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Suspended PBI official sent to jail over Khulna college girl’s rape
A tribunal here on Wednesday sent a suspended official of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to jail in a case for raping a 20-year-old college student in Khulna.
The suspended PIB official is inspector Manjur Hasan Masud.
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Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge Mst Dilruba Sultana passed the order turning down the bail plea when Masud surrendered before the court.
Earlier, accused Masud was granted bail for 14 days by the High Court on May 26 in the case.
On May 25, he was suspended from his post.
According to the case, the victim was raped allegedly by a PBI official at Mirzapur Road in Khulna city on May 15 promising her to solve the problem when she went to police station following a cyber-issue.
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The victim immediately lodged an FIR at the Khulna Sadar police station, said Hasan Al Mamun, officer-in-charge (OC) of Khulna Sadar police station.
A case was filed after a medical examination at the One Stop Crisis Center (OCC) of Khulna Medical College Hospital.
Expelled JL leader Samrat sent to jail in graft case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to jail upon surrender in a graft case.
Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order when Samrat surrendered before the court and sought bail.
Also read: Order cancelling Samrat's bail upheld by Appellate Division
The court also fixed June 9 for hearing on his bail petition in the case.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court order that cancelled the bail granted to Samrat in the graft case. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Samrat seeking a stay on the High Court order. The petition likely be heard in the regular bench of the Appellate Division on May 30. On May 18, the High Court cancelled the bail granted to Samrat in the graft case. Earlier, on May 16, the ACC filed a petition before the High Court seeking cancellation of the bail of Samrat in the graft case. On May 11, the Dhaka court granted bail to Samrat in the graft case, paving the way for his release from judicial custody. Earlier, the same court turned down his bail plea in the corruption case filed by the ACC twice -- on April 28 and April 13. Samrat secured bail in a drugs case on April 11 and in an Arms Act case and a money laundering case on April 10. The expelled Jubo League leader has been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) since November 24 last year. On October 6, 2019, Rab detained Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla. Rab raided his Kakrail office later 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.
Also read: HC cancels bail of expelled JL leader Samrat On October 7, Abdul Khaleque, deputy assistant director of Rab-1 lodged two complaints against Samrat at Ramna police station under the Arms and the Narcotics Act. Arman was also made an accused in the narcotics case. On November 4, Shekhar Chandra Mallik, a sub-inspector, submitted a chargesheet against Samrat in the Arms Act case. On November 12, the ACC lodged a complaint 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, registered a case against him at the Ramna police station for laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore. Lastly, on November 26 last year, the investigating officer in the case, Jahangir Alam, submitted a chargesheet in the court.
Graft case: Ex-OC Pradeep’s wife sent to jail on surrender
A Chattogram court on Monday sent Chumki Karon ,wife of ex-OC and death-row convict in Major Sinha (retd) murder case Pradeep Kumar Das, to judicial custody in a case over amassing wealth illegally.
Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid passed the order after Chumki Karon surrendered before the court and sought bail, said Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) lawyer Mahmudul Haque.
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Chumki Karon remained absconding since the arrest of Pradeep in major (retd) Sinha Mohammed Rashed Khan murder case.
On August 23 in 2020, ACC filed the case against Pradeep and his wife over amassing wealth worth Tk 4 crore.
ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog’s investigation against Pradeep started in 2018.
On April 20 last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statement and they submitted their wealth statements in June that year.
After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth over Tk 4 crore illegally.
ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the charge sheet on July 26.On September 1, the court accepted the charge sheet.
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On December 15 last year, a Chattogram court indicted Pradeep and wife in the case. On January 30 this year, Pradeep submitted a petition to the HC seeking cancellation of indictment order and judicial proceedings in this case.
The statement recording of this case is continuing.
A Cox’s Bazar court on 31 January sentenced former OC Pradeep and inspector Liaqat to death and six others to life imprisonment in Major Sinha murder case.
Graft case: Haji Salim denied bail; sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim to jail in a graft case rejecting his bail petition.
Judge of Special Court-7 Shahidul Islam passed the order when he surrendered before the court.
Also read: Graft case: Haji Salim to surrender before court this afternoon
Syed Ahmed Raza, a counsel of Haji Salim, said he surrendered before around 3:20 pm and sought bail in the case.
Haji Salim, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, went to Bangkok for treatment purpose on May 2 and returned home on May 5 that sparked huge controversy.
On February 10, the full text of the High Court’s verdict was published upholding his 10-year imprisonment.
The HC asked him to surrender to the trial court within 30 days of receiving the verdict.
The HC directed the trial court to cancel the bail order of the MP and issue an arrest warrant against him if he does not surrender within the given time.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam said, “After this verdict Haji Selim has lost the eligibility to remain an MP according to the article 66 (2) of the Constitution.”
