Law-&-Order
Serve with the spirit of patriotism, IGP tells his men
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has called upon all police personnel in Bangladesh to work with the spirit of patriotism.
"Without patriotism, the war against terrorists and criminals cannot be fought. Without patriotism, the country does not prosper, the society does not prosper and civilisation does not flourish,” said Benazir.
The IGP said these while exchanging Eid greetings with police personnel at the police headquarters in the capital's Minto Road area on Tuesday evening.
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UNDP, ICT Division sign deal to launch cybersecurity awareness campaign
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the ICT Division of the government of Bangladesh have signed an agreement to launch a cyberecurity campaign for the youth and children in select LDCs.
Sudipto Mukerjee, Resident Representative of UNDP Bangladesh and Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, Managing Director of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations on Sunday.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Sudipto said the first-ever government cost-sharing agreement will further strengthen UNDP's partnership with the Bangladesh government.
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"This partnership will prepare, aware, and activate the children and youth of the LDC countries to combat the future and ongoing challenges on the cyber security front," he said.
Bikarna Kumar said that under this partnership UNDP-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Award on Cyber Security Awareness would be announced to encourage and inspire the youth to combat cyber security challenges.
The ICT Division will provide US$ 5 million to implement the cyberecurity campaign for the youth and children in select LDC countries in 5 years.
Money will be raised from the "Golden Jubilee Bangladesh Concert" that will take place on May 6, 2022, at the Madison Square Garden in New York, where history was made in 1971.
The popular German Rock band Scorpions is set to perform at the same venue, just over 50 years after George Harrison organised a two-show Concert for Bangladesh.
Chirkutt, one of Bangladesh's most popular band is also expected to perform.
Senior officials from UNDP and ICT Division were present during the signing ceremony.
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DMP to devotees: Bring nothing but prayer mats and umbrellas at National Eidgah
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam has asked the devotees to bring only prayer mats and umbrellas when they join the main Eid-ul-Fitr congregation at National Eidgah.
The DMP commissioner said on Sunday “This is for security as a four tier measure has been ensured at the National Eidgah for the congregation.”
He was briefing the press about the security arrangements in the area for Eid-ul-Fitr.
Also read: Main Eid Jamaat to be held at Nat’l Eidgah
While replying to a question the DMP chief said “There is no threat of militant attack at the main Eid congregation."
“This year DMP will ensure safety in1,468 Eid jamaats to be held across Dhaka in small and large mosques, eidgahs” he added.
He said “Bomb disposal unit will sweep the whole area before the beginning of Eid jamaat at National Eidgah and it will remain under CCTV camera surveillance.”
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The DMP commissioner requested the worshipers to come to the congregation at the Eidgah before the scheduled time as it will take time to go through the checking.
He said similar security measures would be taken if the main congregation of Eid is held at Baitul Mukarram in case of inclement weather.
Central character in rail tickets scam in RAB custody
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two people, including the mainstay of the black market in then rail ticketing system, a systems engineer with a private online ticketing firm, from the City’s Kamalapur and Airport railway stations.
Based on secret information, a team of RAB-1 battalion picked up System Engineer of Sohoz.com Md. Rezaul Karim (38) from the company’s server room located on the 2nd floor of Kamalapur railway station, to its Uttara battalion headquarters for interrogation and further analysis of the data aiming to identify others involved in the scam. black marketing, said media officer of the Rab-1 battalion ASP Noman Ahmed.
Rezaul Karim provided important information related to the railway ticket black market. But at one stage of the interrogation, he made contradictory statements. Then his used mobile phone was monitored and Md. Rezaul Karim's direct involvement was found.
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Based on his information, the elite force conducted a raid at Airport railway station on Wednesday night and arrested his associate Md. Emranul Alam Sarat (26) for selling his black market ticket. During this time, a large number of illegally collected railway e-tickets were seized from the smartphones used by both of them, the Media officer of RAB-1 added.
During interrogation, Rezaul Karim revealed that he has been involved in railway ticketing for the last 6 years. Prior to Sohoz.com, he also worked at CNS.bd. When Sohoz.com became responsible for railway tickets, he was reinstated as an experienced worker.
