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Biggest haul of crystal meth seized in Cox’s Bazar: BGB
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 21 kg of crystal methamphetamine (crystal meth or ice) from Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Wednesday.
A team of BGB 34 battalion arrested three people with the drug worth Tk 100 crore from Balukhali cyclone shelter area of the upazila, said Lt Col Saiful Islam Chowdhury, chief of the battalion.
This is the biggest ever consignment of crystal meth seized in the country, according to a press release sent by the force.
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The arrestees are Bujuche Mia, 51, Md Ismail, 23, and Syedul Bashar, 40.
Tipped off that a drug consignment from Myanmar was being smuggled into Bangladesh, the BGB team conducted the drive.
The drugs will be destroyed later, Saiful Islam said.
Legal action will be taken in this regard, he added.
2 former Juba and Chhatra League leaders shot dead in Laxmipur
Two former leaders of Awami League’s (AL’s) associate bodies--Juba League (JL) and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have been shot to death in an attack allegedly by their rivals over establishing supremacy in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur on Tuesday night.
The deceased identified as Abdullah Al Noman, 35, and Rakib Imam, 28, were former general secretary and organising secretary of the district units JL and BCL respectively.
Locals and police said there had long been a dispute between AL leader Abul Kashem Jehadhi, former chairman of Bashikpur union parishad (UP) and AL leader Mahfuzur Rahman, also incumbent chairman of the UP and elder brother of murdered JL leader Noman in the area.
A group of miscreants opened fire on the duo in the Poddar Bazar area under the UP around 10pm, leaving them critically injured, they said.
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They were rushed to the Laxmipur Sadar Hospital where physicians declared Noman dead upon arrival, said Dr Anowar Hossain, residential medical officer of the hospital.
He said Noman was brought to the hospital as dead while Rakib was referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after giving first aid.
The former BCL leader succumbed to his injuries on the way to DMCH, he said, adding that the duo sustained bullet injuries in their heads and mouths.
Noman’s brother Mahfuzur alleged that their opponent Jehadhi committed the killing to establish their supremacy in the area while UNB could not verify the allegations immediately.
Mahfuzzaman Ashraf, superintendent of police of the district, said two people sustained bullet injuries in an incident and one of them succumbed to his injuries on the spot.
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Legal actions will be taken in this connection after investigation, he said.
Additional numbers of law enforcers were deployed in and around the area to ward off any unexpected incident further, the SP added.
Two stabbed to death over purchase of clothes
Two people were stabbed to death over a dispute regarding the purchase of clothes in Chuadanga’s Sadar upazila on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Shojol (27), a three-wheeler driver, and Mamunur Rashid (25), an NGO worker, of Chuadanga’s Alamdanga upazila.
The incident took place around 9:30 pm on Tuesday (April 25) at a cloth shop named Plus Point on Bhalaipur Huchuk Para Road in Alukdia Union of Chuadanga’s Sadar upazila.
Anisuzzaman Lalon, additional superintendent of the district police, said two people were stabbed regarding a dispute over the purchase of clothes in Sadar upazila’s Bhalaipur area.
"Both died while undergoing treatment at Sadar Hospital. Police are conducting raids to nab the accused," he said.
5 Rohingya children abducted in Cox’s Bazar
Miscreants allegedly abducted five Rohingya children from a park in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday.
The victims’ families alleged that the miscreants asked for Tk 20 lakh as ransom over mobile phones on Tuesday.
Md Jamal Pasha, superintendent of police (SP) at the 16-Armed Police Battalion (APBN), said the miscreants abducted the children while they were playing at Jadimudar’s Natural Park on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday noon.
“Though the victims’ families didn’t inform us about the ransom, drives are going on to rescue the children,” he said.
Md Ekram, chairman of the Nayapara Registered Rohingya Camp Management Committee, said seven to eight miscreants wearing masks abducted the children from the park and took them to a hill.
The victims--Md Belal, 13, Nur Kamal, 12, Nur Arafat, 12, Osman, 14 and another Nur Kamal, 15, are residents of different blocks of the Rohingya camp.
10 bodies recovered from Cox’s Bazar’ trawler: prime accused among 2 arrested, 64 sued
Two people including the prime accused on Tuesday were arrested in connection with the recovery of 10 bodies from a fishing trawler in the coastal area of the Bay of Bengal in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday.
The arrestees are prime accused Baitta Kamal and No.4 accused Karim Sikdar.
Md Mahfuzul Islam, superintendent of police (SP) of the district, said they arrested the duo from Maheshkhali’s Matarbari and adjoining area on Tuesday.
During the primary interrogation, the arrestees admitted that they were involved with the killing of the 10 fishermen, the SP claimed.
The arrestees will be produced before a court with a prayer for remand for unveiling more information about the sensational incident, the SP said.
Earlier, Rokeya Akter, wife of one of the victims Shamsul Islam, filed a murder case accusing four identified individuals including the duo and 60 unidentified ones at Cox’s Bazar Sadar police station on Monday.
Asked whether all the victims were pirates, he said, “It is not clear yet now, however deceased Shamsul Islam and Nurul Kabir were accused of drugs and robbery cases respectively.”
Read more: 10 bodies recovered from fishing trawler in Cox’s Bazar
Half-composed bodies of 10 people were recovered from the fishing trawler from Nazira point of Cox's Bazar sea beach on Sunday.
The fishing trawler was towed to the shore by unidentified people. The trawler went missing two to three weeks ago. The trawler was caught in the net of another fishing trawler, which subsequently pulled it to Sonadia channel in Maheshkhali.
