Law-&-Order
Madrasa teacher sued for raping minor girl in Magura
A madrasa teacher was sued in a case filed over the rape of a third-grader in Shalikha upazila of the district on Saturday.The accused is Israel Mollah, 55, an assistant teacher of Bahar Bag Abediya Dakhil Madrasa of Magura Sadar Upazila.A case was filed at Shalikha police in this regard following a complaint lodge by the victim's mother Faziron Begum, said Bisharul Islam, officer-in-charge of the police station.According to the case statement, the 8-year-old victim went to Israel's house to bring fish kept in his fridge on Friday noon.
Read: 5 get death sentence for raping teenage girl in KhulnaTaking advantage of an empty house, Israel took the girl to his room and raped her.
Later, the victim’s mother filed a complaint over the matter, added the statement.
Couple's decomposed bodies recovered from flat in N’ganj
Police recovered the half-decomposed bodies of a man and his wife from a multi-storey building in Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Rabiul, son of Abu Taleb of Nilphamari district and Lucky Das, daughter of Anil Das of Bandarban district. However, on June 14, Lucky Das converted to Islam and changed her name to Ayesha Siddiqa.
Shahadat Hossain, the owner of the house, said the couple rented his flat on August 1. However, he did not ask them anything about which district they lived in or what their profession is.
As a bad smell started spreading around from their flat, other tenants of the house told me about it and later I informed the police, the house owner added.
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Moshiur Rahman, officer-in-Charge (OC) of Siddhirganj Police Station said they recovered the bodies from a flat of the five-storey building after being informed by the owner of the house Saturday at noon.
They might have committed suicide by drinking pesticides together, added the OC.
The bodies were sent to Narayanganj Sadar General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
However, the exact cause of death can be ascertained only after getting the autopsy report, he said.
RAB arrests 12 pirates with arms in Ctg
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained twelve members of a notorious pirate gang from different areas of the Bay and Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila on Saturday.
The arrestees are - Anwar, Liakot, Monir, Abul Khair, Nabir Hossain, Nezamuddin, Humayun, Shahed, Saddam, Atik, Emran and Amanullah.
The elite force also recovered a boat, 3 one-shooter guns, one Chinese axe, 16 daggers and knives, a binocular, six lights, 2 hand-mics, 70 mobile phones, fishing nets and Tk 5,700 in cash from their possession, said a media release on Saturday.
Brahmanbaria: Drug dealers ambush police, make off with arrested comrade
Two police personnel including an inspector sustained bullet injuries in a gunfight with drug dealers as the criminals ambushed them to snatch away their arrested comrade in Nabinagar upazila of the district early Friday.
The injured cops are Nabinagar Police Station’s Inspector (investigation) Mohammad Sohel and Sub-Inspector Rony Soro Rana.
Sohel, who was hit in the head, is undergoing treatment at Nabinagar Upazila Health Complex, and Rana at a hospital in Cumilla.
Saifuddin Anwar, officer-in-charge of the police station, said one Mannaf alias Monek and his son Shipon are accused in several cases including drug peddling, robbery, murder and rape.
Mannaf was released from jail a few days back, but got involved in drug dealing again with his accomplices, the OC said.
A team led by Inspector Sohel conducted a drive in Nurjahan village of Barikandi union early Friday and arrested Mannaf from his home.
However, absconding Shipon along with accomplices ambushed the team bringing Mannaf to the station, and a gunfight ensued, said OC Saifuddin.
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SI Rana was shot in the head, and Inspector Sohel in his arm, while the criminals managed to escape with Mannaf.
An assault case was filed accusing four named individuals, and 4 unnamed.
Molla Mohammad Shaheen, additional superintendent of police, said they are trying to nab all of the accused.
PK Halder, 13 others indicted in money laundering case
A Dhaka court today (September 8, 2022) framed charges against Proshanto Kumar Halder, disgraced director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd (ILFSL), and 13 others in a case over laundering money and amassing illegal assets.
The other accused are- PK Halder's mother Lilabati Halder, Purnima Rani Halder, Uttam Kumar Mistry, Amitabh Adhikari, Pritish Kumar Halder, Rajib Som, Subrata Das, Ananga Mohan Roy, Swapan Kumar Mistry, Sukumar Mridha, Anindita Mridha, Abantika Baral, Shankha Bepari.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-10 Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam framed the charges and ordered to begin trial.
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Sukumar Mridha, his daughter Anindita Mridha, Abantika Baral and Shankha Bepari ,now in jail,pleaded not guilty during today’s hearing.
However, PK Halder and nine others were shown fugitives and will be tried in absentia.
The court also fixed September 22 for recording testimonies of the witnesses.
This is the first of three dozen cases filed against PK Halder and his associates.
On January 8, 2020, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Assistant Director Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury filed the case against PK Halder at the Dhaka Integrated District Office for acquiring illegal assets of around Tk 275 crore.
In the chargesheet submitted by ACC, PK Halder was accused of illegally laundering 1.17 lakh Canadian dollars to Canada.
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Halder had been on the run since being charged by the ACC for money laundering and amassing ill-gotten wealth.
On May 13 this year, India's federal economic offences police arrested PK Halder and his two associates from the eastern state of West Bengal.
He is now in Indian jail.
Ex-SP Babul lodges complaint against 6 PBI officials
Former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter lodged a complaint before a court against six officials of Police Bureau of Investigations (PBI) for torturing and attempting to kill him in police custody.