On March 9 last year, HC bench of Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq upheld the lower court order sentencing to 10 years jail after hearing a petition by the ACC.
At the same time, the Dhaka-7 MP was acquitted of a three-year jail term in the same case filed by the ACC for concealing wealth information.
The High Court also reduced the fine imposed on Salim by half to Tk 10 lakh. He will have to spend one more year in jail if he fails to pay the fine.
In 2007, the ACC filed the case against Salim. On April 27, 2008, a Dhaka court jailed him for 13 years and fined Tk 20 lakh.
Salim moved the High Court against the verdict.
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In 2011, the court overturned his sentence but the ACC later appealed against the lower court verdict.
Later, the Appellate Division asked the High Court to re-hear the petition.
Irregularities of Salim resurfaced after his son Irfan Selim was arrested for assaulting a navy official in 2020.
Father-son duo lands in jail for killing elephant in Chattogram
A court in Chattogram has remanded in judicial custody a man and his son in a case filed over the killing of a wild elephant in Rangunia upazila in 2019.
A senior judicial magistrate passed the order after Md Abul Hashem and his son Sahab Uddin surrendered before the court and sought bail on Thursday.
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Chattogram divisional forest officer (South) Shafiqul Islam said the wild elephant was electrocuted when it came in contact with an illegal power line installed by the two at Narishcha Bit in Rangunia range of the southern forest division in November 2019.
At the time, a case was filed in the court against the father-son duo.
Earlier on December 14 last year, the court sent a man and his son to jail for killing an elephant in Banshkhali upazila.
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In the first such case in the country, Mohammad Kamal, 50, and his son Nezam, 22, of Banshkhali upazila were found guilty of electrocuting the elephant on November 30 last year.
Money laundering case: 11 including brothers Enamul, Rupon get 7 years jail
A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced 11 people including expelled Awami League (AL) leaders Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan to seven years' imprisonment in a money laundering case.
The other convicts are- their three brothers Shahidul Haque Bhuiyan, Rashidul Haque Bhuiyan and Merajul Haque Bhuiyan, Joy Gopal Sarkar, Tuhin Munshi, Nabir Hossain Sikder, Saiful Islam, Sunny Mostafa and Pavel Rahman.
Also read: HC rejects bail petitions of ex-AL leaders Enu, Rupon
Special Court-5 Judge Iqbal Hossain delivered the judgment.
The court also fined the convicts Tk 4 lakh each, in default, to suffer another year of imprisonment.
Among the convicts, Shiplu, Rashedul, Sahidul and Pavel are on the run since the beginning of the case while Tuhin secured bail. The other six convicts are in jail now.
Earlier, the court fixed April 6 for delivering the judgment. However, the judgment was not delivered on that day as Judge Iqbal Hossain was on leave. Later, Acting Judge Monir Kamal fixed April 25 for the pronouncing the judgment .
According to police, Enamul was the director of Dhaka Wanderers Club and vice-president of the Awami League's Gendaria unit, while his brother Rupom was the joint general secretary for the same area. They were expelled after the incident.
Both were involved in the casino business at Wanderer’s Club, according to the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
According to the case, Rab members conducted an anti-casino drive at the house of Abul Kalam Azad, an employee of Wanderers Club, on Lalmohan Saha Street in Wari and seized Tk 2 crore on September 24 in 2019.
Ziaul Hasan, police inspector (City & Vehicle) of Rab-3, filed a case at Wari police station in this regard on September 25 of the year.
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As per the case, Enamul and Rupon earned billions by operating casinos for a long time. During the anti-casino drive, they kept illegally earned money in Kalam's house to cover up their misdeeds which is a crime under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
After the investigation on July 11 in 2020, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Inspector Mohammad Sadek Ali submitted the chargesheet against 11 accused.
Later on January 5 in 2021, the court framed charges against the accused.
Man who incited 2019 Borhanuddin riots sentenced to 8 years in jail
A Barishal court on Sunday sentenced a Hindu man to eight years in jail for hacking a Facebook profile to post content hurting religious sentiments and deteriorating law and order at Borhanuddin upazila in Bhola in 2019.
Barishal Cyber Tribunal Judge Golam Faruque passed the order.
Md Istak Ahmed Rubel, Special Public Prosecutor of the court said accused Bapan Das has been sentenced to jail terms under three sections of the penal code and the punishment will continue simultaneously.
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“Under section 34 he got eight years in jail with a fine of Tk 3 lakh, under section 28 (1) he got 2 years in jail and fine of Tk 1 lakh and under section 31 (1) he got four years in jail with Tk 1 lakh fine,“ said PP Istak Ahmed.
