Law-&-Order
Body of rickshawpuller recovered from sugarcane field in Natore
Police recovered the body of a rickshawpuller from a field of sugarcane in Bagatipara upazila of Natore on Friday afternoon.
The deceased is Aminul Islam, 35, a resident of Khagarbaria village under Bagha upazila of Rajshahi district.
Shafiqul Islam, inspector (investigation) of Bagatipara police station, said the puller came out of his house on Thursday evening and didn’t return home all night.
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Later, local farmers spotted the body of the puller at the sugar land on Friday noon and informed police, he said.
The body was recovered and sent to Natore Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, the inspector said, adding that the reason behind the death will be known upon investigation.
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Police inspector transferred to Bandarban for mourning Sayeedi's death
A police officer was transferred from Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) to Bandarban Armed Police Battalion (APBn) for mourning the death of war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayeedi on social media.The police officer is Khairul Islam, court inspector of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP).
Vijay Basak, additional commissioner in charge of Crime and Discipline Branch of RMP, said that an investigation was conducted about Khairul Islam's Facebook post.
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"As he was found guilty, he was transferred to Bandarban following the order of the police headquarters on Thursday," he added.
Sayeedi, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, died while undergoing treatment on Monday (14 August).
After the death of Sayeedi on Monday night, inspector Khairul Islam posted on his personal Facebook expressing his condolences.
When his Facebook post came to light, RMP Commissioner Vijay Biplab Talukder ordered the cyber crime unit to investigate the matter.
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However, Inspector Khairul deleted the post shortly after posting it.
When contacted, Police Inspector Khairul Islam said that he posted “in a very simple manner.”
Later, he realised his mistakes and deleted the post.
Sabotage case: 46 BNP-Jamaat men indicted in Ctg
A Chattogram court on Thursday indicted 46 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami in a case filed on charges of sabotage in 2018.
Chattogram 's Seventh Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shamsul Arefin framed the charges after the hearing.
Former assistant office secretary of Chattogram Metropolitanunit BNP Md Idris Ali, Bayazid Bostami Thana BNP president Abdullah Al Harun, general secretary Abdul Quader Jasim, joint general secretary Dr. Farhad Hossain, former Bayazid Bostami Thana Jamaat Amir Ismail Hossain Siraji,Jalalabad Ward BNP President Md Belal, General Secretary Mamun Alam, PanchlaishWard BNP General Secretary SM Abul Kalam Abu, Amin Shilpanchal Ward BNP GeneralSecretary Kamrul Islam and Mahanagar Juba Dal Joint Secretary Ershad Hossain are among the 46 accused in the case.
“We appealed to court to discharge the leaders of BNP andJamaat in the case. But the court framed charges against them,” saidpetitioners’ lawyer Nazmul Hasan Siddiqui and legal affairs secretary of theMahanagar Juba Dal.
According to the case statement, BNP-Jamaat took out aprotest rally on the night of October 14, 2018 in Shershah textile area.
The accused vandalised vehicles and blasted cocktails fromthe rally.
A case was lodged in Bayazid Bostami police station mentioningthe names of 44 people.
Later, police submitted a charge sheet to the court against46 people after the investigation.
Ideal College Scandal: Mushtaq Ahmed gets anticipatory bail
The High Court (HC) on Thursday granted six weeks of anticipatory bail to Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed, a donor member of the Management Committee of Dhaka’s famed Ideal School and College, in a case filed over luring away and marrying a student of the institution against her family's wishes.
The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Md. Zakir Hossain and Justice A. K. M. Zahirul Huq passed the order after Mushtaq Ahmed appeared in the court and applied for bail.
The court also asked to form a board with experts to determine the age of the student and kept the girl in the safe custody of the Department of Social Services until her age was determined.
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The girl confessed to the court that she willingly married Mushtaq Ahmed and she claimed that she is an adult. No one even intimidated her to marry him, the girl said.
However, the petitioner and the state have given conflicting statements about the age of the student. So it is important to determine the age of the victim.
Earlier on Wednesday, the High Court refused to hear an anticipatory bail petition by Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed.
An HC bench of Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman sent back the bail petition filed by the accused in person with the court.
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On August 1, the father of a female student of the college section of the institution filed the case with the court of Judge Begum Mafroza Parvin of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-8.
Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed, a donor member of the governing body of Ideal School and College at Motijheel, has been made the main accused in the case.
According to the case details, the plaintiff mentioned that his daughter (victim) is a student of Class-11 of Motijheel Ideal. The accused Mushtaq used to come to the college on various pretexts and called the victim from the class to the principal's room.
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“In the name of inquiring, the accused made inappropriate advances on the victim. When she did not agree, Mushtaq threatened to pick her up and forcibly marry her, and also threatened her family."
Youth jailed for 5 years for posting obscene photos of woman on social media in Laxmipur
A Laxmipur court on Thursday sentenced a youth to five years in jail in a case filed for sharing obscene photos of a housewife on Facebook in Kamalnagar upazila of Laxmipur around two years back.
Laxmipur District and Sessions Judge Court Judge Md Rahibul Islam also fined the convict Tk 20, 000; in default, he will have to suffer six more months’ jail, said the court’s Public Prosecutor Jasim Uddin.
The convict is Monir Hossain, 31, of Charlorence village in the upazila.
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The court handed down the judgment in presence of the convict.
According to the case statement, the victim, wife of an expatriate, went to Monir who had a telecom business at local Chowdhury Bazar, to fix her mobile phone set at the end of 2021.
Later, the accused took some personal photos of the woman and her husband during the servicing the phone.
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Monir realised some money from her threatening her that he would spread the photos on social media, it said.
On February 4 in 2022, the accused shared the photos on social media from two Facebook IDs.
Later on February 10 of the same year, the victim filed a case under Pornography Control Act against the youth with Kamalnagar police station.
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Derogatory remarks against judge: SC summons Dinajpur municipality mayor
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday summoned the mayor of Dinajpur municipality mayor Syed Jahangir Alam and asked him to appear before the court on August 24 in person for making derogatory remarks against a judge of the Appellate Division.
A six-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique asked the mayor to explain his role after appearing before the court on August 24 at 9 am.
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The court also asked the Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove the video containing the remarks of the mayor Jahangir, from the internet.
Four layers of the Supreme Court filed a contempt of court petition for making derogatory comments against Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division M Enayetur Rahim centering the verdict against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on YouTube. The four lawyers are—Advocates Harun-or-Rashid, Mahfuzur Rahman Roman, Md Moniruzzaman Rana and Shafique Raihan Shaon.
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Advocate Shah Manzurul Haque stood for the petitioner while Attorney General AM Amin Uddin represented the state.
The SC also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why Mayor Jahangir should not be punished in the contempt of court rule and why directives should not be given to issue show cause notice against him.
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Jahangir Alam elected as the mayor of Dinajpur municipality in 2011.
Member of ‘dope gang’ arrested at Dhaka airport
Members of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a member of a "dope gang" from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday night.
The arrestee was identified as Md Mamun, 31, of Kishoreganj district.
Additional superintendent of APBn, Mohammad Ziaul Haque, said they received two complaints against dope gangs on August 6 and 13.
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On August 5, Mamun allegedly looted the valuables of one Ajit Sarkar, who returned from Dubai, after giving him sedative-laced juice.
In the same process, Yeasin Arafat, who returned from Doha, lost his valuables on August 13.
After investigation, the APBn members identified Mamun, who in the guise of a passenger, met people arriving from different countries and looted their valuables after giving them sedatives.
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APBn members arrested Mamun from the airport lounge at 10 am on Wednesday.
Ideal College Scandal: HC refuses to hear anticipatory bail petition of governing board member who married student
The High Court on Wednesday refused to hear an anticipatory bail petition by Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed, a donor member of the board of governors of Dhaka’s famed Ideal School and College, in a case filed over luring away and marrying a student of the institution against her family's wishes.
The charges in the case filed by the family involve allurement and rape.
An HC bench of Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman sent back the bail petition filed by the accused in person with the court. The court in fact also rebuked the petitioner, saying he wasn’t in the right morally.
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On the other hand, Justice M Enayetur Rahim of the Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld the HC order that granted a six-week anticipatory bail to College Principal Fouzia Rashidee Rumna, who is accused of having aided and abetted Mushtaq’s advances towards the girl, a student of Class-11 of Ideal College, Motijheel, in a sordid story that has rocked not just everyone associated with the school, but even the wider education sector in the last few months.
The girl’s father, one Md Saiful Islam, on August 1 lodged the complaint with the Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-8 against the donor member and the principal.
Taking the allegations into cognizance, Judge Begum Mafroza Parveen ordered Gulshan Police Station’s Officer-in-charge to record the complaint as a case.
According to the complaint, Mushtaq, a sexagenarian, used to come to the college on various pretexts through his involvement in the governing board and some time in 2022, started calling the victim from her class to the principal's room. The start of his inappropriate advances on the victim involved giving her expensive gifts like an iPhone.
Failing to woo her at first, Mushtaq threatened to pick her up and forcibly marry her, and also threatened her family. A particularly damning portion of the complaint states:
"Later, the victim requested the college principal to take action on such behaviour. The principal, instead of taking action, brought Mushtaq to her room and called the victim from her class and closed the door of the room and asked the victim to give time and company to the accused."
Although the plaintiff went to seek her intervention to end the matter, the principal refused to cooperate, according to the case statement.
At one stage, the plaintiff was forced to take his daughter to their Thakurgaon home to be away from the whole thing, but on June 12, Mushtaq is accused of abducting the victim with his men.
On social media, Mushtaq has insisted the girl engaged with him of her own accord. But irrespective of that, pursuing such a relationship on the part of a donor member of the governing board was bound to stretch ethical standards.
Earlier this year, Mushtaq is said to have sponsored the school’s day trip to his garden state in Narshingdi as part of plans to woo her. They are understood to have been married - with the girl under duress, according to the father’s case- shortly afterwards.
IGP promises stern action against any attempt to efface law and order
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Wednesday said anyone involved in attempts to deteriorate the law and order situation in the country would be dealt with sternly.
He said the police is capable of preventing any such attempt, including by militants.
The IGP was speaking to journalists after attending a discussion meeting-cum- award distribution ceremony on the occasion of the 48th death anniversary of Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Mourning Day organized by Bangladesh Police at Rajarbag Police Lines Auditorium in the capital on Wednesday afternoon. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Gulam Faruk presided over the discussion programme.
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Probed further on the recent activities of the militants, the nation's top policeman said: "We have been able to neutralize the militants and take action against them whenever they have organized and tried to inform their existing forces...we get information whenever they try to organize in any place. Because of this, we have been able to conduct successful operations against them. We are able to prevent any kind of attempt by the militants. "
Replying to another question regarding alleged sabotage attempt after Delwar Hossain Sayedee's death, the IGP said that they were given permission for the janaza but they didn't do it. That led to an attempt at trying to deteriorate law and order in different parts of the country.
"Whenever there is an attempt at sabotage, any attempt to worsen the law and order situation, we will take action against it," the IGP said.
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Regarding the threat to a physician of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in connection with Sayedee's death, he said, Police has been trying to identify the threaters and will bring them under the law of the land.
Mahbubuddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, who had been serving as Additional Superintendent of Police during the Liberation War of 1971, was the keynote speaker at the event.
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1 dead in clash over land dispute in Narail
A 78-year-old farmer was killed and 11 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over harvesting jute from a disputed land in Sadar upazila of Narail on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Radha Pallav Biswas, a resident of Devbhog village under Sheikhhati union of the upazila.
Locals said there had long been a dispute between Radha Pallav and his neighbour Salam Sheikh over ownership of a piece of land in the village.
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On Wednesday noon, a clash broke out between supporters of the two when Salam Sheikh and his followers went to the land to harvest jute.
The clash left Radha dead on the spot and 11 others critically injured, they said, adding that the injured are undergoing treatment at Narail Sadar Hospital.
Obaidur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said they are aware of the incident but no case has been filed yet.
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