29, Murshid called Mohib to the ARSPH office to discuss Rohingya repatriation and informed other members of the squad, said SP Naimul quoting Azizul.
They fired four shots at Mohib Ullah, he said adding that they fled the scene by a lane behind Mohib Ullah’s house.
Unknown assailants gunned down Mohib on September 29.
On August 25, 2019, Mohib Ullah came into the limelight as a leader after holding an assembly of around five lakh Rohingyas.
4 Joypurhat Jamaat leaders held for allegedly planning vandalism
Police arrested four Jamaat-e-Islami leaders including Joypurhat district Ameer (chief) and secretary of the organization on Monday from Kalai upazila.
The detainees were identified as district Jamaat Ameer Dr Fazlur Rahman Sayeed, 58, Secretary Golam kibria,53, Kalai upazila Jamaat Ameer Munsur Rahman,49, and former Ameer Nuruzzaman Sarkar,63.
Officer-in-charge of Kalai police station 0Selim Malik said, tipped off that some Jamaat members will hold a secret meeting at the ground floor of Abdus Samad Talukdar Market in Kalai upazila they conducted a raid and nabbed those four leaders.
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The leaders had gathered for planning a vandalism attack, said the OC.
Case filing is under process against the Jamaat men under the Special Powers Act, he said.
However, each of them has multiple cases of vandalism against their names, said OC Selim.
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Five workers burnt in Narayanganj steel mill explosion
Five workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion at a steel factory in Rasulpur area of Fatullah upazila on Monday.
The injured were identified as Sohel Rana, 36, Liton,35, Arif,27, Billal Hossain,35, and Mohammad Ali,26.
Mohammad Ali’s condition is critical, doctors said.
Chemist of the factory Md Ashik rescued the workers and took them to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
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Md Ashik said the explosion occurred around 11:30 am apparently in the water supply pipeline of the factory.
The hospital authority said the injured got 50 per cent to 11 per cent of their body burnt.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital police camp in-charge Bacchu Mia said the five injured who were admitted to the hospital are workers of CHRM steel mill in Fatullah.
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Communal violence: Missing Hanuman’s mace recovered in Cumilla
The ‘Gada’ (Mace) of Hindu God Hanuman which went missing from a Cumilla temple has been recovered from a pond near the Darogabari Mazar mosque in the district.
Iqbal Hossain, the man arrested for placing the Holy Quran at a Hindu temple, reportedly threw the mace into the pond on the night of the incident.
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Inspector Parimal Das of the Detective Branch said it was recovered around 11 pm Sunday.
“After Iqbal confessed that he had dropped the Hindu God’s weapon in a pond, police took him to the pond and a diving team recovered the mace ,” he added.
Besides, the case filed over the Quran desecration in a puja mandap of Cumilla, has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Cumilla Additional Superintendent of Police M Tanvir Ahmed said the case was handed over to CID following an instruction from the Police Headquarters.
Police arrested Iqbal Hossain from Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday night after identifying him by scanning the footages of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras.
Three others were arrested from different parts of the country over the matter.
They are Faisal and Hafez Humayun, the two khadems of Darogabari shrine, and Ekram.
Read:Cumilla desecration suspect, 3 others remanded in 7-day police custody
A local court on Saturday put them on a seven-day remand in the case.
Iqbal is believed to have placed the holy Quran inside Nanuar Dighi Par puja mandap in Cumilla city in the early hours of October 13, which led to attacks on Durga Puja venues across the country recently.
2 motorcyclists killed in Chattogram road crash
Two motorcyclists were killed and two others injured as a covered van hit their vehicles in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram on Sunday.
The deceased are Sakhawat Hossain ,25, and Sajjad Hossain,18.
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The incident took place on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway in front of Amirabad Rajmahal Community Center in the upazila in the morning.
Dohazari Highway Police Officer-in charge Abdur Rob said four youths were travelling by two motorbikes when the covered van hit them from behind.
Sakhawat Hossain died on the spot while the injured three were rushed to the emergency unit of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital where a doctor declared Sajjad dead.
Police are trying to seize the covered van, the OC said.
1 killed, dozens wounded in Faridpur UP polls violence
A man was killed and at least 30 were injured in a clash between the supporters of two chairman candidates ahead of Union Parishad elections in Saltha upazila of Faridpur on Saturday.
The victim was identified as Mariz Shikder, 32.
About 30 houses were reportedly vandalized and looted during this time.
Police and locals said supporters of independent chairman candidate Rafiq Mollah clashed with supporters of another independent candidate Tuku Tagore in Khardia village of the union around 3pm today.
Marij, a supporter of independent chairman candidate Rafiq Mollah, was seriously injured following the clash .
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Mitu murder: Arms supplier Bhola arrested in Jeshore
Police on Saturday arrested Ehteshamul Haque Bhola , who allegedly supplied arms used in the killing of former police superintendent Babul Akter's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, from Benapole in Jeshore district.
Santosh Chakma, the investigative officer in the case and PBI Inspector (Chattogram Metro Zone) said,” Members of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested him early Saturday while he was fleeing to India.”
There is substantial evidence that Bhola provided the firearms and ammunition for killing Mitu.
He was earlier arrested and jailed for several days.
However, the High Court in September granted him four weeks' bail.
He recently applied for anticipatory bail before the High Court after a re-arrest warrant was issued against him, but the HC ordered Bhola to surrender to a lower court.
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But Bhola tried to flee the country without surrendering to the lower court.
Tipped off, PBI conducted a drive and arrested Bhola from Durgapur Bazar Road in Benapole Bazar along the border.
On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mitu at the port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College.
Soon after the crime, a murder case was filed at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men, following a complaint by Babul.
On May 12 this year, PBI submitted its final report in the case.
He is currently behind the bars over a murder case filed by Mitu’s father.