During interrogation, Rezaul Karim also revealed that he used to illegally remove about 2-3 thousand railway tickets during the Eid season every year.
He admitted that he used to earn about Tk 10-12 lakh illegally every season. Accused Rezaul Karim has several salesmen who are involved in selling these black market tickets at various railway stations.
Rezaul Karim said that he used to sell tickets to his personal acquaintances at an extra price of around Tk 500 per ticket. On the other hand, in case of sale through black market ticket sellers, an additional amount of Tk1000/1500 was charged. He claimed that he had been doing this without any hesitation as he used to meet the demand of various' VIPs' tickets on the railways.
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Rezaul Karim said that he used to sell tickets to his personal acquaintances at an extra price of around Tk 500 per ticket. On the other hand, in case of sale through black market ticket sellers, an additional amount of Tk1000/1500 was charged.
He claims to have done it without any hesitation to meet the demand of various' VIPs for tickets on the railways.
Case filed against 2 for derogatory FB posts on mayor Taposh
A case has been filed against two Facebook users under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for allegedly spreading misinformation about Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh regarding the clashes at Dhaka's New Market.
Monirul Islam, personal assistant of Mayor Taposh filed the case with Shahbagh police on Thursday.
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Earlier on April 18 at midnight and the following, students of Dhaka College clashed with New Market traders in New Market areas, leaving a delivery man and a trader dead and dozens, including journalists, injured.
More than 1,300 people have been booked in connection with the clashes.
HC denies bail to suspended ACC director in bribery case
The High Court on Thursday turned down the bail petition of suspended Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director Khandaker Enamul Basir who was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in a bribery case.
The HC bench of Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order after hearing on the bail petition submitted by Basir’s lawyer.
The court also suspended Tk 80 lakh fine imposed on Basir by a lower court in the case.
On April 13, the court received his petition for acquittal from the charges in this case for hearing.Advocate Motaher Hossain Saju appeared for the accused while senior advocate Md Khurshid Alam Khan represented the ACC.
Also read: Former ACC director Basir gets 8 yrs in jail in bribery case
On April 6, the court received Mizanur Rahman’s bail petition who was sentenced three years in jail in the same case.
On February 23, Dhaka Special Judge Court-4, judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam sentenced Basir and Mizan to eight and three years in jail, respectively in this case. A fine of Tk 80 lakh was also imposed on Basir in the case.
Mizan was an additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He was removed from the post on January 9, 2019, after he was accused of abducting a 25-year-old female anchor of a private news channel and forcibly marrying her.
He had also allegedly implicated her in a false case in which she was arrested and sent to judicial custody for three weeks.
The corruption case dates back to June 24, 2019, when ACC director Manjur Morshed lodged a complaint against the disgraced DIG, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, nephew sub-inspector Mahmudul Hasan and younger brother Mahbubur Rahman.
Also read: Suspended DIG Mizan, ACC director Enamul Basir indicted
According to the case statement, Mizan accumulated wealth worth Tk 3.28 crore beyond his known sources of income. On the other hand, he had declared wealth worth Tk 3.7 crore in his tax statement.
Then director of ACC, Basir, was made the investigating officer in the case.
During the probe, Mizan had accused Basir of demanding Tk 40 lakh as bribe for setting the case, prompting the Commission to appoint director Monjur Morshed as the investigating officer in the case.
At the same time, a three-member probe body was formed, led by ACC director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah, to look into the allegations of bribery.
On July 16, 2019, Fanafillah lodged a complaint against both Mizan and Basir. And on April 16, 2020, a Dhaka court indicted the two and directed the official beginning of the trial in the case.
Another case is currently under trial against four people, including Mizan, filed over accumulation of ill-gotten assets and money laundering at the Dhaka Special Judge Court-6.
Samrat denied bail in graft case again
A Dhaka court on Thursday again turned down the bail petition of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman, Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6, rejected the bail petition after hearing.
The court has already granted bail in three of the four cases against Samrat.
On April 13, the court denied bail to Samrat in the case.
