Law-&-Order
5 officials of Transcom Group get bail in 3 separate cases
A Dhaka court on Friday granted bail to five officials of Transcom Group in three separate cases filed over alleged embezzlement, occupying of property, and illegal transfer of shares of the company.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanta Akter granted them bail upon a bond of Tk3,000 each after a hearing in the afternoon.
The accused are Md Fakhruzzaman Bhuiyan, serving as the executive director for Corporate Affairs and Law at the Transcom Group; Kamrul Hasan and Abdullah Al Mamun, both directors in Corporate Finance; Mohammed Mossadeq, the assistant company secretary, and Abu Yusuf Md Siddik, manager (company secretary).
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Earlier, the PBI, the investigating agency of the cases, produced the arrestees before the court and demanded a five-day remand for Abdullah Al Mamun and a 10-day remand for each of the other four.
On behalf of the accused, their lawyers pledged for cancellation of remand and sought bail.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the court granted bail to each till the next hearing.
Earlier on Thursday, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested five top officials, including two directors, of Transcom Group from different places in Dhaka.
Shahanur Rahman, inspector (Investigation) of Gulshan Police Station, said Shahzreh Huq, daughter of the late Latifur Rahman, the founder of Transcom Group, filed three cases with Gulshan police as the plaintiff.
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She sued her elder sister, the current Transcom Group CEO, and mother Shahnaz Rahman, the current Chairman of the group, and Simeen Rahman's son and Transcom's head of transformation Zaraif Ayaat Hossain over a dispute regarding properties and company shares worth more than Tk10,000 crore.
According to the case documents, Simeen and her accomplices tried to illegally acquire around Tk10,000 crore worth of property of her father Latifur Rahman through false deeds of settlements.
Shahzreh alleged that her father left around Tk100 crore in FDRs across multiple banks before his death.
She accuses her mother Shahnaz Rahman and sister Simeen Rahman of unevenly distributing the FDRs.
The rest are accused of assisting in embezzling the funds.
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In one of the cases, the plaintiff mentioned that her elder sister Simeen Rahman took 23 thousand 600 shares of Transcom Limited in her name through forgery to deprive her and her brother Arshad Waliur Rahman which she came to know after the death of his father.
However, the plaintiff claimed she never signed the transfer deed nor did her brother.
Legal notices were issued against the accused in this regard, but they did not heed.
The accused fabricated all these documents, Shahzreh further alleged.
None of the accused could be reached by UNB for comments.
20-year-old youth arrested for killing bKash agent in Rajbari
Police on Friday morning arrested a 20-year-old youth in a case filed for killing a bKash agent in Rupsa Bazar at Kalukhali upazila of Rajbari on Wednesday.
The arrestee is Md Torikul Sheikh (20) of Rupsa Bazar area of the upazila.
bKash agent Sharif Khan (39) was hacked to death with a machete on Wednesday night.
Sharif's wife filed a case at Kalukhali Police Station against unidentified persons on Thursday.
Rajbari Police Superintendent GM Abul Kalam Azad confirmed the matter.
According to police, Sharif was found dead in front of Jadur Salon in the Rupsa Switch Gate Bazar area of Kalukhali upazila on Wednesday night. Police recovered his body and sent it to the Rajbari Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
After the case was filed, Kalukhali Police Station started a thorough investigation and arrested Torikul Sheikh, who was involved in the murder, said police.
During the primary interrogation, Torikul confessed to the murder. He said that he and Sharif used to do business in the same market. Torikul was addicted to online gambling and had lost a lot of money. He planned to kill Sharif, a bKash agent, and take away the money.
To kill Sharif, Torikul collected a machete from his cousin's house. When Sharif came to the mosque in Rupsa Bazar with his son after eating dinner at home, Torikul called him out.
According to the plan, the accused, Torikul, hacked him to death with a machete in front of Jadur's shop in the Rupsa Switch Gate area, said police.
Man jailed for life in Chuadanga drug case
A Chuadanga court on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a drug case.
The lifer is Aminul Islam, son of Haque Mohammad under Darshana police station of Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district.
Additional District and Session Judge Md Masud Ali also fined him Tk 20,000, in default of which he will have to serve another six months of rigorous imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, on November 18, 2014, around 4:30 pm, a team of Chuadanga Narcotics Control Directorate raided Sultanpur Bostipara area of Damurhuda upazila. During the raid, the law enforcers arrested Aminul with 238 bottles of Indian phensedyl.
