Law-&-Order
Youth stabbed to death by cousin in Kishoreganj
A 22-year-old youth was stabbed to death allegedly by his cousin in Sadar upazila of Kishoreganj district on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Abid Hasan Rahat, son of Anowar Ul Hoque of Rajgati union in Nandail upazila of the district. He was a first-year honours student of Government Gurudayal College.
The accused has been identified as Jubayer, 25, son of Shahidul Hoque.
Police said Rahat used to teach the accused’s nephew Fuyad, a resident of the Ukilpara area of the district town.
Around 6.30pm on Wednesday, an altercation broke out between Rahat and Jubayer at Fuyad's place over an unknown issue. The altercation suddenly turned violent when the accused pulled out a knife and stabbed him to death.
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Md Daud, officer-in-charge of Kishoreganj Model police station, said that as soon as they were alerted, a team rushed to the spot and recovered the body.
The body was sent to Kishoreganj Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy, he said adding that they are trying to determine the reason behind the murder.
Youth killed by rivals in N’ganj
A 22-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by members of a rival group in the district's Rupganj upazila on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Rakib Hasan, son of Harun Mia of the upazila's Kathpotti area.
AFM Sayed, officer-in-charge of Rupganj police station, said that Rakib and Sramik League leader Delwar Hossain had been at loggerheads over establishing supremacy in the area.
The supporters of Delwar allegedly swooped on Rakib and stabbed him indiscriminately while he was returning home around 9.30pm, leaving him dead.
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Angered by the murder, local people set a house on fire, creating tension in the area.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
“Efforts are on to arrest the attackers,” said the OC.
DMP commissioner orders ensuring maximum security during Durga Puja
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam today ordered all units of the DMP to be on maximum alert so that the upcoming Durga Puja, biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, can be celebrated in a safe and peaceful environment.
The DMP commissioner came up with the directives while addressing the crime review meeting for the month of August at the DMP headquarters.
Saying that Ansar personnel will remain at the puja mandaps throughout the festival this year, he also ordered police to perform their responsibilities well during Durga Puja.
About political programmes, the DMP Commissioner said that if a political program is carried out peacefully, police will not prevent it, but strict legal action will be taken against those who commit arson attacks in the name of politics.
He also asked to keep an eye on processions and marches so that no loss of life occurs.
At the beginning of the monthly crime review meeting, category-wise total picture of crimes in the month of August was reviewed.
The DMP Commissioner gave various important directions to all concerned to maintain law and order and keep the crime situation under control.
In the meeting, the DMP Commissioner awarded the best police officers in recognition of their good work in maintaining law and order and public safety in Dhaka city.
Former BCL leader beaten by up Naldanga upazila chairman dies at hospital
A former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, who was allegedly beaten up by Naldanga Upazila Parishad Chairman Asaduzzaman over a Facebook post on Monday, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital on Tuesday.
The deceased is identified as Jamiul Alim Jibon, a former member of the upazila unit BCL and son of Farhad Hossain of Aamtali Bazar area.
Sources said Chairman Asaduzzaman beat up the former BCL leader and his father after calling them to the bazar over the Facebook status on Monday evening, leaving them critically injured.
They were first rushed to Natore Sadar Hospital and later shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) due to deterioration of their physical conditions.
Jibon succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the RMCH on Tuesday evening.
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Meanwhile, the victim’s mother Jahanara Begum lodged a complaint at the police station in this connection.
Shafiqul Islam, Officer-in-charge of Naldanga Police Station, said they heard the news of death of Jibon. The chairman is yet to be detained in this connection.
Chairman Asaduzzaman, also member of the upazila unit Awami League, could not be reached over mobile phone as it was found switched off.
Schoolgirl gangraped in Khulna: 3 held
A schoolgirl has reportedly been raped by three people in Khalishpur upazila of Khulna district.
The crime occurred at an under-construction building at Madinabagh Residential area on Monday.
