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Eleven athletes, including three under-17 players, and a coach, who participated in the just-concluded Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games in Dhaka, were arrested  in Rajshahi on charges of ‘beating’ a police officer and ‘stealing’ his wife’s ornaments. The arrestees are Brishti Moni, 16, Jemi Akter, 14, Rimi Khanan, 17, Farhana Khandokar, 17, Sabrina Akter, 19, Dipali, 19, Papia Sarwar Purnima, 19, Khadiza Khatun, 18, Abdul Al Jahid, 16, Ali Azam, 19, Ramjan, 19, Akash Ali Mohan, 20, and coach Ahsan Kabir, 45. Belal Hossain, a relative of a minor female athlete said, the athletes and the coach returned to Rajshahi by Dhumketu Express train from Dhaka Sunday noon. Also Read: Youth Games: Rangpur, Rajshahi divisions reach women's football final Police constable Golam Kibria assaulted a female athlete while the athletes were searching for their missing luggage after the train reached Rajshahi rail station, he alleged. “He attacked another athlete as well. After they got off the train a fight erupted again,” he said. He also said railway police took them to the police station to settle the matter but later filed a case against them. Also Read: PM Hasina opens final phase of Sheikh Kamal Youth Games Gopal Kumar, officer-in-charge of Rajshahi Railway Police Station, said, police constable Golam Kibria’s wife Sultana Razia Sultana filed the case against athletes alleging that they beat up her husband and stole her gold chain. Kibria was sent to the Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital, he said. He also said that the police officer’s brother Golam Sarwar, also a witness in the case, denied any incident inside the train. “He claimed they had a dispute over getting off the train, and then a fight erupted,” said the OC. Liton Hossain, acting chief judicial magistrate of the chief judicial magistrate court of Rajshahi, sent seven of the accused athletes to jail when they were produced before the court. Women and Child repression Prevention Tribunal-2 granted the minors and women athletes interim bail till 10 am on Monday. The lawyer of the accused, Mainul Islam said, there’s no specific allegation against the minors. “Judge Md. Hasanuzzaman will give the final decision after the full hearing on Monday,” he said.    

Kawran Bazar Pragoti Sangha clinched the BFF U-16 Football Tournament title  beating old horse Wari Club by 3-0 goals in the final at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur Tuesday afternoon.The winners led the first half by 1-0 goalShahibul struck twice, first in the very 7th minute and other in the stoppage time of the match (90+9 minute) while Arif netted the other goal for Pragoti Sangha  in the 62nd minute. Arif Hossain Sumon of the champions Pragoti Sangha and Abu Bakar Siddique of Fortis FC named as the highest scorers jointly, Shahidul Mustafa of Pragoti Sangha named as the best player of the final while Akash Islam of Wari Club was adjudged the best player of the tournament.R Read: BFF to host UEFA U-16 Boy's Int’l Football in OctoberTournament runners-up Wari Club was adjudged the most disciplined team of the tournament to receive fair play trophy. BFF Vice President Mohiuddin Ahmed  Mohi, BFF members Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, Tipu Sultan, Satyajit Das Rupu, Eilas Hossain, Imtiaz Hamid Sabuj and Mohidur Rahman Miraj witnessed the day's final and were present at the day's prize distribution ceremony.  A total of eleven club teams took part in the BFF U-16 tournament that began on September 20.  Besides, Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) runners up Azampur Football Club and BCL fair play trophy winner Gopalganj Sporting Club were also awarded at the day's function.   

Bangladesh Women's Football team made a flying start in the seven-nation 6th SAFF Women's Championship' 2022 crushing the Maldives by 3-0 goal in their first match at the Dasharath (Rangasala) Stadium in Kathmandu Wednesday evening. All the three goals of the match were scored in the first half. Experiened booter cum captain Sabina Khatun struck twice for Bangladesh in the 32nd and 40th minutes while Masura Parvin netted the remaining goal in the 34th minute. Bangladesh team was placed in tough Group A alongwith five times champions India, the Maldives and Pakistan while comparatively easier Group B comprises hosts Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. In the remaining group matches, Bangladesh will face Pakistan on Sept 10 and meet holders India on Sept 13. Read: SAFF Women's Champs: Bangladesh to start campaign against Maldives on Wednesday Earlier In the day's first Group A match, defending champions India also made a good start outplaying their arch-rival Pakistan by 3-0 goal at the same venue Wednesday afternoon. In the inaugural match ( Group B)  hosts Nepal beat Bhutan by 4-0 goal on Tuesday On completion of group matches, top two teams from each of the groups will play in the semifinals on Sept 16.   The final match will held on Sept 19. 

A college teacher, who suffered critical injuries allegedly after some students beat him up with a cricket stump in Savar, died at Enam Medical College and Hospital in the early hours of Monday. The deceased was identified as Utpal Kumar, hailing from Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district. Nasir Uddin, operation theatre in-charge of Enam Medical College and Hospital, said Utpal breathed his last while undergoing treatment around 6:00 am on Monday. Utpal was a lecturer of the Humanities Department of Hazi Yunus Ali School and College in Kathaltola area of Ashulia’s Jamgora, he added. Police said every year Hazi Yunus Ali School and College arranged a cricket match on Saturday.  "Around 2pm, some students suddenly hit Utpal with a cricket stump while he was standing on one side of the field following previous enmity, leaving him seriously injured,” he said. Read: Headmaster’s son beats up teacher at Ishwardi school Later, Utpal was rescued and admitted to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medicla College and Hospital morgue for an autopsy. The accused, students of the same institution, have been absconding since the incident.   Efforts are on to arrest the suspects, said Emdadul Haque, sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Station.