Later, Inspector Milon Kumar Mukherjee of Chuadanga Narcotics Control Directorate filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act at Damurhuda police station.
Inspector Milon Kumar, also the investigating officer, submitted a chargesheet accusing Aminul Islam in the court on January 12, 2015.
DU student suspected to be militant operative detained at Jagannath University
A Dhaka University (DU) student was detained on account of distributing leaflets and posters of banned militant outfit ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir’ on Jagannath University (JnU) campus in Old Dhaka on Thursday.
The detainee Anik Khandokar is a Soil Water and Environment department student bearing academic session 2018-2019.
It was learned that three DU students including the detainee were distributing leaflets of the banned outfit among students of JnU’s Management Studies department.
Noticing this, the discipline’s Associate Prof Md. Miraj Hossain caught Anik red-handed while the rest fled.
They were Sifat and Musaib, belonging to the DU’s Pharmacy department.
The leaflets and posters seized from the detainee read some provocative words to do acts of sabotage in the country and their action plan to carry out destruction to worsen the country's law and order and tarnish Bangladesh’s image.
JnU Proctor Pro Dr. Jahangir Hossain said, “The banned militant organisation had plans to conduct their activities to create unrest on our peaceful campus. However, due to the cautious stance of the teachers, students and university administration, their plan got spoiled.”
He said that they detained a militant operative with various subversive things including leaflets and posters.
The detainee was handed over to police who would take action as per the rule, the proctor added.
SC upholds HC bail to GK Shamim in arms case
The Appellate Division on Thursday upheld the High Court order granting bail to GK Shamim, a government contractor who gained infamy during the 'casino raids' in late 2019, in a case filed under the Arms Act.
A five members bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order after rejecting a petition seeking cancellation of his bail.
The SC also asked the HC bench concerned to dispose of the cases within two months.
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On December 13, the High Court granted bail to GK Shamim in the case.
An HC bench of Justice SM Abdul Momin and Justice Mahmud Hossain Talukder passed the order after hearing a bail petition.
GK Shamim, who was known as an influential contractor of Sabujbagh, Basabo and Motijheel areas of the capital, was arrested on September 20, 2019.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members seized illegal firearms and Fixed Deposit Receipts worth Tk 165 crore, Tk 1.8 crore in cash and foreign currencies from his house and office at Niketan.
The elite force lodged three cases – one under narcotics control, one under money-laundering prevention and other under arms acts – against Shamim with Gulshan Police Station on September 21.
In October 2019, Rab filed a chargesheet against the accused in the arms case.
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The official trial proceeding in the case began on February 28, 2023 after the court framed charges against the eight accused including Shamim rejecting an appeal for acquittal.
On September 25 , 2023, a Dhaka court sentenced eight people, including Shamim to life term imprisonment in the arms case.
On July 17, another Dhaka court sentenced GK Shamim to 10 years of imprisonment in a money laundering case. He has been in jail since his arrest.
2 physicians arrested over death of 4th grader during circumcision
Police have arrested two doctors of JS Diagnostic and Medical Checkup Centre in Malibagh following the death of Ahnaf Tahmin Ayham, a class-four student of Motijheel Ideal School and College, on Tuesday night during circumcision.
The physicians are SM Muqtadir and Mahbub.
Ayham died last night after he was allegedly administered general anesthesia during a circumcision procedure at the hospital.
Later, a case was filed accusing three doctors and five other unnamed persons following a complaint of the victim's father Fakhrul Alam, said Awlad Hussain, officer-in-charge of Hatirjheel Police Station.
The arrestees were being interrogated, he added.
Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Health Services shut down the JS Hospital and Medical Checkup Centre (JSHMCC) after the incident, DGHS Director (Hospitals) Abu Hussain Md Moinul Ahsan confirmed.
Family members said doctors took Ahnaf to the operation theatre around 8:00pm. After he was given general anesthesia, he didn't regain consciousness.
Around 9pm, the hospital authorities declared him dead, family members alleged.
Daily Star executive editor, wife denied bail again in their maid Preeti’s death case
A Dhaka court has again denied bail to Syed Ashfaqul Haque, Executive Editor of The Daily Star, and his wife Tania Khondoker in a case involving the death of a teenage domestic help at their house in the capital's Mohammadpur.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Chanda issued the order after hearing a bail request today (20 February), according to the accused's lawyer, Advocate Ashraf Ul Alam.
Senior lawyer Ehsanul Haque Somaji and Ashraf Ul Alam filed the bail request. The bail request was opposed by the state.