Samrat secured bail in drugs case on April 11 and in an arms case and a money laundering case on April 10.
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Samrat has been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital since November 24 last year.
On October 6 in 2019, Rab arrested Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla.
Rab later raided his Kakrail office on that day. Huge quantities of foreign liquor, pistols, and two hides of kangaroo were seized from his office.
He was later sentenced by a mobile court to six months in prison under the Wildlife Conservation Act and was sent to jail the same day.
On October 7, Abdul Khaleque, Deputy Assistant Director of Rab-1 filed two cases against Samrat at Ramna police station under the Arms and the Narcotics Act. Arman was also made accused in the narcotic case.
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On November 4, Shekhar Chandra Mallik, Sub Inspector of Rab-1 submitted a charge sheet against Samrat in the arms case.
On November 12, ACC filed a case against him for acquiring assets worth Tk 2.94 crore beyond his known sources of income.
On September 12, 2020, Rashedur Rahman, Sub-Inspector of CID filed a case against him at Ramna police station for laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore.
Lastly, on November 26 last year, the investigation officer of the case, Jahangir Alam, submitted a charge sheet before the court.
New Market clashes: 5 Dhaka College students remanded in police custody
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed five students of Dhaka College on a two-day police remand each in a case over the killing of Nahid Hasan during recent violence at New Market.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanta Akter passed the order after Md Tariqul Alam Jewel, Inspector of Detective Branch of police, produced the accused before court and sought a 7-day remand to interrogate them.
Those remanded are Abdul Kaiyum, a student of Accounting Department, Palash and Irfan, both from Social Science Department, Foysal from the Bangla department and Junayed from Islamic History department of Dhaka College.
Earlier in the day, AKM Hafiz Akter, Additional Commissioner of the DB Police, said at a briefing that these five were arrested for their direct involvement in the clashes between the Dhaka College students and New Market shopkeepers that claimed two lives.
Two murder cases were filed at New Market police station in connection with the clashes, he said.
Also read: New Market clashes: 5 Dhaka College students arrested
Two people, Nahid and Mursalin were killed while more than 30 others, including journalists and students, were injured as the students of Dhaka College clashed with the traders of New Market at the Nilkhet intersection on April 19.
Shopkeepers alleged that the students were beaten up as they had refused to foot the bill at an eatery.
Police subsequently registered four cases against 1,400 people in connection with the clashes.
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On April 20, a murder case was filed at the New Market police station following a complaint by Nahid’s father Nadim Hossain accusing anonymous people.
Man gets life term for killing wife in Ctg
A Chattogram court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term in jail for killing his wife in Chattogram city in 2015.
The lifer is Abdus Sattar, of Cummila district.
Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman handed down the judgement in the presence of the accused.
The court also fined the convict Tk 50,000, in default, to serve jail for another six months.
Abdus strangled his wife Shaheda Aktar to death and hanged the body from the ceiling fan trying to show it as suicide, said Chattogram Metropolitan Public Prosecutor (PP) Fakhruddin Chowdhury.
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On August 4 in 2015, police recovered the hanging body of Shaheda from their home at Khulsi area of the city.
Later, police arrested Abdus in connection with the killing. And during primary interrogation, he confessed to his crime.
A case was filed at Khulsi police staion in this regard.
Police submitted chargesheet against him on October 28 the same year.
On August 4 in 2016, the court framed charges against the convict.
7 ‘carjackers’ held in city
Police arrested seven members of a carjacking gang from Lalbagh, Bhatara and Paltan areas of the city on Tuesday.
The arrestees were Enamul Molla, 35, Enamul Haque alias Enam, 47, Bakul Chowdhury, 24, Sharif Ahmed alias Kalu, 40, Billal Hossain, 28, Iqbal Hossain alias Palash, 34 and Iqbal Khan, 32.
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Tipped off, a team of police conducted separate drives and arrested them along with parts of different vehicles, said a press release of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
During primary interrogation, they confessed that they have long been involved in stealing parts of different vehicles and selling those at motor parts shops in Baridhara, Mohakhali and Dholai Khal areas.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered with Paltan Police.