Khulna, May 24 (UNB) – Police arrested a woman along with a gold bar, weighing one kg, from Pather bazar in the city on Thursday.

The arrestee is Kulsum Begum, 40, wife of Abu Taher of Morelganj upazila in Bagerhat district.

Tipped off, a team of police intercepted a Bagerhat-bound bus from Benapole and arrested the woman along with the gold bar worth Tk 40 lakh, said Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Khanjahan Ali Police Station.
 

Chattogram, May 24 (UNB) – Police in a drive arrested 54 Rohingya people from Kazir Deuri area in the city early Friday.

Being tipped off that some Rohingya people were roaming in the city, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested 54 Rohingyas including 14 women and 32 children around 1:30 am, said Mohammad Mahsin, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.

The Rohingya people came here to collect ‘zakat’ during the month of Ramadan, he said.

Police are taking steps to send them back to Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp, said the OC.
 

Cumilla, May 24 (UNB) – A suspected drug trader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police near Gumti River protection dam in Sadar upazila early Friday.

The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain alias Kala Jakir, 35, son of Sultan Ahmed of Sashongaccha area in the upazila. He was wanted in seventeen cases.

Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive to arrest Kala Jakir around 2 am, said Mohammad Abu Salam Mia, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model Police Station.

Sensing presence of the law enforcers, Jakir and his associates opened fire on police, forcing them to fire back that triggered a gunfight.

At one stage, Jakir was caught in the line of fire and sustained bullet injuries.

Later, he was taken to Cumilla Medical College and Hospital where  doctors declared him dead.

One LG, two bullets and 1200 Yaba pills were recovered from the spot.
 

Kushtia, May 23 (UNB) - A couple was electrocuted at Amdaha village in Daulatpur upazila on Thursday evening.

The deceased were identified as Arif Hasan, 40, and his wife Nupur Khatun, 32, of the village.

Abu Yusuf Lalu, chairman of local union parishad, said a live electric wire got severed and fell on Arif while he was switching on a fan just before iftar. 

As his wife came in his rescue, she was also electrocuted, he said.

Arif’s cousin Abdul Goni, 25, also suffered injuries from electric shock while he was trying to rescue the duo. 

The injured was undergoing treatment at Kushtia General Hospital.

Pabna, May 23 (UNB)- A college girl was killed and  her father was injured in a collision between a truck and a motorcycle in Ishwardi upazila here on Thursday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Piya Khatun, 23, hailing from Azaltala village in the upazila. She was a second year student of Government Edward College in the district.

Bahauddin Faruki, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Police Station, said Piya and her father Ashraful Islam were going home at 4 pm riding on his motorcycle.

When they reached Bansherbada Bazar, their motorcycle collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leaving her spot-dead and her father injured.

The body was sent to Pabna General Hospital for an autopsy while her father was admitted to Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex Hospital.

Although the truck driver is on the run, police detained his assistant.