Law-&-Order
30-year-old rapes schoolgirl in Magura, held
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a schoolgirl in Magura's Sadar upazila.
The arrestee has been identified as Kajal Hossain, 30, son of Altaf Biswas of the upazila.
Monjurul Alam, officer-in-charge of Magura police station, said that Kajal used to tease the girl on her way to school.
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"On Saturday night, Kajol barged into the girl's house and raped her. Hearing her screams, neighbours rushed to her house but the accused managed to flee," he said.
On January 30, police arrested Kajal on rape charges. "The girl has already recorded her statement before a judicial magistrate after her medical examination," the OC added.
HC directs to shut illegal brick kilns in Dinajpur, Moulvibazar
The High Court on Monday directed to shut down all the brick kilns operating without any license across Dinajpur and Moulvibazar district within seven days.
The court also directed the Deputy Commissioners of the districts and director of the Environment Department to submit a list of these illegal kilns within the next six weeks in affidavit format.
The bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Fatema Najib passed the order during a hearing on the writ filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB).
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The court asked to be informed of the development in this regard within two weeks and issued a rule as to why respondents' inactivity to shut these brick kilns will not be declared illegal.
Lawyer Monjil Morshed presented the petitioner’s side assisted by advocate Sanjay Mandal while Deputy Attorney General Tushar Kanti Roy appeared for the state.
Advocate Monjil Morshed said according to Brick Manufacturing and Brick Kiln Establishment (Control) (Amendment) Act, 2019, no brick kiln without a license can operate in the country and its owners will be punished for two years in jail for doing so.
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But the administration did not take any action against the illegal kilns that are operating across Dinajpur and Moulvibazar which are harming the environment and creating health risks, he said.
Following the reports published in different media, HRPB filed the writ petition in public interest, he said.
HC orders Bagerhat municipal mayor to surrender
The High Court has ordered Bagerhat municipality mayor Khan Habibur Rahman to surrender within three weeks in a corruption case.
The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukdar and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman rejected his anticipatory bail and passed the order on Monday.
Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik said the High Court didn’t grant him anticipatory bail rather asked to surrender within three weeks.
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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on November 25 last year filed two separate cases against Bagerhat municipality mayor Khan Habibur Rahman for embezzling government money for project and illegally appointing employees.
According to the sources, a case was filed accusing 18 people of Bagerhat municipality including the mayor, for illegally appointing 17 people and embezzling Tk 1.26 crore from the government treasury.
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Another case was filed against the mayor Khan Habibur Rahman and former secretary of Bagerhat municipality Mohammad Rezaul Karim for embezzling Tk 1 crore instead of constructing a complex building of Abahani Club and a Diabetic Hospital complex building in Bagerhat.
Rana Plaza murder case: Trial begins 5 years after charge framing
Trial in the murder case filed over Rana Plaza collapse in 2013 began officially on Monday by recording statements of the witnesses.
On July 18, 2016, Dhaka District and Session Court Judge SM Kuddus Zaman framed charges against the accused and passed an order to begin the trial.
But it got barred as most of the accused appealed to the higher court challenging legality of the order.
On Monday after clearing the appeals, District and Session Court Judge AHM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan recorded the statement of plaintiff, then Sub-Inspector of Savar police station Wali Ashraf.
The court set February 16 to record the statements next.
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Prime accused in the case, owner of Rana Plaza Sohel Rana is currently in jail while 40 others are on bail.
According to the case statement, On April 24, 2013, Rana Plaza, an illegally-constructed building in Savar which housed five garment factories, came down crashing upon 5,500 workers.
Bodies of 1,138 people were recovered in the incident while over 2,000 others suffered injuries and got paralysed.
Over the tragic incident then SI of Savar police station Wali Ashraf filed a murder case accusing the owner and others of dereliction and negligence in building construction.
On June 1, 2015, Assistant Superintendent of Crime Investigation Department (CID) of police Bijoy Krishna Kar submitted charge sheet in the case against 41 people including the building owner Sohel Rana.
A total of 594 people were made witnesses in this case.
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Some other significant accused in the case are- Rana’s father Abdul Khaleque, Rana’s mother Morzina Begum, ATM Masud Reza, Assistant Professor(Architecture) of Khulna University, engineer Sazzd Hossain, Md Refatullah, Mayor of Savar Municipality, Uttam Kumar Roy, former executive officer of Savar Municipality, executive engineer Rafiqul Islam, former assistant engineer Mahbubur Rahman, former deputy-assistant engineer Rakibul Hasan Russel, former town planner Farzana Islam, license inspector Md Abdul Mottalib, former secretary of the municipality Morzina Khan, former secretary Md Abul Bashar, Md Aminul Islam, Chairman of Phantom Apparels Ltd, Bajlul Samad, MD of New Wave Bottoms Ltd, Md Anisur Rahman, Chairman of Ether Tex Ltd.
