Law-&-Order
BCC ward councilor sued for raping 18-year old girl
A case has been filed against ward-5 councilor of Barishal City Corporation for violating an 18-year old with promise of marriage.
Barishal Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Yarab Hossain took the case into cognizance on Monday and directed Police Bureau of investigation (PBI) to submit an investigation report in this regard within June 16, said Humayun Ahmed, bench assistant of the court.
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The girl who passed the HSC exam this year lodged a complaint against ward councilor Kefayet Hossain Rony, said Azad Rahman, plaintiff’s lawyer.
According to the complaint, around five months ago the girl got acquainted with Rony over a phone call.
From phone conversations the relationship between them became a love affair after Rony proposed her.
On May 7 afternoon, Rony called the plaintiff to his house saying he has something urgent to discuss and raped her promising that they will get married soon. He again raped her on May 8 in his house.
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On May 12, as the girl pressurized Rony for marriage he beat her up and deleted all the evidence of their relationship from her phone.
As Rony started threatening the girl to kill she filed lodged the complaint against him, said her lawyer.
2 cousins ‘gang-raped’ in Khulna; 3 held
Two cousins, aged 13 and 22, have reportedly been raped by seven youths at Batiaghata upazila in Khulna.
Police detained three people on Monday in connection with the rape, said Zahidur Rahman, inspector (Investigation) of Batiaghata police station.
Police said a group of six to seven youths entered a house at Fulbari village of the upazila in the small hours of Sunday and raped the two girl after taking hostage the elder girl’s two-year-old child.
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The rapists also tortured the child dipping it in a bucket full of water.
The mother of the younger girl said she went to her sister’s house in Dumuria upazila when the crime took place at her house. “Later, my elder daughter informed me the matter at dawn over phone.”
The two girls and the child were admitted to the One Stop Crisis Center (OCC) of Khulna Medical College and Hospital (KMCH).
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The child was shifted to Khulna Shishu Hospital as its condition was critical, she added.
Meanwhile, the victims identified two of the rapists as Nayeem and Mujahid, said the mother.
Legal processes are underway in this regard, said Inspector Zahidur.
45 Jamaat leaders, activists arrested from Noakhali during ‘anti-govt’ meeting
Police arrested 45 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday while they were holding an anti-government meeting in Noakhali.The arrests were made following a tip off, around 12:30 pm while the Jamaat members were holding a secret meeting at the second floor of Al-Farooq Academy at Maijdi said Md Shahidul Islam, Additonal Superintendent of district police.“During the arrest several provocative books on religious aggression were recovered from which we suspect they were planning anti-government activities to create an unstable situation, capitalizing religious sentiments,” said the ASP.
Also read: Rajshahi city Jamaat secretay held over vandalismSome of the arrestees are Md Hanif, 52, Amir of Shonaimuri upazila Jamaat, Mowlana Omar Faruq, 52, General Secretary of Chatkhil upazila Jamaat, Mohiuddin Hasan, 48, General Secretary of Shenbag upazila Jamaat, Enayet Ullah, 42, Office Secretary of Kabirhat upazila Jamaat, Belayet Hossain, 52, of Assistant Secretary of Companyganj upazila Jamaat, Nur Hossain, 35, Amir of Chatkhil municipality Jamaat, said Md Jakir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shudharampur Model police station.
Also read: Jamaat leader's son in Palashbari AL, claims local leader“Police filed a case against the arrested under the Special Power Act. The arrestees were sent to jail in the afternoon after producing them before court,” said OC Jakir Hossain.
2 held for illegally selling jammer, repeater and network booster in the city
Rab have arrested two people for illegally selling jammer, repeater and network boosters from the city’s Mohammadpur area on Sunday.
Arrestees Md. Abu Noman, 28, and Sohel Rana, 37, used to sell these products via Facebook and e-commerce platforms, they said during interrogation.
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During the operation Rab recovered four mobile network jammers, 24 jammer antennas, three power cables, three mobile network boosters, nine outdoor antennas for booster, 26 indoor antennas for booter, 37 booster cables and a laptop from them.
The duo sold more than 200 jammers and network boosters in the last two years. There are two cheque fraud cases against Sohel Rana in Chittagong and Khulna districts, said Beena Rani Das Additional Police Super, Staff Officer (Ops & Media).
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Purchase and sale of all these instruments and parts without the approval of BTRC is a punishable offense. Legal action is being taken against the arrestees, she said.
AL leader tied to tree, tortured in Ctg; UP member held
Police arrested a former union parishad member from Askardighi area under Kotwali police station on Saturday noon in connection with the torture on a local Awami League leader.
The arrestee was identified as Indrajit Chowdhury Leo, a former UP member of the area.
Rashedul Islam, officer-in-charge of Patia Police Station, said a team of police raided one of Leo's relatives house and arrested him.
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“Efforts are on to arrest the other people involved in the incident,” he said.
Earlier on April 29, Leo and his associates allegedly tortured Jiten Kanti Guho, vice-president of Haidgaon union unit Awami League, after tying up hands with a tree, in broad day light. His two hands were broken.
They tortured Jiten reportedly for not inviting the UP chairman in an Iftar party organized by Awami League.
The torture incident went viral on social networking site Facbook which drew a huge flack.
Tapash Kanti Guh, younger brother of Jiten filed a case mentioning the names of 7 persons and 5-6 persons as unnamed.
