Law-&-Order
Lakshmipur Jubo League leader’s eye gouged, no arrest so far
Miscreants gouged a local Jubo League leader’s eye in Sadar upazila of Lakshmipur last night.
The victim, identified as Kamal Hossain, is president of Awami League’s youth wing Jubo League’s ward 3 unit under Bashikpur union and a fruit seller at the local Poddar Bazar.
Police and locals said Kamal came under attack on his way to Poddar Bazar from his house around 8:30 pm.
The miscreants obstructed his way, attacked him with rods and gouged his right eye when he reached Nandigram, leaving him critically injured, they said.
Hearing his screams, locals rushed to him and took him initially to Sadar Hospital. He was later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) due to his critical condition.
Dr Anowar Hossain, resident medical officer of Sadar Hospital, said there were marks of injuries on several parts of his body including head, face, nose and eyes.
Due to his critical condition, he was referred to DMCH, he said.
Chandraganj police station Officer-in-Charge Md Enamul Hoque said there had long been a dispute between the victim and a fertilizer trader of the Poddar Bazar. This dispute might have led to the attack.
Drives are on to arrest the accused involved with the incident, the police officer said.
Storekeeper jailed for 3 years for amassing illegal wealth
A Rangpur court on Monday sentenced a storekeeper of Rangpur Family Planning Office to three years imprisonment in a case filed for acquiring illegal wealth worth more than Tk1 crore.
Md Haider Ali, judge of Rangpur Special Judge Court, handed down the judgment this afternoon.
The convict is Hamidur Rahman, son of Najibor Rahman Mandal of Keshabpur village of Sadar Upazila of Naogaon district.
4 suspected robbers lynched in Narayanganj
The court also fined him Tk 7,40,745 and ordered to deposit the money to the government treasury within the next 60 working days.
Jalal Uddin, deputy assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (Rangpur office) filed the case on July 27, 2011, against Hamidur Rahman for his alleged involvement in acquiring illegal wealth.
Former ‘member of outlawed party’ shot dead in Pabna
Later, a charge sheet was filed against him in the court.
Haroon ur Rashid, a special public prosecutor at the court, said that the accused came to the court but fled before the judgment.
The court ordered to issue an arrest warrant against him, he said.
4 suspected robbers lynched in Narayanganj
Four suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Baghri village in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday night.
Another youth injured in the mob attack was admitted to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR).
However, the identities of the deceased couldn’t be known immediately.
Sheikh Billal Hossain, additional superintendent of police (circle-Kha) of Narayanganj, said a youth saw some 10 to 12 unidentified youths roaming in the village around 10 pm.
When he announced presence of robbers in the village using loudspeaker of a local mosque, some residents of three villages besieged the youths and gave them a good thrashing, leaving three of them dead on the spot, he said.
One injured victim died when he was taken to a hospital, he said, adding that another is undergoing treatment at the NITOR.
A daring robbery occurred in two houses in Kazadi area under the same upazila on Friday night.
The robbers stabbed inmates of the houses when they tried to resist the robbers.
Former ‘member of outlawed party’ shot dead in Pabna
A man, said to be a former activist of outlawed Purbo Banglar Sarbohara Party, was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants at Maniknagar Bazar in Gayeshpur of Pabna sadar upazila on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak Sheikh, 38, son of late Azizul Sheikh of Harinarayanpur village of the upazila.
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Witnesses said Abdur Razzak went to Maniknagar bazar to have tea after Taraweeh prayers on Sunday. When he was sitting in a tea shop some 5-6 unknown miscreants appeared there on two motorcycles and fled after shooting him three times in a row.
Later, locals took him to Pabna General Hospital where the duty doctor declared him dead, said Pabna Additional Superintendent of Police Masud Alam.
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Abdur Razzak, who was a member of the banned outlawed outfit Purba Banglar Sarbohara Party, surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan at Pabna district stadium in 2019.
The body was sent to Pabna General Hospital morgue for autopsy, said the SP.
