Law-&-Order
Double life sentence for man who abducted and raped teenager
A Natore court on Sunday sentenced a youth to two life terms in prison for abducting and raping a schoolgirl in Naldanga upazila of Natore.
The convict is Hafizul Islam.
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim passed the verdict.
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The court also fined the convict Tk 40,000 and ordered him to pay the same to the victim; he will have to serve 60 years in prison.
Public Prosecutor Sirajul Islam said Hafiz and his accomplices abducted and raped a seventh-grader at Bangalkholshi High School in Naldanga upazila on September 13, 2019.
Later, after the victim's father, Asmat Mandal, filed a case, police rescued the victim from Jashore and arrested him.
Home Minister expresses hope for swift conclusion of BDR Carnage Case
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal conveyed his anticipation for an imminent final verdict in the BDR carnage case while addressing the media after paying his respects to the martyrs at Dhaka’s Banani graveyard on Sunday morning.
He emphasised the government's expectation for the judicial process to conclude shortly, stating, "We are hopeful that the final judgment will be delivered in the coming days. The completion of the trial hinges entirely on the judicial proceedings, and I can assure there has been no laxity in the trial process."
Acknowledging the complexity of the case, he noted, "Given the involvement of numerous individuals, navigating through these investigations was a colossal endeavour."
Chiefs of the three armed services, the additional secretary of the Public Security Department, and family members of those who lost their lives in the Pilkhana tragedy were at the graveyard at the time.
Youth lynched on suspicion of theft in Ctg’s Hathazari
A 22-year-old youth was killed in a lynch-mob attack on suspicion of being a thief in Hathazari municipality of Chatogram early Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Md Rahat, son of Sharafat Ullah Tipu of Alipur village under ward No-4 of the municipality.
Locals said they saw the youth entering a house near Nur Masjid of the municipality in the early morning.
They caught him and gave a good thrashing suspecting him to be a thief, leaving the youth critically injured.
He rushed to Upazila health complex where physicians declared him dead upon arrival, said Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Rashim Chakma.
Hathazari police station’s Sub Inspector Md Hasan said they sent the body to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
RAB arrests 37 teen gang members in Dhaka
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 37 members of “teen gangs”, although their age range is between 15-45, along with drugs, and sharp weapons from different areas of Dhaka and its surrounding areas on Thursday.
Tipped off, a team of RAB-1 conducted drives in the capital’s Mohakhali, Banani, Airport, Tongi and Gazipur areas and arrested them, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Mostaq Ahmad, commanding officer of RAB-1 said in a press conference.
The arrestees are Russell,17, Arafat,17, Robin,15, Al-Amin,24, Islam,29, Jewel,22, Rabiul,16, Murad,17, Mahabub,19, Saad,22, Rohan,22, Mona,28, Hriday,20, Obayed,18, Md Zisan,19, Md Akash,30, Md Emon,20, Md Ramzan,21, Md Sajib 18, Md Shakib,22, Md Rajib,19, Md Amir Hossain,36, Shahjahan Saju alias Russell,45, Md Zilad Miah,20, Md Hriday,19, A Raihan,15, Md Babu Miah,22, Md Shahjahan,21, Md Jalal Miah,28, Lamim Miah,15, Md Rakib,16, Md Hira Miah,17, Imrul Hasan,17, Md Sakin Sarkar Rabbi,18, Md Sujan Miah,19, Khairul,19 and Rahat,19.
They identified themselves as members of different groups including Kishor Gang-007 Group, Baba Group, Jaura Group, D Company and Jahangir Group.
During the drives, RAB seized 500 grams of Ganja, 24 mobiles, one blade, one axe, one power bank, five rods, 16 knives, three iron chains, one hammer, one motorcycle and cash Taka 24,250 from their possession, added the officer.
The process is underway to take legal action against them, said the RAB official.
5 officials of Transcom Group get bail in 3 separate cases
A Dhaka court on Friday granted bail to five officials of Transcom Group in three separate cases filed over alleged embezzlement, occupying of property, and illegal transfer of shares of the company.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanta Akter granted them bail upon a bond of Tk3,000 each after a hearing in the afternoon.