According to the complaint, Jahangir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Khalishpur Police Station, said the class IX schoolgirl went out for a bike ride with her boyfriend Maruf on Monday.
At one stage, Mejba Uddin, a friend of Maruf asked him to meet them at Pabla Sabuj Sangha Field around 11 am.
When Maruf along with the girl arrived there, Mejba along with his two associates identified as Imon Molla and Shimul Choukidar took them to the under-construction building where they violated the girl in turns after keeping Maruf confined.
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Later, Maruf managed to free himself and sought help after calling the emergency phone number 999.
On information, police rushed to the spot and arrested the trio.
The girl is now undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College and Hospital.
A complaint was lodged with Khalishpur police in this connection.
High court’s directive sought to ban export of Hilsa to India
A lawyer on Tuesday filed a writ petition seeking the High Court’s directive to authorities concerned to permanently ban the export of hilsa fish to neighbouring India.
Supreme Court Advocate Md Mahmudul Hasan filed petition saying that low-priced export of hilsa to India has made the national fish pricier in Bangladesh.
The writ petition also sought issuance of a rule as to why the inaction of the authorities concerned in halting the export of hilsa to India at a low price should not be declared illegal.
Besides, the writ sought HC’s directions on the Tourism Corporation to work on the development of hilsa-centric tourism.
Commerce secretary, Fisheries and Livestock secretary, Foreign Secretary, Civil Aviation and Tourism secretary, National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairperson, office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports and Tourism Corporation chairperson were made respondents to the writ petition.
On September 11, the same SC lawyer served a legal notice on the government to halt export of hilsa, a sought-after fish, to India in next seven days.
According to the constitution of Bangladesh, ensuring food security for the public is one of the main duties of the government. On the other hand, it is the constitutional duty of the respondents to always act in the interests of the people, said the petitioner.
By exporting hilsa to India at a lower price than in the domestic market, those concerned, including the Commerce Ministry, have violated the country's constitution, stated in the writ.
They have hampered the food security and acted against the interest of the people.
According to export policy 2021-24, hilsa fish is not a freely exportable product, it added.
Poor people in the country cannot think of buying hilsa from River Padma while middle class people also struggle due to its high price as a limited amount of fish can be harvested from there.
In Bangladesh markets hilsa, known as silver pride of Bangladesh, is being sold at Tk 1,600 to 1,800 per kg, while it is exported to India at $ 10 per kg (Tk 950), said the writ.
The commerce ministry has allowed the export of hilsa to India ignoring the public interest, said the SC lawyer.
Gaibandha child murder: HC upholds death sentence of one
The High Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of a man in connection with the killing of a child after abduction in 2010 in Gaibandha district.
The HC bench of Justice ANM Bashir Ullah and Justice Muhammad Mahbub Ul Islam upheld death sentence of Zahid, son of Siddique Mia of Gaibandha district, after hearing the appeal petition.
The HC also acquitted two more accused—Pavel, son of Majibur Rahman and Rubel, son of Biltu Mia of Pirgachha village—of the charges.
Advocate SM Shahjahan and AK Khan Ujjal stood for the accused while deputy attorney general Sujit Chatarji Bappi represented the state.
According to the prosecution, the three accused abducted Tasin Mia alias Arnab, 5, grandson of Nazrul Islam Madhu of Pirgachha village in Sadar upazila on July 27, 2010.
Later, they made a phone call to Tasin’s mother and demanded Tk 10 lakh as ransom for his release.
Failing to realise the ransom money, the accused strangulated Tasin to death and dumped the body into a pond.
Father of Tasin lodged a complaint against ten people with Sadar Police the following day.
On January 26, 2017, Gaibandha Woman and Child Repression Tribunal Judge Ratneshwar Bhattacharya sentenced three people to death in the case and acquitted seven others as allegations brought against them could not be proved.
The accused filed petitions against the lower court judgment.