2 ‘drug traders’ held with heroin in Gazipur
-Police in a drive arrested two alleged drug traders along with 1.456 kgs of heroin from Lakshmipura area of gazipur City Corporation on Sutarday.
The arrestees are Fahad Hossain, 27, son of Al Amin of Balugram village of Chapainawabganj district and Safat Hossain, 20, son of Semajul Islam of the same area.
Khairul Alam, additional deputy commissioner (Crime, North) of Gazipur Metropolitan Police, disclosed this information in a press briefing on Sunday afternoon.
Tipped off, several teams of Sadar police station took a position on the paved road in front of the gate of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in Lakshmipura area of the city on Saturday.
Being suspicious, police intercepted a truck and recovered the heroin worth Tk 1.5 crore from 14 polythene packets hiding under the driving seat of the truck.
Efforts are underway to identify and arrest others involved in drug dealing, added the officer.
Man killed by friend only for Tk 1000
After recovering the body of a 22-year-old mason on March 13 from Pabna's Soyghoria village, police said on Sunday that he was murdered by his close friend over money-related issues.
After killing Azad Hossain, 22, his friend Abdus Samad alias Somrat, 28, wanted to cover up the murder by dumping the body in a lychee orchard and covering it with dry leaves of the trees, said police.
Masud Alam, additional superintendent of police, said that Azad left the house with his motorcycle at 7:30 pm on March 11 and did not return. His father Abdul Hakim filed a general diary (GD) at Pabna Sadar Police Station on March 12 afternoon.
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On March 13, locals found the body in the lychee orchard next to the farm of Mosharraf Chairman of Soyghoria village of Dapunia Union and informed police.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Pabna General Hospital morgue for an autopsy. Later, a case was filed following the complaint of the victim’s father Abdul Hakim.
A joint team of Sadar Police Station and DB conducted a raid and arrested the accused Abdus Samad alias Somrat from his locality on Saturday afternoon.
During interrogation, Somrat confessed to the killing of his friend Azad.
Police said Somrat and Azad were close friends and worked as masons together. A month ago, Somrat took Azad’s motorcycle and got into an accident. Following the accident, Azad had to spend Tk 2000 to repair the motorcycle.
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Somrat gave Tk 1000 out of it. Later, animosity was created between the two friends over the remaining Tk 1,000. Since then, the accused Somrat had been looking for an opportunity to kill his friend Azad.
Around 8 pm on March 11, Somrat called his friend Azad and went to the litchi garden next to the Musharraf chairman's farm. At one stage of the conversation, Somrat stabbed Azad’s neck and eyes with a sharp knife.
After confirming his death, he dragged the body and covered it under the dry leaves of trees.
On Saturday afternoon, Somrat gave a confessional statement before the court.
Later, he was sent to jail.
Death of Abontika: DMP primarily finds partial involvement of classmate Amman, Assistant Proctor Deen Islam
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has primarily found partial involvement of Jagannath University’s (JnU) suspended student Raihan Siddique Amman and relieved Assistant Proctor Deen Islam with the suicide of Fairuz Abontika. Abontika died by suicide on Friday night in her Cumilla residence.
DMP Additional Commissioner Kha Mahid Uddin shared the information at a press conference on Sunday afternoon.
Replying to a question, the additional commissioner said, “Partial involvement of the arrested – Amman and Deen Islam – was found during primary interrogation.”
“The depth of their involvement will be determined by the investigation. We have done whatever was up to us, now the Kotwali Police Station of Cumilla will investigate,” he said, adding that they have handed over the duo to Kotwali Police Station.
The DMP additional commissioner informed that Abontika’s mother Tahmina Shabnam filed a case with Cumilla’s Kotwali Police Station last night. Two people were charged with abetment to suicide in the case.
Fairuz Abontika, a student of the 2017-18 academic year of JnU’s Law Department, hanged herself at her Cumilla residence after accusing her classmate and the assistant proctor of the university in a Facebook post around 10 pm on Friday.
In the Facebook post before committing suicide, Abontika said that her classmate Raihan Amman and assistant proctor Deen Islam were responsible for her suicide.