3 sent to jail for killing UP chairman candidate in Pabna
A Pabna court has sent three people to jail in connection with the murder of an independent UP chairman candidate Yasin Alam of Bharara union of the district.
The arrested accused are UP chairman of Bharara union Abu Saeed Khan, 52, Nader Biswas, 53, of Bijayrampur village and Samo, 31, of Naldah village.
Pabna District and Sessions Judge Asaduzzaman passed the order on Tuesday noon.
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Bail was rejected for all the three arrested accused and sent to jail. At this time 2 people – Alam, 33, and Shamsul Hossain, 40, were granted bail, said counsel Adv Abdus Samad Khan Ratan.
According to court sources, of the 34 accused, five including the current chairman Abu Saeed, surrendered to the court in the murder case. The rest of the accused in this case are absconding.
On December 11, while on election campaign Yasin Alam was injured when followers of Abu Saeed attacked. Yasin died on the way to the hospital.
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On the night of December 12, Yasin Alam's father Mozammel Haque filed a murder case against 34 people.
Judge’s observation: Active role of OC Pradeep, 2 others proved over killing Sinha
Cox's Bazar District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Ismail on Monday observed that the killing of Maj (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan was premeditated.
His observation came before delivering judgment in the sensational murder of the retired major at a police check post in Teknaf on July 31, 2020."I have tried to find out the details of the Major Sinha murder", he said. “Three members of APBN were in charge. The trio first released Sinha's car after stopping it, but the police stopped it again and shot him within 10 to 20 minutes".
Also read: Sinha murder: Ex-OC Pradeep, Liakat sentenced to death; 6 get life termThis proves that Sinha's assassination was a premeditated murder, said the judge.According to the observation Liaquat Ali fired four times at Sinha. Liaquat admitted to shooting Sinha thinking he had a pistol in his hand. Eventually OC Pradeep reached the spot and kicked the left side of Sinha's chest.Similarly, in the statement of SI Nanda Dulal Rakshita proved that he played an active role in the murder.Earlier in the day, the judgment of Sinha murder case was read out at a Cox's Bazar court in presence of 15 accused in the case.The accused were brought to the court from Cox's Bazar district jail at 2 pm on Monday.Judge Mohammad Ismail started to read out the judgment when the accused were produced before the court, said Public Prosecutor Faridul Alam.Of the 15 accused, 12 gave confessional statements before court during the trial except ex-OC Pradeep Kumar Das, Constable Sagar Dev and Rubel Sharma.
Also read: Sinha murder verdict: Security beefed up in Cox’s BazarOther accused in the case are- Inspector of Baharchara Police outpost Liakat Ali, sub-inspectors Nandolal Rakkhit and Tutul, assistant sub-inspector Liton Mia; constables Shafanur Karim, Kamal Hossain, Abdullah AL Mamun, , Md Rajib and Md Abdullah, ASI of APBN Md Shahjahan and Nurul Amin, Md Nizamuddin and Ayaz Uddin.Meanwhile, security was beefed up in Cox’s Bazar town ahead of the delivery of judgment.Additional police personnel were deployed in and around the court premises while a number of check-post were set up at different points.The movement of pedestrians around the court was also restricted.On January 12, the Cox’s Bazar court fixed Monday for delivery of the judgment.On July 31, 2020, Sinha was shot dead at the Shamlapur police check-post in Baharchhara Union of Cox's Bazar while returning to town after filming for a documentary.On August 5, 2020, Sinha's sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed a case with Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court accusing nine members of law enforcement agencies of being involved in the killing, including former officer-in-charge of Teknaf model police station Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara police outpost inspector Liakat Ali.On December 13, same year, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) submitted a charge sheet against 15 people, including ex-OC Pradeep, police source Ayaz and three APBn members, in connection with the case.On June 27, 2021, a Cox’s Bazar court framed charges against them.
Sinha murder: Ex-OC Pradeep, Liakat sentenced to death; 6 get life term
A Cox’s Bazar court on Monday sentenced former OC Pradeep Kumar Das and police inspector Liakat Ali to death and six others to life term imprisonment in the Maj (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case.
The six lifers are constable Sagar Dev, sub-inspector Nandolal Rakkhit, constable Rubel Sharma, Nurul Amin, Md Nizamuddin and Ayaz Uddin.
District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Ismail pronounced the judgment in presence of all the 15 accused, said Public Prosecutor Faridul Alam.
