Law-&-Order
Khulna woman remains missing for 18 days, 6 held
Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested six people in connection with the disappearance of a 55-year-old woman in Khulna on August 27.
Rahima Khatun went missing after she had stepped out to fetch water near her home in the Banikpara area of Doulatpara upazila in Khulna around 10pm on that day.
Rahima’s second husband Belal Howladar was taken into police custody on Monday night for interrogation and later was shown arrested in a case filed on a complaint filed by her children, said Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Doulatpur police station.
Earlier five others -- Mohiuddin, Palash, Jewel, Helal Sharif and assistant engineer at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Golam Kibria -- were arrested in this case.
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Of them, four were accused by the plaintiff in the case statement, said the OC.
OC Nazrul said that Rapid Action Battalion and other law enforcing agencies were also investigating the matter along with police.
“On August 27, Rahima’s cell phone was active in the Jogipole area after 10 pm but it was switched off before it could be tracked,” said the OC.
Rahima’s daughter Mariyam Hannan, in a Facebook post, said on Monday that her mother "has been missing for the last 17 days" though the administration claimed they are working to find her.
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“Every moment my mother’s face comes to my mind whether I go to sleep or eat. She must be hoping her children will find her soon,” she wrote.
Netrakona’s Khalilur gets death penalty for crimes against humanity in 1971
International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday (September 13, 2022) sentenced fugitive criminal Md Khalilur Rahman from Netrakona for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971.
A three-member tribunal led by Justice Shahinur Islam pronounced the death sentence.
Public Prosecutor Rana Dasgupta and Rezia Sultana represented the state during the hearing while state appointed lawyer Gazi MH Tamim appeared for the accused.
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PP Rezia Sultana said three of the four accused in this case died during the trial.
The tribunal gave death sentence to Khalilur, then commander of Al Badr, in his absence on Tuesday as he has been absconding, said the PP.
On January 30, 2017, in a press briefing of the probe agency final report on the accused was published.
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At first the case had five accused but one of them, Ramzan Ali, died before the trial began.
Other three accused that died during the trial were Khalilur’s brother Azizur Rahman, Ashq Ali and Md Shahnewaz, all residents of Noagaon union in Netrakona.
Charges of illegal detention, torture, abduction, looting, arson, vandalism, attempted rape, rape, murder and genocide in 1971 were brought against the accused in this case.
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The charge sheet mentioned that 22 people were killed, one was raped, one attempted rape, two of the four abducted being tortured in a camp, 14 or 15 houses being looted and arson at seven houses.
Death row convict Khalilur was a member of Islami Chhatra Sangha who joined the Razakar forces during the war. Later, he became commander of Al Badr in Chandigarh union. He was known to be a supporter of Jamaat-e-Islami.
Ex-SP Babul appeals for security after OC searches his prison cell
Former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter appealed to court seeking security for life alleging Officer-in-Charge of Feni Model police station searched his cell in Feni jail without permission from district magistrate or court.
On behalf of Babul, who is in jail in a case over the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016, his counsel advocate Golam Mowla Murad submitted the appeal to Chattogram Metropolitan Session Court Judge Dr Jebunnesa Begum on Monday.
However Feni model police station OC Nizamuddin denied the allegation brought against him when contacted by the UNB reporter.
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Babul’s counsel Murad said, “ On September 10 at 12pm OC Nizam Uddin went to Feni jail and searched Babul’s cell for a long time. According to jail code, it is a punishable offence for a police officer appointed with a police station to enter jail and search a prisoner’s cell without permission from district magistrate or court.”
According to Babul’s lawyer the search was done to keep his client under mental pressure as on September 8 he lodged a complaint against six officials of Police Bureau of Investigations (PBI) for torturing and attempting to kill him in police custody.
Investigation in the incident and direction to Feni jail superintendent for providing security to Babul has been sought in the appeal made to court, he said.
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OC Nizam Uddin said, “On Sunday I went to Feni jail Superintendent’s room for another case related issue but not about Babul’s case. I didn’t search any prisoner’s cell, breaching the jail code.”
