Law-&-Order
BNP leader arrested in Brahmanbaria
Police arrested a leader of Brahmanbaria district BNP from Sadar upazila’s TA Road in the district Sunday morning.
The arrestee is Sirajul Islam, member secretary of district unit BNP and son of late Abdus Samad of Shimrailkandi area under Sadar upazila.
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Md Aslam Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the BNP leader was a wanted in a sabotage case filed in 2016.
Sirajul, who is an accused in 11 more cases, was sent to court after the arrest, he said.
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Jasmine's death in RAB custody: Key info missing in report, says HC
The High Court today (October 15, 2023) expressed dissatisfaction over the probe report submitted by the high-level investigation committee on the death of Union land office employee Sultana Jasmine in RAB custody in Naogaon.
"The report is unclear," the High Court said. “It did not include anything regarding the process of detaining Sultana Jasmine. The report also failed to say whether her relatives were informed after her (Jasmine) detention. Therefore, the court is not satisfied with the report.”
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The HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Muhammad Mahbub-ul-Islam made the remarks on Sunday.
Later, the High Court bench directed the preparation of the rule for the upcoming hearing on this matter. The court scheduled the hearing for the rule for November 29.
Advocate Manoj Kumar Bhowmick appeared for the writ petitioner in the court. Deputy Attorney General Samarendra Nath Biswas, Assistant Attorney General Abul Kalam Khan Dawood and Assistant Attorney General Taufiq Sajwar Partha were present on behalf of the state.
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Advocate Manoj Kumar Bhowmick said the High Court was dissatisfied over the probe report as some key information was missing from the report.
Earlier on May 22, the Cabinet Division formed a high-level investigation committee to investigate the death of land office employee Sultana Jasmine in RAB custody in Naogaon based on the High Court’s directive.
The High Court ordered the committee to complete the investigation and submit its report within 60 days.
On August 14, the committee submitted a 302-page report to the High Court.
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Union land office employee Sultana was detained by RAB from Muktirmor area of Naogaon city on March 22. She was admitted to Naogaon hospital the same day after she fell ill and later died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on March 24.
According to the postmortem report submitted by the Forensic Department of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Sultana Jasmine died from brain haemorrhage.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said Jasmine was arrested for interrogation as there was an accusation of fraudulence against her.
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Swechasebak League factional clash leaves one dead in Dhaka's Darussalam area
An activist of Swechasebak League, the voluntary wing of Awami League, was stabbed to death in a factional clash in Dhaka's Darussalam area last night.
The deceased Shah Alam, 35, was son of freedom fighter Syed Ali and was from Mograkanda area under Dhaka’s Savar. He used to live as a tenant at Lalkuthi-2 Colony in Darussalam area.
Police and locals said there was a longstanding dispute between former Swechasebak League central committee member Nabil Khan and former Darussalam thana unit president Mohabbat Islam over establishing dominance in the area.
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Sheikh Aminul Bashar, officer-in-charge of Darussalam Police Station, said that activists from both groups locked into an altercation yesterday.
The groups again locked into clashes with sharp weapons later on, leaving Shah Alam, from Nabil group, critically injured around 10 pm, the OC said.
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He was rushed to Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital. He breathed his last while being moved to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), the OC said, adding that the body was kept at DMCH morgue for autopsy.
Shah Alam's father Syed Ali has filed a murder a case with the police station in this regard, the police officer said, adding that drives are on to nab the accused involved with the murder.
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3 arrested on charge of extortion
Three people were arrested on the charge of extorting Tk 1 lakh by holding 2 college students hostage at the science college intersection area of Sirajganj's Ullapara municipal area.
The arrestees are Babu Talukder, 39, son of Md Tipu Talukder Rifat, 24 son of Mintu Talukder and Rahat 36, son of Md Israfil Talukder.
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Ullapara Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Nazrul Islam confirmed this information on Saturday afternoon.
He said that Arifur Rahman, a student of Sirajganj Government College, and his girlfriend, a student of the same college, were sitting at a coffee house in the Ullapara Science College area on Thursday evening.