The accused are Md Fakhruzzaman Bhuiyan, serving as the executive director for Corporate Affairs and Law at the Transcom Group; Kamrul Hasan and Abdullah Al Mamun, both directors in Corporate Finance; Mohammed Mossadeq, the assistant company secretary, and Abu Yusuf Md Siddik, manager (company secretary).
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Earlier, the PBI, the investigating agency of the cases, produced the arrestees before the court and demanded a five-day remand for Abdullah Al Mamun and a 10-day remand for each of the other four.
On behalf of the accused, their lawyers pledged for cancellation of remand and sought bail.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the court granted bail to each till the next hearing.
Earlier on Thursday, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested five top officials, including two directors, of Transcom Group from different places in Dhaka.
Shahanur Rahman, inspector (Investigation) of Gulshan Police Station, said Shahzreh Huq, daughter of the late Latifur Rahman, the founder of Transcom Group, filed three cases with Gulshan police as the plaintiff.
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She sued her elder sister, the current Transcom Group CEO, and mother Shahnaz Rahman, the current Chairman of the group, and Simeen Rahman's son and Transcom's head of transformation Zaraif Ayaat Hossain over a dispute regarding properties and company shares worth more than Tk10,000 crore.
According to the case documents, Simeen and her accomplices tried to illegally acquire around Tk10,000 crore worth of property of her father Latifur Rahman through false deeds of settlements.
Shahzreh alleged that her father left around Tk100 crore in FDRs across multiple banks before his death.
She accuses her mother Shahnaz Rahman and sister Simeen Rahman of unevenly distributing the FDRs.
The rest are accused of assisting in embezzling the funds.
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In one of the cases, the plaintiff mentioned that her elder sister Simeen Rahman took 23 thousand 600 shares of Transcom Limited in her name through forgery to deprive her and her brother Arshad Waliur Rahman which she came to know after the death of his father.
However, the plaintiff claimed she never signed the transfer deed nor did her brother.
Legal notices were issued against the accused in this regard, but they did not heed.
The accused fabricated all these documents, Shahzreh further alleged.
None of the accused could be reached by UNB for comments.
20-year-old youth arrested for killing bKash agent in Rajbari
Police on Friday morning arrested a 20-year-old youth in a case filed for killing a bKash agent in Rupsa Bazar at Kalukhali upazila of Rajbari on Wednesday.
The arrestee is Md Torikul Sheikh (20) of Rupsa Bazar area of the upazila.
bKash agent Sharif Khan (39) was hacked to death with a machete on Wednesday night.
Sharif's wife filed a case at Kalukhali Police Station against unidentified persons on Thursday.
Rajbari Police Superintendent GM Abul Kalam Azad confirmed the matter.
According to police, Sharif was found dead in front of Jadur Salon in the Rupsa Switch Gate Bazar area of Kalukhali upazila on Wednesday night. Police recovered his body and sent it to the Rajbari Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
After the case was filed, Kalukhali Police Station started a thorough investigation and arrested Torikul Sheikh, who was involved in the murder, said police.
During the primary interrogation, Torikul confessed to the murder. He said that he and Sharif used to do business in the same market. Torikul was addicted to online gambling and had lost a lot of money. He planned to kill Sharif, a bKash agent, and take away the money.
To kill Sharif, Torikul collected a machete from his cousin's house. When Sharif came to the mosque in Rupsa Bazar with his son after eating dinner at home, Torikul called him out.
According to the plan, the accused, Torikul, hacked him to death with a machete in front of Jadur's shop in the Rupsa Switch Gate area, said police.
Man jailed for life in Chuadanga drug case
A Chuadanga court on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a drug case.
The lifer is Aminul Islam, son of Haque Mohammad under Darshana police station of Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district.
Additional District and Session Judge Md Masud Ali also fined him Tk 20,000, in default of which he will have to serve another six months of rigorous imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, on November 18, 2014, around 4:30 pm, a team of Chuadanga Narcotics Control Directorate raided Sultanpur Bostipara area of Damurhuda upazila. During the raid, the law enforcers arrested Aminul with 238 bottles of Indian phensedyl.