Police arrested the main accused in the case, Chairman Jasim and his son the day after the incident.
Two govt officials among four sued for 'raping' domestic help
A case has been filed against two government officials and two others for allegedly violating a domestic help in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram.
The victim filed the case at Fatikchhari police station on Thursday, said Md. Masud Ibne Anwar, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.
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The accused are-Ansar and VDP officer Md. Saidul Islam and former Upazila Election Officer Md. Humayun Kabir. The identities of the two others are yet to be known.
According to the case statement, the accused officials lived in a rented house near the upazila complex as bachelors. The victim and another girl named Shikha Shil used to work in their house.
On March 27, around 3pm, Shikha called her on her mobile phone and asked her to come in the house.
When she reached at the house, they raped her in turns and threatened her not to disclose the matter to anyone.
On May 11, the victim narrated her ordeal to the upazila chairman and female vice-chairman, following which the police were informed and a complaint was lodged.
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"A case of rape has been filed against them following the complaint", said the OC.
When contacted, Ansar-VDP officer Saidul Islam denied the allegations and termed it as conspiracy.
On the other hand, the Election Officer Mohammad Humayun Kabir declined to talk about the matter on his mobile phone.
7 of drug & human trafficking gang held in Teknaf
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday claimed to have detained seven members of a drug and human trafficking gang from Teknaf.
The detainees have been identified as MD Shafi Ullah, 55, his wife Tyeba Begum, 40, their son Md Anwar Hossain,19, his wife Lucky Aktar, 19, Md Parvej, 16, Md Jalal, 26, and Md Redwan, 19, BGB-2 said in a release.
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The seven were detained during two separate drives carried out by the Teknaf battalion of BGB-2, on a tip-off.
Some 40,000 yaba tablets worth Tk 1.27 crore, Kyat (Myanmar currency) worth Tk 10,784, 14 grams of gold jewellery worth Tk 88,000, and three mobile phones were seized from the possession of the detainees, the BGB said.
During questioning, the detainees admitted to peddling drugs and trafficking Rohingyas from Myanmar to different countries.
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The seized jewellery and Kyat will be deposited with the treasury branch of Cox’s Bazaar district administration and cases will be filed against the detainees, said BGB.
BCC sues 8 edible oil refiners for unfair price hike
Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) has filed a case against eight edible oil refining companies accusing them of ill motive in hiking price of edible oil.
The commission filed the case on Wednesday in the national interest under sections 15 and 15 (2) of the Competition Commission Act, it said.
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BCC sources said that under Section 15 (2) (b) of the Competition Commission Act, the eight companies have been charged with restricting or controlling the production, supply, market, technical development, investment or provision of services.
The Article 15 of the Commission Act states, “No one shall be involved in ill motive directly or indirectly in any contract or instrumentation of production, supply, distribution, warehousing or acquisition of goods or services. By doing so, the commission will be able to take legal action against them in case of adverse effects on the market, monopoly or oligopoly.”
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The eight companies are: City Edible Oil Limited, Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited (BEOL), Meghna and United Edible Oil Refinery Limited, Bashundhara Oil Refinery Mill, Shabnam Vegetable Oil, Prime Edible Oil Limited and Globe Edible Oil Limited.
Five cops suspended for assaulting journos in Chattogram
Five policemen including an assistant sub-inspector of Chattogram Highway Police have been suspended allegedly for physically assaulting two journalists when they were taking videos of 'extortion’ by police members from different vehicles.
The accused policemen are – Assistant Sub-Inspector Masud Rana and Constables Lokman Hossain, Aman, Md. Karim and Md. Zaheer of Sitakunda-Terrial police outpost.
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They have been attached to Cumilla region, said Md Abdullah, inspector of Kumira highway police outpost on Thursday.
Earlier, the accused were taking money illegally from a passenger bus and a sand-carrying drum truck on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at 11:30 pm on Tuesday.
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At that time, two local journalists- MK Monir and Farhan Siddique -were physically assaulted by the cops while they were recording videos of the scene on their mobile phones.
The action was taken instantly against those police personnel when the matter came to light, said the inspector.
Three-wheeler driver held for killing man in Cumilla
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday arrested a three-wheeler driver from Cumilla in connection with his alleged involvement in killing a man following a brawl over charging extra fares during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays in Munshiganj.
The arrestee was Zakir Hossain, 50, son of Hamid of Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj district.
Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in Naiar Bazar of Daudkandi upazila in Cumilla district and arrested Zakir in the early hours of Thursday.
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Mukta Dhar, special superintendent of police, in a press briefing held at CID headquarters said police recovered the body of Ali Hossain Dewan, 52, son of Jabbar Dewan from Isapur in Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj on May 5.
During the investigation, police came to know that Ali hired the vehicle, owned by Zakir, to go to Lalbari Bridge from the Isapura intersection.
When they reached the designated place, Zakir demanded extra fare from Ali on the occasion of Eid. At one stage both engaged into a heated argument around 10:50 pm. Later, Zakir beat him up mercilessly.
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After some time, Zakir called another driver and both beat Ali up, leaving him dead.
Victim’s wife Minara Begum lodged a complaint with Sirajdikhan Police and police later registered an FIR over the crime.
During interrogation, Zakir confessed to his involvement in the killing.