Earlier on February 13, investigation officer of the case Sub-Inspector Nazmul Hasan, in-charge of Mohammadpur police outpost, produced the accused before the court and sought a 10-day remand.
Chaitanya Chandra Halder, Ashraful Alam filed a bail request after that.
It was opposed by the state and after hearing both sides, the court ordered a four-day remand.
Helal Uddin, sub-inspector of the general registration branch of Mohammadpur Police Station confirmed the development to UNB.
On February 6, the teenage domestic help died after falling from Ashfaq's 9th-floor flat at an apartment complex in Mohammadpur, early in the morning. The journalist's family was picked up right there and then for questioning by police.
On February 7, the court sent them to jail rejecting both remand and bail petitions. The court ordered them to be interrogated at the jail gate for three days. That same day, Preeti’s father Lukesh Urang filed the case against The Daily Star Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khandaker.
The case alleges death due to negligence not amounting to murder, as defined under Section 304 (A).
Remain united to tackle any crisis in the nation: IGP tells newly promoted officers
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun called upon the recently promoted Additional IGPs to work together to tackle any crisis in the country.
The IGP made the call while addressing the rank badge-adorned ceremony of the senior officers who have been promoted to the post of additional IGPs from the DIGs at the Hall of Pride of the Police Headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.Bangladesh Police Women Welfare Association (PUNAK) President Dr Taiba Musarrat Janha Chowdhury was present as a special guest at the event. The newly promoted additional IGPs and their spouses were also present on the occasion.According to Bangladesh Police custom, IGPs and spouses of promoted officers adorned the rank badges of the promoted Additional IGPs.In the beginning of his speech, the IGP said that in response to Bangabandhu's call, the police formed the first armed resistance against the Pakistani invading forces.
He said that Bangladesh Police has been able to deal with militancy and terrorism. The police are capable of facing any challenges related to law and order in the future as well.
On congratulating the promoted officers, the IGP said, this promotion is a recognition of their efficiency.The newly promoted officers expressed their commitment to provide maximum service to the people in the spirit of the Liberation War.It may be noted that the government has promoted 14 senior officers (DIGs) of the Bangladesh Police to the post of additional IGP.
2 Ansarullah Bangla Team members arrested
Members of the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Bangladesh Police arrested two members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from Kaliakair upazila in Gazipur district on Monday and Tuesday.
The arrestees were identified as Abu Syed, 19, of Kaliakair upazila and Naim Molla, 25, son of Hannan Molla of Pirojpur district.
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Tipped off, a team of ATU arrested Aby Sayed from Kaliakair upazila on Monday along with two mobile phones. He was an active member of Ansarullah Bangla Team, said Mahfuzul Alam Russel, superintendent of police, media and awareness wing of ATU.
Following interrogation, the ATU arrested Naim from Sadar upazila in Jhalakathi district on Tuesday.
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The arrestees were involved in different activities for Ansarullah Bangla Team using cyber space, he said.
Ayaan’s death: HC unhappy over DGHS’s report, forms 5-member probe body
The High Court on Tuesday formed a five-member probe body to investigate the death of 5-year-old Ayaan Ahmed who died while undergoing treatment at United Hospital after circumcision.
The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah passed the order after expressing dissatisfaction over the probe report submitted by the Directorate General of Health Services(DGHS) in connection with the death of Ayaan.
Headed by Prof Maksudul Alam, head of Anesthesia Department of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, the probe committee was asked to submit its report within one month.
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Advocate ABM Shahjahan Akanda Masum stood for the petitioner while deputy attorney general Tushar Kanti Roy represented the state.
Barrister Syed Ahmed Raza stood for United Hospital.
On January 9, Advocate ABM Shahjahan Akanda Masum filed a writ petition seeking investigation into the death of Ayaan and Tk 5 crore compensation for his family.
The HC asked the authorities concerned to submit a report after investigation on January 15.
The court also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why Tk 5 crore should not be given to the family of Ayaan as compensation.
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On January 28, deputy director of Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Parimal Kumar Pal submitted the 15-page investigation report.
According to the report, Ayaan had been suffering from childhood asthma and he used to take inhaler and nebulizer for respiratory problems.
On Ayaans circumcision day, Ayaan was given an inhaler and nebulizer before the circumcision at the waiting room which was not informed to the physicians, said the report.
On January 8, Ayaan, died following a circumcision procedure at the United Hospital. He was put on life support for seven days after his circumcision.