Among them were Shamsul Alam, 23; Saiful Islam, 18; Sawkat Ullah, 18; Osman Gani, 17; Saifullah, 23; Parvez Musharraf, 14; Nurul Kabir, 28; Saiful Islam, 34; Mohammad Shahjahan, 35; and Tarek Zia, 25.
The bodies were sent to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsies later.
Mother, son killed over land dispute in Ctg
A woman and her son were killed and two others were injured today in a clash between two groups over a land dispute at Master Hat area in Chattogram’s Karnofuli upazila.
The deceased were identified as Hosne Ara Begum and her son Parvez.
Two others from the same family, Md Araz and Md Sifat, were injured.
They were taken to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) and the mother-son was declared dead, said Dulal Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Karafuli police station.
A case was filed regarding the land dispute before this incident, said Md. Mobarak Hossain, in-charge of Shikalbaha police outpost.
One of the three accused in the case was on the run. Police went to his house today upon receiving information that he came back, said the in charge.
The clash erupted after police returned searching his house, he added.
Rape case against ex-Hefajat leader Mamunul: Two more witnesses testify before court
Two more witnesses testified against Mamunul Haque, the former joint secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam before a court, in a rape case.
Judge Nazmul Haque Shyamol of District Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal recorded the statements of sub-inspector Ezazul Haque and Mosharraf Hossain, landlord of the plaintiff Jannat Ara Jharna.
Earlier, Mamunul was produced before the court amid tight security.
The leaders and activists of Hefajat-e-Islam were gathered at the court premises.
The court also fixed June 6 for the next hearing.
On April 30, 2021, a woman whom Mamunul claimed as his second wife filed a case against him with Sonargaon police station accusing him of rape on false pretext of marriage, fraud and assault.
The woman in the case statement didn’t mention herself as Mamunul Haque’s second wife.
According to the case statement, the victim claimed she had been confined after the Narayanganj resort incident and was not allowed to communicate with her parents at that time.
She blamed Mamunul for breaking up her marriage.
On April 3, 2021, the Hefazat leader was caught with the woman at the Royal Resort. He then claimed that she was his second wife.
Later, a purported phone conversation between Mamunul and his wife was allegedly leaked in which he was heard introducing the victim as his wife.
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After his arrest, Mamunul also reportedly admitted to having contractual relationships with two other women.
Police rescued the victim from the house of Mamunul's sister in Mohammadpur and handed her over to her father.
RAB arrests convicted war criminal in Sylhet
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a convicted war criminal from Sylhet's Golapganj — a year after he was sentenced in a case related to war crimes in 1971.
The 70-year-old convict, Md Abdul Matin, is a resident of Barlekha upazila in Moulvibazar district.
According to the case, Matin took training in India for the Liberation War, but later joined Razakars (collaborators of the Pakistani army) and committed war crimes.
Based on information, a team of RAB-3 arrested the absconding convict Matin from the residence of his nephew in Golapganj on Sunday night.
His arrest comes seven years after he went into hiding following a warrant, RAB said in a press release on Monday.
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Five charges of crimes against humanity including murder, genocide, kidnapping, torture, looting, arson and rape in 1971 were brought against Abdul Matin and two others named Abdul Aziz and Abdul Mannan, who were also sentenced to death in the case.
They were arrested earlier and they are now at Kashimpur Jail, added the release.
On October 16, 2014, the International Crimes Tribunal started an investigation against them.
The Tribunal completed its investigation on November 14, 2016.
On May 19, 2022, the tribunal sentenced the three to death.
Bogura Azizul Haque College teacher stabbed dead; cops among 3 injured
A retired teacher was stabbed to death in front of Bogura Sadar Police Station on Friday night.
The deceased Rezaul Karim Panna was a former lecturer of Political Science Department of Bogura Government Azizul Haque College and a resident of Phulbari area.
Two members of police and a passerby were also injured in the incident.
The injured are Shahadat Hossain and Golam Kibria, members of Bogura District Detective Police and Abdur Rauf, a passerby.
They are now receiving treatment at Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College.
Police detained accused Mendi Khairul, 30, from the scene.
Nure Alam Siddique, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bogura Police Station, said around 11:45pm on Friday, Mendi swooped on him over an old enmity in front of the police station. When the passerby and two policemen came to save Panna, Mendi also stabbed them, leaving all of them injured.
They were rushed to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where teacher Panna succumbed to his injuries, added the OC.
In primary interrogation, Mendi confessed that he killed Panna over a land dispute.
2 arrested with 27 gold bars worth Tk 2.56 crore in Jhenaidah
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two men with 27 gold bars worth around Tk 2.56 crore in Jhenaidah along the border with India on Thursday.
The arrestees were identified as Md Ruhul Amin, 32, son of Md Monowar Hossain and Md Saiful Islam, 26, son of Md Abdus Salam. Both are residents of Kadirkol village of Kaliganj upazila under Jhenaidah district.
According to a media release signed by Lieutenant Colonel Masud Parvez Rana, captain at Maheshpur Battalion (58 BGB), said that they came to know that a consignment of gold would be smuggled to India from Bangladesh through Maheshpur border.
A BGB team detained the two when they were heading towards the border by a motorcycle, it said, adding that the gold bars weighting around 3.139 kilograms were recovered from their possession later.
The seized gold bars would be deposited to the authorities concerned at Jhenaidah, it said.