Law-&-Order
Cattle trader shot dead ‘by BSF’ along Lalmonirhat border
A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members along Burimari border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Bipul Hossain 23, of the upazila.
According to locals, a group of cattle traders including Bipul tried to bring Indian cows through Patgram border in the early hours of Sunday.
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Bipul sustained bullet when BSF opened fire at them, Omar Faruq, officer-in-charge (OC) of Patgram police station.
He succumbed to his injuries on the way to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital, he added.
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‘Ansarullah Bangla Team member’ arrested in Chattogram
Police arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team along with a firearm from Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram in the early hours of Saturday.
Mojaher Uddin alias Rajib, 33, was arrested from near gate no-2 of Chittagong Chemical complex near Barabkunda Bazar of the upazila.
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Police also recovered a firearm and two rounds of bullet from his possession, said Tofail Ahmed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sitakunda model police station, on Sunday.
“There are five cases against Mojaher. One case was filed against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act at Motijheel police station, another at Rajshahi’s Puthia police station under the Anti-Narcotics Act and another at Sitakunda police station under the Arms Act,” Tofail Ahmed said.
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Police also said Mojaher came to Sitakhunda form Dhaka one and a half months ago and committed robbery in different places.
Jamaat men to be brought to justice for attacking police: DMP Commissioner
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq said on Saturday that the activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, involved with the attack on police on Friday at the capital's Malibagh will be brought to justice and no one offender will be spared.
"As they took out a procession without permission and attacked the police, DMP has taken the incident very seriously," he said at a press briefing held at the DMP media centre in the city.
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Many policemen, including senior officers, got seriously injured and they are hospitalised, he added.
When asked about the failure of intelligence surveillance behind the attack, DMP Commissioner said, "This is not the case actually. We got the information that they will march from the front of Baitul Mukarram Mosque. But when they tried to march from the front of Rampura Abul Hotel, they were stopped by the police and came to Mouchak-Malibagh for holding the procession."
More than 5000 Jamaat activists sued over Friday’s clash with police in capital
Police on Saturday filed five separate cases against more than 5000 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in connection with clashes in the capital's Malibagh, Mouchak , Shahjahanpur and Rampura areas after Jumma prayers on Friday afternoon.
Among the cases, one each was registered with Ramna, Shahjahanpur and Rampura police station, while another two cases were filed with Khilgaon Police Station.
Sources at the DMP headquarters said Sub Inspector (SI) Subir Kumar registered a case with Ramna Police station against mentioning names of 91 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and unidentified names of several others.
SI Md Hayat Ali Khan filed a case with Shahjahanpur police station accusing 73 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami I and 800-900 unnamed others.
Names of around 63 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami were mentioned alongside 3500-4000 others unnamed people of the organization in a case filed by SI Maruf Hossain with Rampura police station.
SI Rezaul Karim filed two separate cases with Khilgaon Police station. He mentioned names of total 148 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and several other unidentified people.
Various charges, including obstruction of government duty, assault on police and carried out explosions etc were brought against the accused of the five cases.
Clashes broke out between the law enforcers and activists and leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir in the capital's Malibagh, Mouchak, Shahjahanpur and Rampura areas as they tried to bring out a procession after Juma prayers on Friday, police said.
Dozens of people, including 10 cops and Jamaat- Shibir men sustained injuries during the clash.
The law enforcers detained several Jamaat-Shibir men over the incident.
No outdoor celebrations on 31st night: DMP Commissioner
No open air events, fireworks and crackers will be allowed on the eve of New Year, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruque on Saturday.
“No one will be allowed to hold outdoor programmes, use of crackers, fireworks or sky lanterns (fanush) will also remain prohibited on 31st night,” he said.
The DMP boss came up with the information at a press briefing held at the DMP media centre in the city.
Adequate police including plainclothes ones will be deployed to ensure security on the 31st night and check-posts will be set up in different parts of the city and people will have to undergo police checking so that no militants can carry out sabotage activities centering the night, he said.
The Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team of DMP, dog squad and bomb disposal units will kept ready to tackle any situation, said Faruque.
No DJ parties will be allowed and bars will remain closed from Saturday till 6 pm on Sunday, he said.
No one will be allowed to carry firearms at residential hotels till 10 am on Sunday, he added.
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Besides, the entry of outsiders will remain restricted from 8 pm in Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara areas today but the Amtoli crossing and Kakoli crossing will be opened for allowing entry of residents of those areas, said the DMP commissioner.
Meanwhile, no outsiders will be allowed in Dhaka University area after 6 pm and no vehicles will be allowed there during this period. People can enter the university area through Nilkjhet and Shahbagh areas after showing their identity cards.
Firefighting units and ambulances will be keep ready in different important points of the city and no vehicles will be allowed in Hatirjheel area after sun set.
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When asked about any possible militant threat, the DMP commissioner said there is no specific threat centering the 31st night.
Off duty OCs clash with Ansar over parking at amusement park
An Officer-in-Charge (OC) and three Ansar members were withdrawn from their respective work stations following a clash between two off-duty OCs and Ansar over parking at an amusement park in Chattogram on December 26.
Those withdrawn are Chattogram Government Railway Police (GRP) OC Md Nazim Uddin, Ansar members—Sohel Rana, Muhin Ahmed and Saidul Rahman. They were posted at Ansar Battalion Range Office in the city’s Foy’s Lake area.
