United News of Bangladesh

A trader has been hacked to death allegedly by members of a teen gang over reported drug peddling in Ashulia, police said Wednesday. The deceased Momin Islam, 32, was a resident of Dakshin Bypile area under Ashulia police station. He ran a gas cylinder business in the area. The victim’s family alleged that local teen gang leader Rubel had been pressuring Momin to get involved with him in drug peddling but he rejected it repeatedly. One killed in road accident in Faridpur Being enraged by it, some 30 members of the gang equipped with sharp swooped on him on his way to the shop from in the Dakshin Bypile area on Wednesday morning, they alleged. The attack left him dead on the spot. Inspector (investigation) of Ashulia police station Kamal Hossain said being informed they recovered the body from the spot and sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy. Six suspects were detained in this connection shortly after the murder, he said, adding that drives were underway to nab others.

The entire gang involved in the machete attack on a couple in Uttara has been arrested, according to the Deputy Police Commissioner (DC) of the Uttara Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Rownak Jahan. Speaking at a press conference at the DMP Media Center on Wednesday, Rownak Jahan said, “The members of a teenage gang attacked the couple with a sharp weapon after they protested against the gang's reckless motorcycle driving. All the members of the gang have been identified and arrested.” 2 arrested for attacking couple with machete at Uttara The incident occurred on Monday night (February 17) at around 10:30 pm, when the couple was attacked. Two of the assailants were caught by locals and handed over to the Uttara West Police Station after being beaten. Mohammad Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Uttara West Police Station, said, “Members of the teen gang were driving their motorcycles at high speed inside the Uttara sector, and were about to run over a child. When the couple, traveling on another motorcycle, protested the incident, the gang members called others and attacked the couple with sharp weapons.”