Babul, who is now in jail in a case over the killing of her wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, lodged the complaint against the six PBI officers with the court of Chattogram Metropollitan Sessions Judge Jebinnessa on Thursday, said Advocate Habibur Rahman Labu, counsel of Babul.
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Advocate Habibur Rahman Labu lodged the complaint against PBI chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar, Superintendent of PBI Chattogram , Nazmul Hasan, Naima Sultana, inspector (Khulshi) Santosh Kumar Chakma, inspector (DB CMP) AKM Mohiuddin Selim and Police Inspector Kazi Enayet Kabir.
According to the complaint, PBI officials physically tortured Babul while he was put on remand and tried to kill him.
On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mitu at the port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akhter, 7, for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College.
Soon after the crime, Babul filed a murder case at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men.
The case was transferred to the Police Bureau Investigation (PBI) in 2019 after Mitu's father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP's mishandling of the case.
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On May 12, 2021, the PBI submitted its final report and arrested Babul Akter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison.
Babul Akhter also filed a ‘naraji petition’ against the PBI report on October 14, 2021.
On November 3 last year, a Chattogram Court rejected the final report of PBI in the murder case and ordered it to conduct further investigation.
PBI in an investigation found Babul’s involvement in his wife's murder.
5 get death sentence for raping teenage girl in Khulna
A tribunal in Khulna today (September 7, 2022) sentenced five men to death for raping a teenage girl in Khalishpur of the district in 2011.
The death row convicts are-Ali Akbar alias Hridoy, Mehedi Hasan alias Ibu, Sohel, Abdullah and Mohon.
Khulna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 Judge Abdus Salam Khan pronounced the judgment.
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On March 23 in 2011, convict Mohon abducted the girl from the Bihari Camp in Khalishpur and took her to a banana orchard in Charer Haat.
Ali Akbar and some others raped the girl there, leaving her unconscious near the camp.
Later, a case was filed at Khalishpur police station.
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On June 20 of the same year, the investigation officer of the case sub-inspector (SI) Kazi Rezaul Karim submitted a chargesheet against the five.
Among the convicts, Sohel, Abdullah and Mohon were tried in absentia.
Two BMDA staffers suspended over Rajshahi journo attack
Two staffers of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) have been suspended in connection with an attack on journalists in Rajshahi.
The suspended officials are warehouse keeper Md Jibon and the driver of BMDA director Abdus Sabur.
BMDA chairman Akhtar Jahan said the duo was primarily suspended as they found their involvement in torturing reporter Bulbul Habib and camera person Rubel Islam of ATN News.
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He also said that a probe body will be formed to look into the attack. Further decisions will be taken about who else is involved in the attack after getting the investigation report, added Akhtar Jahan.
Earlier, the two journalists came under attack on the premises of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) when they went there on duty around 8:30am.
Cameraman Rubel has been admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital with injuries on his lips and right ear, said Rafiqul Islam Rafiq, president of Rajshahi Journalist Union.
Physicians said that Rubel's eardrum has ruptured and he is bleeding from his ear.
Victim Bulbul Habib said a section of BMDA staffers launched the attack on them around 8.30am.
"We went to BMDA premises around 8.20am and started a live telecast on how the government officials are responding to the new office timing," Bulbul added.
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When BMDA Executive Director Abdur Rashid came to know about the matter, he started shouting at us.
Moments later, some 15-20 BMDA staffers swooped on the duo and beat them up. They also damaged their camera during the attack, he added.
CRAB expresses concern over a series of mugging incident
Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (CRAB) on Monday expressed its deep concern over several members becoming victims of mugging in the capital and its outskirts recently.
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Sirajul Islam, member of the Executive Committee of the CRAB and senior reporter of vernacular daily Jugantor, and Iqbal Hasan Farid, member of CRAB and crime reporter of the same daily, were mugged recently in separate incidents. The muggers snatched away their mobile phones and valuables but no one involved in the incident has yet been arrested by police.
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In a statement on Monday, Mirza Mehdi Tamal and Asaduzzaman Biku, president and general secretary respectively of CRAB, along with the leaders of the executive committee called upon the law enforcement agencies to quickly arrest those involved in the mugging incident. Besides, the leaders requested the police to be more careful for the safety of journalists.
Tobacco Control Act: BSOA wants quick approval of proposed amendment
The Bangladesh Supermarket Owners' Association (BSOA) have demanded quick approval of the proposed amendment to the Tobacco Control Act.
Recently the health ministry has prepared a draft for further revision of the Tobacco Control Act 2005.
The BSOA leaders were speaking at a joint discussion with Dhaka Ahsania Mission Sunday in Dhaka, according to a media statement.
BSOA Chief Advisor and Founder President Niaz Rahim said the government has set a target to make the country tobacco-free by 2040.
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"We hope the amended law will be passed soon and the government's vision will be implemented."
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Bangladesh Lead Policy Advisor Md Mostafizur Rahman said the current Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act 2005 completely prohibits the advertising and promotion of tobacco products.
However, the existing law does not specifically prohibit the display of tobacco products at the point of sales, he added. "Tobacco companies are mainly advertising and promoting tobacco products through the exhibition of their products at the sales centres."
So, the health ministry recently formulated a draft for further revision of the Tobacco Control Act, Mostafizur said.