Absconding accused in rape and murder case of Natore school teacher arrested
The absconding accused of a sensational case filed over the rape and murder of a female school teacher in Natore was arrested Monday.
The arrested accused is Ahsan Habib, 30, said Nasirul Islam, inspector of Natore Police Bureau of Investigation.
Habib was sent to jail after being produced before court, he said.
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On information, he was arrested from Baraharishpur area in Natore sadar around noon while trying to escape to Dhaka, said the PBI inspector.
On July 23, 2019, a group of miscreants raped and later stabbed a local primary school teacher to death at her house. They dumped her body in a pond beside her house.
Earlier, two other accused in this case were arrested, said PBI.
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Driver held over Tejgaon schoolboy's death
Police arrested the driver responsible for the death of a schoolboy who died after being hit by a microbus in the capital's Tejgaon Industrial area on Sunday morning.
Ziaul Haque,50, was arrested from the Bishmail area of Ashulia on Monday morning, said a media statement.
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Police also seized the microbus involved in the accident, it added.
Meanwhile, students of Government Science School and College today (September 12, 2022) blocked roads in Dhaka’s Farmgate area, demanding safe roads and protesting the death of their fellow student.
A number of students of the school took to the street around 11:50 am, in front of the Farmgate Police Box, demanding road safety, according to the UNB photographer.
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They were shouting slogans such as, “We want Justice, why did our brother die?”
At one stage, the protesters brought out a procession from Bijoy Sarani which stopped in the Farmgate area.
Ali Hossain, 16, a class 10 student of Government Science School died when the vehicle hit him while he was crossing the road in front of Bangladesh Government Press in Tejgaon Industrial area on Sunday.
Feni: Absconding death-row convict arrested 19 years after rape
A 45-year-old absconding death row convict in a case filed over raping a teenager in front of her mother was arrested Sunday in Feni, 19-years after the incident.
The convict is Jahangir Alam, son of Abul Kalam from Nawabpur union in Sonagazi upazila, said Md Khaled Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Sonagazi model police station.
Jahangir Alam was sent to jail after being produced before a court on Monday, said the OC.
On information, police arrested Jahangir from Mizan Road area of Feni sadar around 8:30 pm on Sunday as he was returning from his legal counsel’s chamber.
On May 13, 2003, Jahangir and his gang abducted the victim and her mother, who were Hindus, from Sultanpur village in Nawabpur union. They gang raped the girl in front of the local health complex center.
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Next day, a case was filed against four people at Sonagazi police station following a complaint received from the victim's mother.
On July14 this year, Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal pronounced death sentences for three of the accused in their absence and acquitted another from charges. Along with that each of the convicts were fined Tk 2 lakh.
The death row convicts are Abul Kashem, Md Latu and Jahangir Alam, all residents of Nawabpur union who remained absconding since the incident.
Writ petition filed seeking Tk 10 crore as compensation for Joj Mia
A writ petition has been filed before the High Court (HC) asking Tk 10 crore as compensation for Joj Mia who was wrongfully tried in August 21 grenade attack case and spent five years in jail without committing any crime.
Supreme Court (SC) lawyer Humayun Kabir Pallab filed the petition before the bench of Justice Md Mojibur Rahman Mia and Justice Riaz Uddin Khan on Monday.
The petition has also sought formation of a committee headed by a retired judge of the Appellate Division to identify those who had tried Joj Mia in a false case.
Home Secretary, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dhaka district, Officer In-charge (OC) of Motijheel Police Station, OC of Senbag Police Station of Noakhali, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police, ex-Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khuda Baksh Chowdhury, ex-Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abdur Rashid, ex-ASP Munshi Atiqur Rahman and ex-Superintendent of Police (SP) Md Ruhul Amin have been made respondents to the writ.
The petition said that Joj Mia can be compensated by confiscating the wealth of those responsible for the August 21 grenade attack, including the then Home Minister Lutfozzaman Babar, ex-IGP Khuda Baksh Chowdhury, ex-ASP Abdur Rashid, Munshi Atiqur Rahman and ex SP Md Ruhul Amin.