The court, however, acquitted seven other accused.
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The 15 accused were brought to the court from Cox's Bazar district jail at 2 pm.
Of the 15 accused, 12 had given confessional statements before court except Pradeep, Sagar Dev and Rubel.
Detective police arrest 8 ' robbers' in city
Detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested eight suspected robbers from the city’s Mohammadpur area, including the ringleader of the metropolitan and inter-district robber gang, said a press release on Monday.
The arrestees are Md. Mozammel Hossain Apple, Haji Md. Jahangir Alam, Md. Jamir Khan, Md. Mujibur Rahman Majid Moktar, Md. Masum Gazi, Shafiqul Kharadi, Md. Quddus Ali and Md. Kauchar Mia.
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The detectives also recovered a microbus used for robbery, a gun, a wireless set, one handcuff, 2 fake DB jackets and four sharp weapons from their possessions, the release added.Tipped-off, a team of DB (Tejgaon division) conducted a drive in Bosila area of c Mohammadpur on Sunday night and arrested them along with arms and other equipment.According to the press release, the gang carried out several robberies in the last few months across the country.Several retired and suspended members of various law enforcement and military forces were involved in the ring, it added.
Sinha murder case verdict being read out
The judgment in Maj (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case is being read out at a Cox's Bazar court in presence of 15 accused in the case.
The 15 accused were brought to the court from Cox's Bazar district jail at 2 pm on Monday.
District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Ismail started to read out the judgment when the accused were produced before the court, said Public Prosecutor Faridul Alam.
Of the 15 accused, 12 gave confessional statements before court except ex-OC Pradeep Kumar Das, Constable Sagar Dev and Rubel Sharma.
Other accused in the case are- Inspector of Baharchara Police outpost Liakat Ali, sub-inspectors Nandolal Rakkhit and Tutul, assistant sub-inspector Liton Mia; constables Shafanur Karim, Kamal Hossain, Abdullah AL Mamun, , Md Rajib and Md Abdullah, ASI of APBN Md Shahjahan and Nurul Amin, Md Nizamuddin and Ayaz Uddin.
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Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in Cox’s Bazar town ahead of the delivery of judgment.
Additional police personnel have been deployed in and around the court premises while a number of check-post were set up at different points.
The movement of pedestrians around the court is also being restricted.
On January 12, the Cox’s Bazar court fixed Monday for delivery of the judgment.
On July 31, 2020, Sinha was shot dead at the Shamlapur police check-post in Baharchhara Union of Cox's Bazar while returning to town after filming for a documentary.
On August 5, 2020, Sinha's sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed a case with Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court accusing nine members of law enforcement agencies of being involved in the killing, including former officer-in-charge of Teknaf model police station Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara police outpost inspector Liakat Ali.
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On December 13, same year, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) submitted a charge sheet against 15 people, including ex-OC Pradeep, police source Ayaz and three APBn members, in connection with the case.
On June 27, 2021, a Cox’s Bazar court framed charges against them.
Sinha murder verdict: Security beefed up in Cox’s Bazar
Security has been beefed up in Cox’s Bazar town ahead of the delivery of judgment in Maj (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case.
Additional police personnel have been deployed in and around the court premises while a number of check-post were set up at different points.
The movement of pedestrians around the court is also being restricted.
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On January 12, a Cox’s Bazar court fixed Monday for delivery of the judgment.
District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Ismail will pronounce the verdict, said Public Prosecutor Faridul Alam.
On July 31, 2020, Sinha was shot dead at the Shamlapur police check-post in Baharchhara Union of Cox's Bazar while returning to town after filming for a documentary.
On August 5, 2020, Sinha's sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed a case with Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court accusing nine members of law enforcement agencies of being involved in the killing, including former officer-in-charge of Teknaf model police station Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara police outpost inspector Liakat Ali.
On December 13, same year, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) submitted a charge sheet against 15 people, including ex-OC Pradeep, police source Ayaz and three APBn members, in connection with the case.
On June 27, 2021, a Cox’s Bazar court framed charges against them.
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All the 15 accused are currently in jail. Of them, 12 have given confessional statements before court except ex-OC Pradeep Kumar Das, Constable Sagar Dev and Rubel Sharma.
Other accused in the case are- Inspector of Baharchara Police outpost Liakat Ali, sub-inspectors Nandolal Rakkhit and Tutul, assistant sub-inspector Liton Mia; constables Shafanur Karim, Kamal Hossain, Abdullah AL Mamun, , Md Rajib and Md Abdullah, ASI of APBN Md Shahjahan and Nurul Amin, Md Nizamuddin and Ayaz Uddin.