killing
Man to die for killing housewife in Pabna
A Pabna tribunal on Sunday sentenced a man to death for killing a housewife after his failed rape attempt in 2018.
Pabna Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mizanur Rahman handed down the punishment.
The court also fined the convict Tutul Char, son of Atahar Mallik of Paikerhati village in Sathia upazila, Tk 10,000 -in default to suffer five years more in rigorous imprisonment for attempting to rape the woman.
Also read: Man to die for killing wife in Pabna for dowry
The court also fined the convict Tk 5,000 more in default to suffer for two years in jail on charge of hiding the body.
According to the prosecution, the convict Tutul tried to rape Aleya Khatun, wife of Ardosh Mallik of Paikarhati village after getting her alone in a field.
As Tutul failed to violate her he strangled her to death by wrapping sari on her neck and kept the body in a paddy field.
A missing complaint was lodged with Sathia police.
Police arrested Tutul and following his confessional statement, Aleya’s body was recovered from the paddy field, six days after she murdered.
Also read: 4 to die for killing girl after rape in Chandpur
Shabana Akter lodged another complaint with the recovery of the body of her daughter with Sathia Police.
Later police registered a murder case and submit a chargesheet against Tutul on January 31, 2018.
2 killed in Barishal road crash
Two people were killed and two others injured when a bus hit a van on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Rahmatpur in Babuganj upazila of Barishal district on Sunday, said police.
The deceased, identified as Fazlul Haque, 63 and Sumi Akter, 40 of Manikadi area, were travelling by the tricycle van.
Amanullah Al Bari, inspector of Barishal Airport Police Station, said the accident occurred around 11:45 am when the Dhaka-bound ‘Shyamoli Paribahan’ bus from Barishal hit the van, leaving the two killed on the spot and two others injured.
The injured were taken to the Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital.
Vehicular movement on the busy highway remained suspended for an hour as the local people put up barricades on the road.
Read:Roads turning more perilous: 10 people killed in Barishal in 24 hours
Police seized the bus, but could not arrest its driver.
An elderly woman hacked to death, son detained in Joypurhat
A 66-year-old woman was hacked to death allegedly by miscreants in Sonar Potty-Haribasor Mondir Morr area of the district town on Friday noon, said police.
Law enforcers, however, detained the victim’s drug addicted son identified as Nishit Kumar Kundu, 31, in this connection.
The deceased is identified as Josna Kundu, wife of Hari Kundu of the same area.
Mohammad Nure Alam, Superintendent of Police (SP) of the district, said the victim along with her son used to live at their own house in the Mandir area.
Being informed by neighbours, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body from the house around 12.30pm and sent it to Joypurhat Ahdunik Zilla Hospital morgue for autopsy, the SP said adding that her son was found in a drunken condition at the house.
“In the preliminary observation it seems that the woman has been hacked to death with sharp weapons,” he suspected.
Read: Woman hacked dead in Joypurhat
The reason for the death will be known following the autopsy, he said adding that the victim’s son has been being quizzed in this connection as he is known to be a drug addict.
Several teams from Criminal Investigation Department and Detective Branch have already inspected the spot and collected samples in this connection, the SP added.
Woman 'tortured to death by husband’ in Ctg
A woman was tortured to death allegedly by her husband at the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) area of Chattogram city on Friday.
The victim was identified as Shirin Akhter, 35, wife of Ajgor Ali, of Dhawa Union of Bhandaria upazila in Pirojpur district.
Quoting local people, police said the couple used to fight over family matters since their marriage.
On Friday morning, neighbours found Shirin's body and informed police, officer-in-charge (OC) of EPZ Police Station, Md Nurul Bashar, said.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy, said the OC.
Read: Woman killed by ‘husband’ in Sunamganj: Husband held
Several injury marks were found on the body, said the OC, adding that legal action will be taken against the accused.
Ajgor Ali went into hiding right after the incident.
Man held for wife's murder in Sylhet
Police on Wednesday arrested a man after recovering the body of his wife from a locked room in Sylhet city a day before.
The arrestee has been identified as Ismail Niaz Khan, son of Ismat Khan of the area.
"The body of Afia Begum was found in the room in the Baluchar area of the city on Tuesday night," said Syed Aminur Rahman, officer in-charge of Shah Poran Police Station.
The couple's two-year-old baby girl was rescued alive and sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, he said.
Read: Man held for killing wife in Sylhet
Based on a complaint from Kutina Begum, Afia’s mother, a murder case was lodged at Shah Poran Police Station, based on which the arrest was made.
“Everyone knew that Ismail used to live in Oman, which was not the case. Besides, there is no document of the marriage between Ismail and Afia. We are quizzing Ismail for further information,” said the OC.
"Prior to her marriage with Ismail, Afia was married to another person, named Ashraf, but that marriage didn’t last long," he added.
Man sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing 16-month-old sister
A Jamalpur court on Sunday sentenced a man to life imprisonment unto death for killing his 16-month-old sister in 2017
The convict was identified as Indrajit Ghosh, son of Poritosh Chandra Ghosh of Shimla Gopinath village in Sarishabari upazila.
The court also sentenced him one year jail under a separate section and fined him Tk 20,000.
Also read: Gold smuggling case: 3 get life terms in Ctg court
Generally, life imprisonment in Bangladesh law means 30 years in prison unless specifically mentioned in the judgement, as was here.