Later, Inspector Milon Kumar Mukherjee of Chuadanga Narcotics Control Directorate filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act at Damurhuda police station.
Inspector Milon Kumar, also the investigating officer, submitted a chargesheet accusing Aminul Islam in the court on January 12, 2015.
DU student suspected to be militant operative detained at Jagannath University
A Dhaka University (DU) student was detained on account of distributing leaflets and posters of banned militant outfit ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir’ on Jagannath University (JnU) campus in Old Dhaka on Thursday.
The detainee Anik Khandokar is a Soil Water and Environment department student bearing academic session 2018-2019.
It was learned that three DU students including the detainee were distributing leaflets of the banned outfit among students of JnU’s Management Studies department.
Noticing this, the discipline’s Associate Prof Md. Miraj Hossain caught Anik red-handed while the rest fled.
They were Sifat and Musaib, belonging to the DU’s Pharmacy department.
The leaflets and posters seized from the detainee read some provocative words to do acts of sabotage in the country and their action plan to carry out destruction to worsen the country's law and order and tarnish Bangladesh’s image.
JnU Proctor Pro Dr. Jahangir Hossain said, “The banned militant organisation had plans to conduct their activities to create unrest on our peaceful campus. However, due to the cautious stance of the teachers, students and university administration, their plan got spoiled.”
He said that they detained a militant operative with various subversive things including leaflets and posters.
The detainee was handed over to police who would take action as per the rule, the proctor added.
SC upholds HC bail to GK Shamim in arms case
The Appellate Division on Thursday upheld the High Court order granting bail to GK Shamim, a government contractor who gained infamy during the 'casino raids' in late 2019, in a case filed under the Arms Act.
A five members bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order after rejecting a petition seeking cancellation of his bail.
The SC also asked the HC bench concerned to dispose of the cases within two months.
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On December 13, the High Court granted bail to GK Shamim in the case.
An HC bench of Justice SM Abdul Momin and Justice Mahmud Hossain Talukder passed the order after hearing a bail petition.
GK Shamim, who was known as an influential contractor of Sabujbagh, Basabo and Motijheel areas of the capital, was arrested on September 20, 2019.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members seized illegal firearms and Fixed Deposit Receipts worth Tk 165 crore, Tk 1.8 crore in cash and foreign currencies from his house and office at Niketan.
The elite force lodged three cases – one under narcotics control, one under money-laundering prevention and other under arms acts – against Shamim with Gulshan Police Station on September 21.
In October 2019, Rab filed a chargesheet against the accused in the arms case.
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The official trial proceeding in the case began on February 28, 2023 after the court framed charges against the eight accused including Shamim rejecting an appeal for acquittal.
On September 25 , 2023, a Dhaka court sentenced eight people, including Shamim to life term imprisonment in the arms case.
On July 17, another Dhaka court sentenced GK Shamim to 10 years of imprisonment in a money laundering case. He has been in jail since his arrest.
2 physicians arrested over death of 4th grader during circumcision
Police have arrested two doctors of JS Diagnostic and Medical Checkup Centre in Malibagh following the death of Ahnaf Tahmin Ayham, a class-four student of Motijheel Ideal School and College, on Tuesday night during circumcision.
The physicians are SM Muqtadir and Mahbub.
Ayham died last night after he was allegedly administered general anesthesia during a circumcision procedure at the hospital.
Later, a case was filed accusing three doctors and five other unnamed persons following a complaint of the victim's father Fakhrul Alam, said Awlad Hussain, officer-in-charge of Hatirjheel Police Station.
The arrestees were being interrogated, he added.
Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Health Services shut down the JS Hospital and Medical Checkup Centre (JSHMCC) after the incident, DGHS Director (Hospitals) Abu Hussain Md Moinul Ahsan confirmed.
Family members said doctors took Ahnaf to the operation theatre around 8:00pm. After he was given general anesthesia, he didn't regain consciousness.
Around 9pm, the hospital authorities declared him dead, family members alleged.