“If I ever die by suicide, my classmate Amman Siddiqui and assistant proctor Deen Islam, who supported him, will be solely responsible for my death. I complained to the Proctor’s office that Amman was threatening me offline and also online, but I did not get any justice. Deen Islam intimidated me in many ways on behalf of Amman. He said that expelling me is very easy for him. I know I won’t get any justice here,” she wrote.
A massive protest erupted on the JnU campus following the news of suicide on Friday night.
In the face of protest, the university authorities immediately relieved the assistant proctor and suspended the student.
Besides, the university administration formed a four-member probe committee with Masum Billah, dean of the Faculty of Law, as the convener and Law Officer Ranjan Kumar Das as the member secretary.
On Saturday, the protesting students announced to besiege the Vice Chancellor’s office on Monday to press home their six-point demand.
Accused JnU teacher, student arrested over Abantika's suicide
Police have arrested Jagannath University Assistant Proctor Deen Islam and student Amman Siddique over the death of Fairuz Abantika who committed suicide on Friday night.
DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman confirmed this information to the media on Saturday night.
They were taken into police custody. Later, they will be handed over to the Comilla police, he added.
Accused teacher in JnU student Fairuz's suicide note releases statement
Earlier, a case was filed at Cumilla Kotwali Model Police Station tonight following a complaint lodged by Abantika's mother Tahmina Shabnam, said Firoz Hossain, officer-in-charge of the police station.
According to the case statement, Amman Siddique harassed Abantika sexually on online and offline platforms while JnU Assistant Procter Deen Islam abused her verbally.
Fairuz’s death by suicide sparks protest at JnU; accused asst proctor relieved, classmate suspended
Meanwhile, protests were held at Jagannath University and in Cumilla district on Saturday demanding justice for Abantika.
2 inc. NOVOAIR driver arrested with 40 gold bars worth Tk 5 crore at Dhaka airport
Members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and National Security Intelligence (NSI) arrested two people including a driver of private airlines ‘NOVOAIR’ with 40 gold bars worth Tk 5 crore at Dhaka airport on Saturday afternoon.
The arrestees were identified as driver Md Helal, 51, and his cohort Kamal Hossain, 29.
Mohammad Ziaul Haque, additional superintendent at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA)
APBn, disclosed this information to media in the afternoon.
As a move to check gold smuggling, the intelligence of the APBn and NSI had been keeping an eye on driver Helal for a long time due to his alleged involvement with the smuggling, he said.
Being tipped-off, the members of the APBn challenged the driver and his cohort on board a CNG-run autorickshaw on their way to a destination in front of the Bangabandhu mural of the HSIA, the APBn officer said.
Later, the duo was brought to the APBn office for interrogation and subsequently the gold bars wrapped with tape weighing around 4.640 kilograms were recovered from a search of their bodies, he said.
A legal process was underway to file a case in this connection, the ABPn officer added.
Father, sons get life term for killing neighbour over land dispute in Sylhet
A Sylhet court on Thursday sentenced a man and his two sons to life term in jail in a case filed for killing a neighbour over land dispute in Sylhet’s Bishwanathpur upazila around six years back.
Sylhet Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Fourth Court Judge Shaila Sharmin also fined the convicts Tk 20, 000 each, said the court’s bench assistant Kabir Hossain.
The convicts are Ashique Miah, 60, his sons Md Emran Miah, 22, and Kamran Miah, 18, hailing from Tilokpur village under Khajanchhi union of the upazila.
Of the convicts, only father Ashique Miah was on the dock during the delivery of the judgment.
According to the case statement, there had long been a dispute between the accused Ashique and neighbour Abdur Rauf over the ownership of a waterbody in the village.
On February 19, 2018, Ashique and others equipped with locally made sharp weapons attacked Rauf when he installed a pump in the waterbody for irrigation, leaving him critically injured.
On February 21, the victim succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Later, the victim’s brother Abdul Quddus filed a murder case with the Bishwanath police station in this connection.
After completing legal procedures, the court handed down the judgment in the presence of one of the three accused on Thursday.