On October 18, 2019, a man named Biplab Chandra filed a general diary with Borhanuddin police station saying his Facebook profile named Biplab Chandra Shubho was hacked from which activities hurting religious sentiment were conducted.
On October 20, four people were killed during a clash between police and agitated people of Muslim community over the incident at Borhanuddin Eidgah ground.
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Two more cases were filed in this regard which are still under trial.
On January 26, 2020, police arrested a hacker named Bapan Das after finding his involvement with the incident using information technology.
The court recorded Bapan Das’s confessional statement regarding the crime under section 164 and on August 1, last year police filed a charge sheet against him in this case.
Evaly CEO Rassel gets bail in 9 cheque fraud cases, cannot walk out of jail
CEO of controversial e-commerce platform Evaly Md Rassel was granted bail by a Dhaka court on Thursday in nine cases of cheque fraud.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court judges passed the orders during a hearing on the bail petitions submitted by Rassel’s lawyer advocate Ahsan Habib.
However, he will not be able to walk out of jail now as he did not secure bail in other cases.
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On April 6, Rassel’s wife Shamima Nasrin, Chairperson of Evaly, walked out of Kashimpur Women's Central Jail after the court granted them both bail in another six cases on condition of settling the case with the plaintiffs in different times.
On September 16, last year, Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima were arrested during a raid on their house in capital’s Mohammadpur area.
The owners of Evaly were allegedly involved in embezzlement of several hundred crores of taka. They were arrested after a victim filed a case against them.
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Arif Baker lodged a case with Gulshan police station accusing the couple of stealing customers' money and fraudulence.
The couple was later sent to jail .
BNP leader Ishraque lands in jail
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent BNP leader Ishraque Hossain to jail in an arson attack case, hours after he was arrested from the capital’s Motijheel area.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tamanna Farah passed the order, turning down the bail petition of the BNP leader.
Also read:BNP leader Ishraque Hossain held in Dhaka
Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukdar filed the petition seeking bail for his client Ishraque, a member of the BNP’s Dhaka south city unit, as he was produced before the court by police.
Earlier in the day, police arrested Ishraque Hossain, the eldest son of former Dhaka city mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, in connection with an arson attack case filed two years back.
Enamul Haque Mithu, additional deputy commissioner (Motijheel zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said they arrested Ishraque from Motijheel’s Shapla Chattar area at 11.30am.
He said an arrest warrant was issued against the BNP leader in a case filed over setting a car on fire in 2020.
Talking to UNB, Dhaka south city unit BNP convener Abdus Salam said police arrested Ishraque while he along with Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal leaders was distributing leaflets highlighting the Awami League government’s failure in controlling the prices of daily essentials and against its alleged corruption.
Ishraque was BNP’s mayoral candidate in the last Dhaka South City Corporation elections.
An FIR was lodged against 42 people in connection with vandalising and torching vehicles on November 12, 2020. Ishraque was made an accused in the case.
On November 18, 2020, the BNP leader secured bail from the High Court in the case.
On January 5, 2021, he surrendered before a lower court after completion of his bail period, granted by the High Court and sought bail again in the case.
On August 18, 2021, the court issued a warrant for the arrest of Ishraque after rejecting his bail petition in the case.
Meanwhile, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir strongly condemned and protested the arrest of Ishraque.
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“The government is using harassment, torture, false charges and arrests as weapons to suppress the country’s people as there is a famine-like situation all around. Ishraque has been arrested on the same ground,” he said.
The BNP leader demanded the unconditional release of Ishraque.
Rooppur killing: 3 Belarus nationals sent to jail
A murder case has been filed at Ishwardi Police Station in connection with the death of a Kazakhstan national in Ishwardi Rooppur Residential Project Green city in Ishwardi on Saturday night.
Shvets Vladimir, 50, an employee of contractor firm NIKIMT at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, was found hacked to death at a house in the Green city, police said. His brother, identified as Amere, was admitted to a hospital with injuries.
A court in Pabna sent three Belarus citizens to jail on Monday, a day after Iurii Fedorov, director of the contracting firm, filed the case accusing them of committing the murder, said Raihan Pervez, sub-inspector of Ishwardi Police Station.
The murder suspects are Urbanavichus Vitali, 44, Fedarovich Henadz, 42, and Matsveyeu Uladzimir, 43. They work at Russian company Rossem.
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The three Belarus nationals were earlier detained by police. Later they were shown arrested under the murder case.
The body of the Kazakhstan national was kept at the mortuary of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
In primary investigation police found that the two Kazakh brothers went to the room of three Belarus nationals to settle a monetary dispute. At one stage they got involved in heated arguments.
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Police are investigating the suspected murder,” said Raihan.