7 cops get seven years in jail for kidnapping Cox's Bazar trader
A court in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday sentenced seven policemen, all detectives, to seven years in jail for kidnapping a trader and demanding a ransom of Tk 17 lakh for his release.
Cox’s Bazar District and Sessions Court judge Mohammad Ismail handed down the judgment in the presence of all the suspended cops.
The judge also imposed a fine of Tk 1 lakh on each of the convicts and ordered them to undergo an additional one year in prison for non-payment of the fine.
The court sentenced the convicted cops to five years in jail for kidnapping and another seven years for extortion by putting a person in fear of death.
As both the sentences will run simultaneously, the convicts will serve a total of seven years in jail, said plaintiff’s lawyer Mohammad Jahangir.
The convicts are sub inspectors Moniruzzaman, 35, and Abul Kalam Azad, 39, additional sub-inspectors Golam Mostafa, 36, Firoz Ahmed, 34, and Alauddin, 32, and constables Mostafa Ajal, 52, and MD Al Amin, 26.
On September 24, 2017, the seven kidnapped Abdul Gafur, a trader hailing from Teknaf and later demanded Tk 17 lakh as ransom from his family by threatening to kill him in a fake encounter, said public prosecutor Faridul Alam.
According to the case complaint, the Bangladesh Army arrested six of the accused with the ransom amount from the Marin Drive in Cox’s Bazar on October 25, 2017.
Later, another absconding detective was arrested by the police.
Abdul, the victim, later filed a complaint with Teknaf police, based on which a case for kidnapping and extortion was lodged.
In August, 2018, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted a chargesheet in this case against the seven detectives.
On September 5 this year, the court rejected the bail pleas of the seven cops.
SC scraps bail to Laxmipur UP chairman Selim in graft case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order that had granted bail to controversial union parishad chairman of Chandpur Md Selim Khan in a corruption case.
The court also ordered Selim Khan to surrender before the court by September 27.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
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Advocate Momtaz Uddin Fakir appeared for Salim Khan at the court while Advocate Khorshed Alam Khan stood for ACC.
On September 14, the High Court (HC) granted anticipatory bail to him for four weeks in the graft case.
The HC, however, ordered Selim Khan to surrender before the trial court concerned within four weeks in connection with the case.
On August 1, ACC’s assistant director Ataur Rahman filed the case against Selim Khan for acquiring the assets illegally.
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According to the complaint, Selim Khan acquired assets worth Tk 34,53, 81,119 beyond his known source of income and he concealed information about his assets.
On August 8, the Appellate Division ruled that Md Selim Khan must pay a huge amount in royalties against sand extraction from the Meghna river banks.
It said since 2016, Selim Khan had been extracting sand from the Meghna River in Chandpur Sadar and Haimchar illegally, causing the government to incur huge losses.
Dhara Multipurpose Co-Operative Society president gets 12 years jail
A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced the president of Dhara Multipurpose Co-Operative Society Ltd retired Major General Jalal Uddin to 12 years jail in a money laundering case.
Judge of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-8, Badrul Alam Bhuiya handed down the judgment.
The court also sentenced Sheikh Samsur Rahman, an accused of the case and resident of Sanatankathi village in Paikgachcha upazila of Khulna district to six years jail.
Jalal was tried in absentia. The court also fined them Tk 6 crore.
On December 31, 2014, the ACC lodged a complaint against the retired major general and his wife, son and daughter for plundering nearly Tk 60 crore taken from 1,449 investors assuring them of high interest.
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Jalal opened Dhara Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd in the capital’s Banani in 2005, stating himself as the president, his wife Alia Fatema vice-president, son Talha Ahmed general secretary and daughter Radia Ahmed joint secretary, according to the case statement.
Deputy Director of ACC Jahangir Alam lodged the complaint against Jalal and his wife, daughter and son.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved a chargesheet against Maj Gen (retd) Jalal Uddin Ahmed and another man in a graft case.
On December 31, 2003, Jalal retired from the army and opened Dhara Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd.