Law-&-Order
4 get life term for killing BCL man in Pirojpur
A Pirojpur court on Tuesday sentenced four people to life imprisonment in a case over the killing of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist in Sadar upazila around seven years back.
Pirojpur District and Sessions Judge Md Mahiduzzaman handed down the judgment in presence of the accused, said public prosecutor Farukh Sardar.
The convicts--Dulal Mollah, 40, Saidul Islam alias Sayed Sheikh, 33, Shahidul Islam alias Shahid Sheikh, 36, and Belal Sheikh, 30, are residents of Kadamtala union under the Sadar upazila.
The court also acquitted two accused- Anis Sheikh and Hafizul Sheikh- as the allegations brought against them were not proved.
According to the case statement, the convicts stabbed Tanvir Ahsan Sakib, son of late Altaf Hossain Hawladar and a resident of the same union, with sharp weapons over a union parishad election on May 6, 2019.
He succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital on the following day.
The victim’s mother filed a murder case naming the accused with the police station concerned.
Police pressed chargsheet accusing six people on February 10, 2019.
After examining the records and 25 witnesses the court delivered the judgment.
ACC sues Dr Yunus, 12 others in case over misappropriation of about Tk 25 cr
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against Nobel Laureate and Grameen Telecom chairman Dr Muhammad Yunus and 12 others for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of about Tk 25 crore from the company’s Workers Profit Participation ( WPPF).
The commission’s deputy director Gulshan Anowar Pradhan filed the case with Dhaka district coordinated office -1, ACC director general Rezanur Rahman said.
HC upholds jail term of Tuku, Aman and Sabera in graft cases
The High Court on Tuesday upheld the jail term of BNP standing committee member Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku and BNP leader Amanullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman in separate corruption cases.
The court upheld the nine-year jail term of Tuku, 13 years’ imprisonment of Aman and three years’ imprisonment of his wife.
The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order on Tuesday.
At the same time, the convicts have been asked to surrender before the concerned trial court within two weeks of receiving the copy of the verdict.
Advocates AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Nazmul Huda appeared for Aman and his wife in the court. Barrister Azmalul Hossain KC and Advocate Saifullah Mamun appeared for Tuku.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan stood for the Anti-Corruption Commission while Attorney General AM Amin Uddin and Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin represented the state.
On March 6 in 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a graft case against Aman and his wife Sabera with the Kafrul police station in the capital. On June 21, 2007, the Special Judge’s Court sentenced Aman to 13 years imprisonment for amassing illegal wealth beyond his known source of income and his wife was awarded with three years of imprisonment.
ACC filed an appeal as a High Court bench acquitted them from the corruption charges on August 16, 2010.
Later on May 26, 2014, the High Court struck down the verdict and ordered to rehear the case.
On the other hand, in March 2007, ACC Deputy Director Shahriar Chowdhury filed a case with Mohammadpur Police Station against former State Minister for Power Tuku for concealing his assets and source of income worth Tk 4.96 crore.
On November 15, 2007, a trial court sentenced Tuku to nine years in prison. Tuku appealed against the verdict and was acquitted by the High Court on June 15, 2011.
On January 21, 2014, the Appellate Division dismissed the acquittal verdict and ordered a rehearing as ACC appealed against the verdict.
Madrasah student strangled to death in Faridpur; teacher detained
A seven-year-old madrasah student was strangled to death allegedly by a teacher in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur on Monday.
Police, however, instantly rounded up the accused teacher, Hedayetullah, who joined the institution just two weeks ago.
Iman Ali Mollah was son of Hridoy Mollah of Samoskandi village under Naopara union of the upazila and a student of Purbo-Garakhola Mohammadia Achhiya Madrasah and Orphanage at Madhukhali municipality.
Students said the teacher, who hails from Netrokona, physically abused a student on Sunday night which the victim noticed.
The accused asked Iman not to share the matter with anybody and fell asleep.
The accused strangled the student to death when other students were sleeping around.
The students found Iman dead when they woke up and informed teachers of the matter. Meanwhile the accused left the madrasah taking another student before the matter was known to all.
Being informed, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body of Iman, said Madhukhali police station’s Officer-in-charge Shahidul Islam.
He said they detained the accused teacher from Majkhandi bus stand on Dhaka-Khulna highway shortly after the incident.
No case has so far been lodged in this connection, the OC added.
Tarique- Zubaida graft case: 4 witnesses testify before court
Three officials of a private bank testified in court on Monday against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case filed against them for acquiring wealth beyond their known sources of income and concealing information in their affidavits.
Before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md. Asaduzzaman on Monday, former assistant vice president of AB Bank's Karwanbazar branch SM Musa Karim, senior official Obaidur Rashid Khan and official Imran Ahmed of the same branch testified.
After their testimony, the court fixed Tuesday as the next date of hearing.
So far, six of the 56 witnesses in the case have testified. However, none of the witnesses have to face cross-examination as the accused are absconding.
The trial began on May 21 with the statement of ACC Deputy Director Zahirul Huda.
On May 25, Emran Ali Shikder of Kawkhali in Pirojpur and Syed Azad Iqbal of Lohagara in Narail testified.
Read more: Tarique, Zubaida indicted in graft case
Earlier, on April 13, a Dhaka court framed charges against Tarique Rahman and Zubaida in the graft case.
On November 01, 2022, a Dhaka court issued arrest warrants for Tarique and Zubaida in the graft case.
The court also ordered to give notice in the newspaper to appear before the court on January 19.
On June 26, the High Court ordered the judicial court to dispose of the case as soon as possible.
On September 26, 2007, the ACC lodged a complaint with Kafrul police against Tarique Rahman, Zubaida and her mother Iqbal Mand Banu for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 4.81 crore and concealing the information.
In the same year, the High Court issued a rule suspending the trial proceedings in the case after hearing a petition filed by Zubaida.
In 2008, a charge sheet was filed against three people.
The HC rejected the rule in 2017 and asked her to surrender before the court within eight weeks.
Man to die for killing stepbrother in Kushtia
A Kushtia court on Monday sentenced a man to death in a case over the killing of his step brother in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia around two years back.
Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Court Judge Ruhul Amin awarded the sentence in presence of the accused, said the court’s Public Prosecutor Advocate Anup Kumar Nandy.
Also, the court exempted an accused Sohel Rana from the charges in the case as the allegations brought against him were not proved.
The convict is Milon Hossain, 38, son of Nandu Mandol of Jamalpur Kandipara village under the upazila.
According to the case statement, there had long been a dispute between Milon and his step-brother Famid Hossain over paternal properties.
The accused stabbed Famid with sharp weapons when he was taking tea at a stall at their village on April 11, 2021. The impact of the incident left him dead on the spot.
The victim’s wife Rozina Khatun filed a murder case accusing Milon with Daulatpur police station later.
Police submitted the chargesheet against the accused on September 26 in the same year of the incident.
After examining testimonies from 9 witnesses and completing legal procedures, the court handed down the judgment in presence of Milon.
8 to die for killing BCL leader in Laxmipur
A court here sentenced eight people to death on Monday in a case filed over killing a BCL leader in 2013.
Judge Amina Farhin of Laxmipur Additional District and Sessions Judges Court handed down the judgment.
The condemned convicts are Ali Hossain Bachchu, Md. Mostafa, Md. Khokon, Abul Hossain, Mubarak Ulla, Kabir Hossain Ripon, Zafar Ahmad and Hizbur Rahman Swapan.
Seven of the accused were present at court while Hizbur Rahman Swapan absconding.
Victim Mehedi Hasan Jasim was Literature Affairs Secretary of Kofil Uddin Degree College Chhatra League and son of Mofiz Ulla of Shrirampur village in Dattapara union of Sadar upazila.
According to the prosecution, Mofiz Ulla of Srirampur village had longstanding enmity with Mubarak Ulla and Ali Hossain Bachchu over a piece of land.
As a sequel to the enmity, Mubarak and his supporters beat Mofiz Ullah and his family members on January 7, 2013. Later, case was filed at the police station.
On February 10, Jasim went to his relative's house in Radhapur village and stayed there. The accused entered the house by breaking the window grill at night and shot Jasim and fled the scene, leaving him seriously injured.
Jasim was rushed to Laxmipur Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead. The next day, a murder case was filed at Sadar police station following a complaint lodged by Jasim's father, Mofiz Ullah.
Later, police submitted a charge sheet against 12 accused in this case. Four of the accused have died.
High Court orders investigation into alleged money laundering by Biopharma
The High Court on Sunday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission and National Board of Revenue to submit a report after investigating the allegations of money laundering and tax evasion against the pharmaceutical company ‘Biopharma Limited’ within two months.
The HC bench of Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing a writ petition on vernacular daily Kalbela report titled ‘Biopharma’s money laundered from countries to countries.'
Moreover, the court ordered to dispose of the petition regarding the dismissal of writ petitioners Dr Morshed Uddin Akand and Dr Jahangir Alam.
Besides, a rule has been issued asking why the failure and inaction of defendants to take legal action against those involved with this corruption and money laundering should not be declared illegal and why legal action should not be ordered against those involved in this corruption and money laundering.
The defendants were asked to respond to this rule within four weeks. Abdus Salam Mamun stood for the writ petition while Md Saifuddin Khaled stood for the state.
Earlier on April 18, the report titled ‘Bio Pharma’s money laundered countries to countries’ was published.
Man stabbed to death in Chattogram
A man was on Sunday stabbed to death by unknown miscreants in Chattogram’s Halishahar area, police said.
The incident took place at Nayabazar Bishwa Road intersection around 4am on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Md Azad (30), son of Md Lavu Ibrahim of Nazir Bari area.
Nurul Alam Ashek, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police outpost, said Azad was declared dead around 9am after he was brought to the hospital.
His body has been kept in the morgue.
According to witnesses, Azad was severely wounded after he was attacked and stabbed by 7-8 people in the Nayabazar Bishwa Road area. Later he was rescued and taken to CMCH where he succumbed to his wounds.
He reportedly named his alleged attackers before dying, the witnesses said.
2 BCL leaders arrested for abduction, robbery at Dhaka College
Two BCL leaders have been arrested for kidnapping an official of a private company and snatching money from him at Dhaka College hall.
The victim of the incident Mehdi Hasan works as a quality controller in a private organization named Ayan Sigmind.
After being freed and taking treatment Mehdi filed a complaint with the Newmarket Police Station. A team from Newmarket police station arrested two members of the Dhaka College Chhatra League who were involved in the kidnapping.
The two arrested are Johnny Hasan, former BCL deputy secretary and SM Shafiq, former vice president of the Dhaka Metropolitan South Chhatra League and also former deputy sports secretary of BCL Central Committee.
Officer-in-charge of Newmarket police station Md. Shafiqul Goni confirmed the arrests.
He said, "Two people named Johnny and Shafiq have been arrested. The case is under investigation. The process of arresting other accused is also underway."
According to the charge sheet of the case, the accused had been demanding money from the victim Mehdi for several days. As Mehdi did not give them money, they took away two CC cameras, seven power banks, five cables, two camera stands at the junction of paved road under Mohammadpur police station near Bachila Bridge on May 25 evening.
Later, when the accused informed the victims, they came to collect their belongings and were then detained and beaten up and TK 3 lakh was demanded as ransom.
"At one point their money and ATM cards were snatched and ATM cards were credited," the allegation reads.
When the victim Mehedi became unconscious, Johnny Hassan, SM Shafiq along with another person left the victim at Gauchia Market junction yesterday around 12:30 noon. The patrolling police who came to know about the matter sent the victim Mehdi to Dhaka Medical for primary treatment.
In this regard, Mehdi Hasan Ayan filed a case in Newmarket police station, naming 15 people and accusing 10/12 others . All the accused are BCL leaders and activists.