According to police and Ansar, GRP OC Nazim and Bandarban Sadar police station OC Shahidul Islam along with their families went to visit Foy’s Lake on December 26 in the afternoon.
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A microbus carrying the touring party was parked a few yards away from the main entrance of the Ansar office. The accused Ansar personnel locked into an altercation with OC Nazim over the matter.
At one stage, they dragged the OC inside the Ansar office compound and allegedly beat him mercilessly, despite Nazim identifying himself as an OC.
On information, a team of police led by concerned Akbar Shah police station OC Waliuddin Akbar rushed to the spot and took two Ansars, Sohel and Muhin, to the police station.
Jasim Uddin, deputy commissioner (DC-west) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police and Engineer Mohammad Hasan Chowdhury, superintendent of police (SP) of Chattogram Range Ansar and others from the both battalions held a meeting at the police station over the matter later that night.
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Later, the detained Ansar members were released on condition that divisional steps would be taken against them and a general diary was lodged in this connection.
DC Jasim said misunderstanding between the two battalions led to the unexpected incident. The Ansar members were freed through a negotiation on Wednesday.
OC Nazim was attached to the district Police Lines after withdrawing from the GRP, he said.
GRP SP Hasan expressed his reluctance to make any comment on this issue saying that “It is our internal issue which can’t be told to the media”.
Country's law, order situation must be improved regularly: Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku on Thursday said the law and order situation of the country should be improved continuously.
"The law and order situation in the country is good but it must be constantly improved," he said.
The deputy speaker was speaking as the chief guest at a meeting of the Santhia Upazila administration in Pabna, the Parliament Secretariat said in a statement.
Tuku, also former state minister for home affairs, said the administration and the law enforcement agencies should always be vigilant to build a society free from militancy, drugs and smoking.
The Deputy Speaker said all the elected representatives, politicians, government officials and employees should work together to ensure a place for the country in the rank of the developed ones.
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He said the development journey of Bangladesh accelerated after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina started steering the country (towards progress). "The PM opened another new horizon for Bangladesh by launching metro rail on Wednesday."
With the commencement of the metro rail service, the commuters would now be able to avail of modern, safe and comfortable transport services and get relief from nagging traffic jams and save their valuable time, Tuku said.
HC questions legality of primary school teacher recruitment on quota basis
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule seeking explanation as to why the recruitment of government primary school teachers on quota basis should not be declared illegal and against the constitution.
The court also questioned why a directive should not be given to recruit 152 writ petitioners in the vacant posts on basis of merit.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Biswajit Debnath issued the rule during a primary hearing on the writ petition.
Home affairs secretary, public administration secretary, education secretary and director general of the Primary Education Department have been asked to respond to the rule within four weeks.
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Advocate Shamim Shikder appeared for the petitioners while Deputy Attorney General Tushar Kanti Roy represented the state.
On December 14, the final results of Primary School Teacher recruitment exams were published selecting 37, 574 candidates, said lawyer Shamim Sardar.
But it followed the notification issued in 2019, where 60% quota was reserved for women, 20% dependent quota and 20% quota was for men.
“Which violates the section 29 (3) of the constitution,” said Shamim Shikder.
When hundreds of youths are unemployed in the country recruitment of primary school teachers with only 20% quota for male candidates cannot be allowed, he said.
So, 152 candidates including Sanjit Sarkar from Gopalganj, Anwar Hossain from Pabna, Hafizur Molla from Magura who were not recruited filed the writ petition challenging the legality of quota based recruitment process.
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The number of candidates in this year's recruitment test for assistant teachers of primary school was 13,09,461.
At present, there are 65,566 govt primary schools in the country with 4,28,701 vacant teachers’ post.
4 arrested over murder of trader, assistant in Dhaka
Police arrested four members of a gang on Thursday for their suspected involvement in killing a local raw material trader and his assistant after kidnapping from the capital’s Lalbagh area .
The arrestees were identified as Nuruzzaman Hawladar, 40, Md A Aziz Shikder, 34, Hafez Choukidar, 46, and Delwar Hossain Molla Delu, 35, said a Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) press release on Thursday.
They were all arrested during drives at different places in the capital and Barishal district, said police.
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Plastic raw materials trader Jewel Shikder’s father registered a general diary on the night of December 15 at Chawkbazar police station over his son going missing.
After that police started a shadow investigation and drive and traced last location of Jewel and his assistant Morshed Alam at Mehediganj upazila in Barishal.
Later DMP Chawkbazar police conducted a drive to rescue the victims but managed to arrest the four kidnappers.
In primary questioning the arrestees confessed to kidnapping Jewel and Morshed for snatching money.
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They took the victims in the middle of the Meghna River in Barishal by a fishing trawler and strangled them after getting the money. They confirmed their death by drowning them in the river, said police.
A case has been filed in this regard at Chawkbazar model police station.
UAE-returnee Rangunia man held with gold worth Tk1.67 crore at Chattogram airport
A team of National Security Intelligence (NSI) claimed to have seized 2.5kg gold worth Tk1.67 crore at Chattogram's Shah Amanat International Airport from a United Arab Emirates-returnee man.
The man was identified as Jasim Uddin from Chattogram's Rangunia, Taslim Ahmed, director of Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram, said. "He came to Dhaka on an Air Arabia flight from the UAE Wednesday morning."
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"Jasim tried to smuggle the gold by turning them into a coil of a cooking machine," Taslim added. "He was handed over to Patenga Police Station and a case was filed against him."