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At that time, 6/7 people harassed them and took pictures of them. At one stage, they took them hostage and demanded Tk 2.5 lakh.
Arifur’s family members were forced to give Tk 1 lakh in the face of their demands.
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Later, police rushed to the spot after getting a phone call from the national emergency number 999 and conducted a drive in the area at night and arrested them, added the OC.
A case was filed against 5 named and 3/4 unnamed people following a complaint lodged by Arifur.
“Efforts are on to arrest the rest of the culprits,” said the police officer.
One held over 'gang rape' of schoolgirl in Gaibandha
Members of Rapi Action Battalion (RAB) on Saturday arrested a young man for his alleged involvement in the gang rape of a schoolgirl six months ago in Gaibandha's Phulchhari upazila.
Members of RAB-13 arrested one of the alleged rapists Roni Mia from Balasighat area of Phulchhari upazila this morning, said a press release.
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According to the case statement, the victim, a resident of Radhakrishno Pur, Ramchandrapur Union of Gaibandha Sadar Upazila, left home on April 12, 2023, to elope with her boyfriend.
But her lover left her in Balasighat area of Phulchari upazila. Not finding her lover till evening, she waited in the area. Sensing the opportunity, three youths of the area, took the girl on a boat saying that they will find her lover.
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Later, they took her to the deserted pastures of the Brahmaputra River and raped her in turn for two days.
In the morning of April 14, they dropped the girl again in Balasighat area and fled. When the victim explained her ordeal to the people, they called her guardians and handed over the girl to them.
Later, a case was filed at Phulchhari police station against the three rapists following a complaint lodged by the victim’s father Shahed Mia.
The arrestee was handed over to Phulchhari police station this afternoon.
DMP to join team regulating market to curb prices of commodities: DMP Commissioner
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman on Thursday said that the police are active to stop any illegal activities including syndicates in the market.
He also said that the government is always sincere in regulating the market. The team of the DMP is active to root out any syndicate and any bad activity as it has the ability to break any syndicate.
The DMP Commissioner came up with the remarks in a discussion meeting with the representatives of business organisations to determine the reasons for the abnormal increase in the prices of daily necessities and the non-effectiveness of the prices set by the government. The meeting was held at the DMP headquarters in the city.
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In his speech, the DMP Commissioner also said that Bangladesh is third in the world in the production of fish, rice and vegetables as well as first in the world in the production of hilsa fish.
“The price condition in the country is not supposed to be like this. What happened was a lack of coordination. If everyone works together, if everyone cooperates, it is definitely possible to control the market,” he said.
The Commissioner also said that the DMP will also participate in the market monitoring along with the Commerce Ministry, the Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection and the city corporations.
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Conducted by Joint Commissioner (Operations) of the DMP Biplab Kumar Sarkar, the meeting was also attended by senior officers of DMP, Police Headquarters, various intelligence agencies, Special Branch, Fire Service, Commerce Ministry, Rapid Action Battalion, Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection, Dhaka South City Corporation, Dhaka North City Corporation and representatives of business organisations of different thana areas of Dhaka and officers-in-charge of all police stations of the DMP.
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Man to die, another gets 3 years imprisonment for killing mother, daughter in Ctg
A court in Chattogram on Thursday sentenced a man to death and another to three years imprisonment for killing a woman and her 10-year-old daughter in 2015.
The condemned convicts were Belal Hossain, 27, son of Mono Mia of Korbanpur village of Cumilla's Muradnagar upazila and Titu Saha,46,son of Nepal Saha of Bakhrabad Ranjit Master Bari area of the upazila.
Judge of Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-6, Sirajam Munira handed down the judgment in presence of two convicts, said additional Public Prosecutor of the Metropolitan Sessions Court Barua Dighu.
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The court also fined Belal and Titu Tk 50,000 and 10,000, in default, they will have to suffer six and three more months imprisonment respectively.
According to the prosecution, the victims Nasima Begum and her daughter Rikta Akter Falguni used to live in a rented house in the South Nalapara area of the city.
On May 7, 2015, police recovered the bodies of Nasima Begum and her daughter from the 4th floor of the six-storied building.
