Chattogram, June 18 (UNB) – A mobile court sentenced a fake doctor to six months imprisonment on Tuesday and seized four sacks of illegal medicine from the pharmacy where he treated patients in Patenga.

The convict was identified as Bikoron Chakma. He was also fined Tk 1,00,000 by the mobile court, said a press release of the district administration.

The court also sentenced Faridul Alam, owner of the pharmacy, to three months in jail and fined him Tk 50,000.

Assistant Commissioner (Land) of Patenga circle and Executive Magistrate Tahmidur Rahman led the drive with members of the law enforcement agencies.

Dhaka, June 18 (UNB)- Health Minister Zahid Malik on Tuesday said that Bangladeshi pilgrims will get “100 percent treatment facilities” in Saudi Arabia this year.

He made remarks at BMA building in the capital while briefing two teams of doctors formed to provide treatment to Bangladeshis hajis during Hajj.

Health and Family Welfare Ministry, and Religious Affairs Ministry separately formed the medical teams comprising 207 members.

Of them, 68 doctors, 54 nurses, 26 pharmacists and six lab technicians from Health Ministry will go to Saudi Arabia.

Malik said: “This year, 1,27,000 pilgrims, mostly elderly persons, will perform Hajj. They might suffer from heart diseases, diabetics and kidney complications. The government is sending the teams to ensure their treatment.”

Md Ashadul Islam, secretary for health services division of the ministry and Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad, director general of Health Department, among others were present there.

Cumilla, June 18 (UNB) – A man was arrested over the alleged rape of a class V student in Homna upazila’s Bagmara on Monday.

The victim’s father filed the case against four people with Homna police in the night, said Syed Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, officer-in-charge of the police station.

According to case statement, Jalal Mia, son of Mufti Nuruzzaman of the village, used to regularly harass the primary school student.

On Monday, he forcibly took the girl to his room near the school and raped her while his friend Abu Saleh guarded the house.

Locals rescued the girl hearing her screams but Jalal managed to flee. Saleh was later arrested.

Jalal had raped the girl last year too, the case statement said.

Police sent the victim to Comilla Medical College Hospital for medical tests on Tuesday.

Jalal’s father Nuruzzaman claimed that the rape allegation is false and that it was staged to besmirch him.
 

Naogaon, June 18 (UNB) – Two teenage boys were found dead in a jute field in Isabpur union of Dhamoirhat upazila on Tuesday.

The deceased were identified as Jakir Hossain, 16, and Rimon Hossain, 16, of Pashchim Billa village in Joypurhat Sadar upazila.

Jakirul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhamoirhat Police Station, said the teenagers had been missing since June 13 after going out with their electric three-wheelers.

Their families filed a general diary at Joypurhat Sadar Police Station on Friday morning.

Farmers of Paranpur village found the bodies lying in the jute field in the morning and informed police.

A murder case was filed at Dhamoirhat Police Station.

Naogaon, June 18 (UNB)— A young man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a girl after killing her mother in Dariapur village of Manda upazila.

The arrestee was identified as Samiul Islam Sagar, 22, son of Jan Mohammad of Chawkshamra village of the upazila.

Manda Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Mozaffar Hossain said Sagar had an affair with the rape victim. On Monday night, the girl and her mother Nasima Akter Sathi, 40, were sleeping in their house when Sagar came in.

Sathi’s husband Emdadul Haque works as a night guard at a farm in Natore.

Sagar went to victim’s house with an intention to kill her as their relationship was going through a bad patch.

Sathi woke up hearing an argument between her daughter and Sagar in the middle of the night. The youth stabbed her with a knife and slit her throat. He then threatened to kill the girl and raped her.

Police arrested the young man soon after the incident. OC Mozaffar said that Sagar had confessed to his crimes during primary interrogation.

The body was sent to the Sadar Hospital for autopsy and the rape victim was sent for medical tests, he said.

A case has been filed over the rape and murder.