According to the prosecution, Indrajit picked Prapti, daughter of Poritosh from the room of his elder brother and threw her in a pond near Shimla Bazar over previous enmity on January 22, 2017.
Police recovered the body of Prapti from the pond on the following day
Poritosh lodged a complaint with Sarishabari Police who registered a case later. Police arrested Indrajit and his uncle-in-law Ananda Mahanta in this connection.
Police submitted a chargesheet against them.
Also read: Narayanganj 7-murder: Nur Hossain gets life term in arms case
After examining records and witnesses, Jamalpur District and Session Judge Zulficker Ali Khan handed down the punishment and acquitted Mahanta as allegations brought against him could not be proved.
Kushtia UP member shot by rivals; former UP chairman held
A member of Osmanpur Union Parishad in Khoksa upazila in Kushtia was shot allegedly by his rivals on Wednesday.
Ward-1 member of Osmanpur UP, Hayder Ali,50 was returning from Awami League’s anti-militancy rally when some miscreants shot him at Debinagar village.
He was first taken to upazila health complex and was later transferred to Kushtia General Hospital.
Additional police were deployed at Debinagar village on Wednesday night after some miscreants vandalised and looted UP member Haydar Ali’s supporters Rashid and Rezaul’s houses.
On Thursday, an attempt to murder case was filed at Khoksha police station against Anisur Rahman, former UP chairman and general secretary of upazila Bangladesh Kirshak League following a complaint received from Hayder’s son Idris Ali, said Syed Ashiqur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Khoksha police station.
Read: UP member shot dead in Rangamati
The accused was arrested later in the day, said the OC.
Injured UP member Hayder Ali said he attended the anti-militancy programme at the Upazila Sadar High School premises defying the warnings of miscreants of his rival group.
AL unit leader murdered in Dhaka
A unit leader of the ruling Awami League (AL) was stabbed to death in Jatrabari area of the capital on Tuesday night.
According to police, Abu Bakkar Siddque Habu, 35, was president of unit No 14 within ward No 50 of the Dhaka metropolitan AL. He was the son of the late Ali Ahmad Hawlader of Nanda village in Shariatpur district.
Sajjad Hossain, organizing secretary of the unit, said there had been a dispute between Habu and some local youths over power connection on the footpath.
“A group of youths numbering four to five stabbed him with sharp weapons in Shaheed Faruk Saroni area in the evening and left him critically injured,” he said.
Read: 75-yr-old killed in road accident in Dhaka
Habu was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where he succumbed to his injuries around 9pm, said Sajjad quoting Md Bachhu Miah, in-charge (inspector) of the DMCH police outpost.
The body was sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy, said Bachhu Miah.
Habu, father of three sons and vendor of vegetables by profession, used to live his family in Tanpara area of the Jatrabari, added he.
Youth stabbed dead by miscreants in Chattogram
A youth was stabbed to death by miscreants in front of his house in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram district on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Anwarul Azim, 33, a resident of Dharmapur union parishad (UP) under the upazila. He used to live with his family in the port city Chattogram but visit home sometimes.
Morshedul Alam, member of the UP, said Azim went out of his house for Esha prayer on Thursday night and didn’t come back after a long time.
Later, the family members found the bloodstained body of Azim in front of the gate of their house when they were searching for him, he said.
Read: Youth stabbed dead in Faridpur, one detained
He was rushed to a local hospital where physicians pronounced him dead on arrival, the UP member continued.
Kazi Ibne Anowar Masud, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Fatikchhari Police Station, said on information they recovered the body from the hospital and sent it to Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Filing a case related to the incident is underway, added the OC.
Hubby 'confesses' to killing female doctor at Dhaka hotel
The husband of the 28-year-old female doctor found dead in a
Dhaka hotel room has confessed to killing her, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said on Friday.
"During sustained interrogation, Rezaul Karim Reza told us that he took his wife, Dr Jannatul Nayeem Sritika, to the hotel on the pretext of celebrating her birthday and then stabbed her before sliting her throat," said Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director, legal and media wing, at Rab headquarters.
Reza was arrested on Thursday night by members of Rab-2 and 7 from the Muradpur area of Chattogram city.
On August 10, Sritika's body was recovered from the fifth-floor room of Family Service Apartment in the Panthapath area of the capital.
Also read: Dhaka hotel murder: Slain doctor's boyfriend arrested from Chattogram
Sritika was undertaking gynaecology training from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after completing her MBBS from Moghbazar Community Medical College.
Next day, a case was filed at Kalabagan police station accusing Reza, following a complaint from the victim's father.
Reza, who works as a senior executive at a private company, hails from Cox’s Bazar. Rab recovered Reza’s blood-stained clothes, his mobile phone and his wife's cell phone from his possession, post-arrest.
According to Reza’s confession, Reza and Sritika grew close to each other after meeting on social media in 2019 and got married secretly in 2020. As their families were not informed about the marriage, they used to meet at different hotels in the city.
"Sritika and Reza often used to fight over the latter's extra-marital affairs as counseling and discussions on the matter failed to resolve the issue. As the marital feud grew, Reza planned to murder his wife to get rid of her," said the Rab officer.
Also read: Woman doctor's body found with throat slit in Dhaka hotel
On August 10, Reza took her to the hotel to celebrate her birthday, got into a planned fight and then stabbed Sritika with a knife and later slit her throat, according to Rab.
Following the crime, the accused left the hotel room locking the door from outside and fled to Chattogram by bus, said Rab.
Legal action against the accused is underway, said Commander Khandaker.