Later, a case was filed against unnamed people following a complaint lodged by victim's husband Shah Alam.
On May 27, police arrested Belal Hossain, cousin of Shah Alam.
Accused Belal Hossain confessed that he had a love affair with garment worker Farzana. He killed the duo and looted Tk 111,000, gold ornaments weighing 4 bhori and two mobile phone sets from the house to marry her.
Belal sold the ornaments to Titu Saha, a jeweler's employee in Baklia Ishaq's Pool area of the city.
Based on the information given by Belal, Titu Saha was also arrested by the police.
Later, police submitted the chargesheet to the court on October 25, 2015.
Contempt of court: Ex-chief judicial magistrate gets bail after 3 hours of jail sentence for one month
The High Court on Thursday granted bail to Md Sohel Rana, former chief judicial magistrate of Cumilla for 30 days three hours after he was sentenced to a month in prison for contempt of court.
The HC bench of Justice Md Badruzzaman and Justice SM Masud Hossain Dolon passed the order on Thursday afternoon.
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Sohel Rana's lawyer Shah Manjurul Haque said that due to this bail order, Sohel Rana will not have to surrender before the trial court.
Earlier in the morning, the High Court (HC) sentenced Md Sohel Rana to one month in prison on charge of contempt of court.
Sohel Rana was asked to surrender before the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Dhaka within seven days.
Senior advocate Shah Monjurul Haque appeared for Sohel Rana in the court while Advocate Pranay Kanti Roy appeared for the petitioner.
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He was charged with contempt of court after he disobeyed the High Court’s order to stay the proceedings of a criminal case. Despite the High Court’s order, Sohel Rana, the former chief judicial magistrate in Cumilla, continued the trial proceedings in violation of the court’s order.
Later, the High Court sought an explanation from the former chief judicial magistrate for disobeying the High Court order.
Rana submitted an explanation to the court in this regard but the High Court expressed dissatisfaction and issued a contempt of court rule against him.
Sohel Rana later sought unconditional apology from the High Court for his acts.
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However, the High Court rejected his unconditional apology and sentenced him to 30 days imprisonment.
Sohel Rana is currently attached to the Law Ministry as an additional district judge.
Man hacked dead over ‘drug peddling’ in Faridpur
A 28-year-old man was hacked to death allegedly by a drug peddling gang in Sadar upazila of Faridpur on Wednesday evening.
The deceased was Asaduzzaman Nur alias Turag, son of Alauddin Hawlader of Maddhyo Alipur area in district headquarters.
Police and locals said the body was spotted lying in a tree garden owned by one Jamal Mollah in Govindrapur area in the evening.
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Later, police recovered it and sent to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy in Faridpur, said Kotwali police station’s sub-inspector Belal Hossain.
He said that two teams from Criminal Investigation Department and Police Bureau of Investigation have already visited the spot.
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A legal process was underway in this regard, he said, assuming that drug peddlers were involved in the killing.
The police official, however, could not provide details about the victim.
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None will be spared if court warrant is there against someone: DB Chief
Additional Commissioner and Chief of Detective Branch (DB)of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Mohammad Harun or Rashid on Wednesday said no one will be spared, no matter how big leader he is, if there is a warrant for any case.
"If there is a warrant for a case against anyone…no one is being exempted," he said while talking to reporters at his Minto Road office in the city.
Responding to a question, the DB chief said that the job of law enforcement agency is to bring criminals under the law.
He said that law would take its own course and any influence would not work.
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The top official of the DB claimed that BNP’s Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie was repeatedly informed about the warrant issued against him, but he did not take bail from court. Two warrants were issued against him in Lakshmipur district.
He was arrested by the Dhanmondi Model Police Station based on the request of the Lakshmipur District Police. Besides, he is also an accused in a case of attacking police in Science lab area of the capital.
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Dhanmondi police arrested him for two reasons. Although there is a warrant against him, he did not appear in court and did not take bail, the official said.
He did not appear before court in any case. The BNP leader was arrested by the police because he had a warrant, the DB chief added.
Dhanmomdi thana police arrested Annie from his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka early Wednesday.
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