On August 11, a legal notice was served against 11 people asking for compensating Joj Mia. The notice had asked the respondents to take steps in this regard within 15 days of receiving the notice.
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The two Supreme Court lawyers who had issued the legal notice had said they would move to the High Court with a writ petition for necessary legal action in this regard if they did not receive any response.
Today’s writ petition is a continuation of this legal process to ensure compensation for Joj Mia.
At least 24 leaders and activists of the Awami League (AL) were killed and many injured in a grenade attack that was launched at an AL rally at the capital’s Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004. On June 9, 2005, Joj Mia was detained from as a suspect from Noakhali’s Senbag upazila and taken into a 17-day police remand.
During the remand period, CID collected a false confession from Joj Mia, in which he said that he had taken part in the grenade attack in exchange of Tk 5000 following the orders of his big brothers.
The attack occurred during the rule of then-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
In 2007, an interim government decided to reinvestigate the Joj Mia case. On June 11, 2008, CID completed the fresh investigation and produced the charge sheet of the case, in which Joj Mia was proven not guilty.
MP Liton Murder: Death row convict arrested
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested a death row convict in a case filed over the killing of former Awami League MP Manjurul Islam Liton.The arrestee is Chandan Kumar Roy, the main coordinator of the murder.A team of Rab-3 and Rab-6 jointly conducted a drive in the Bhomra area of Satkhira and arrested Chandan around 9:30pm on Sunday, said ASP Imran Khan,Media wing of Rab headquarters.Liton, a former MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, was gunned down by miscreants at his village home in Masterpara of Sundarganj upazila on December 31, 2016.Liton’s sister filed a case against several people at the Sundarganj Police Station.Detectives arrested Quader, a former Jatiya Party MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, on February 21, 2017 from his home. Five days later, he confessed before a court to his involvement in the killing.On April 30, 2017, police submitted a charge-sheet against eight people, including Quader, who had previously been sentenced to life imprisonment in a separate case filed under the Arms Act.
Eviction drive in Jangal Salimpur: 63 protestors detained on way to Dhaka to form human chain
Police detained 63 people, who were heading towards Dhaka to form a human chain protesting their eviction in Jangal Salimpur, from two buses at the upazila town early Sunday.
Confirming the news, Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda police station, said they detained 63 people from buses of Shantia and Parharika Paribahan around 1.30am.
The accused will be produced before court after scrutinizing all information so that no innocent is subjected to harassment, he said.
On September 8, at least 10 people including police and Bangladesh Ansar members were injured during a clash with illegal occupants of Jangal Salimpur.
The occupants of the hilly Jangal Salimpur got involved in clashes with the law enforcers over the eviction when cops moved to remove them from the busy Dhaka-Chattogram Highway after putting barricades on it.
Later, eight cases were lodged accusing 500 to 600 people at the concerned police station in this connection.
Earlier on August 30, the district administration warned the illegal occupants of Jangal Salimpur of an eviction drive to if they don’t relocate willingly.
29 indicted for killing Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah
A Cox’s Bazar court on Sunday started official trial of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah murder case by framing charges against 29 accused.
District and Session Court Judge Mohammad Ismail framed the charges during a hearing on the charge sheet submitted by police in the case.
Fifteen of the 29 accused were present at the court during the hearing while others remained absconding till date, said Public Prosecutor Faridul Alam.
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On June 13, police pressed charges against the 29 accused after an eight-month long investigation in this case.
On September 29 last year, Mohib Ullah, chairman of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH), was killed by some gunmen at his office.
They fired four shots at Mohib Ullah and fled the scene using a lane behind Mohib Ullah’s house.
The next day, police filed a case following a complaint from his brother Habib Ullah.
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On August 25, 2019, Mohib Ullah came to the limelight as a leader after holding an assembly of around five lakh fellow refugees marking Rohingya Genocide Day.