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Cop suspended for ‘raping girl’ in Feni
A police constable of Feni Model Police Station has been suspended for allegedly raping a girl.
The suspended police constable is Sharif Uddin Bablu, 26, son of Jamal Uddin of Jamtala Chowdhury Bari in Chhagalnaiya upazila.
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The action was taken after the girl lodged a written complaint with Feni Model Police, said Mohammad Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of the police station.
According to the complaint, the policeman brought the girl to a hotel in Mahipal area of Feni from Zorarganj upazila of Chattogram on false promise of marriage and raped her there several times.
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As the girl put pressure on him to marry her, Bablu refused to marry and stopped communicating with her, she wrote in her complaint.
Legal action will be taken in this regard, said the OC.
Cop held in Feni for sodomising teen
A 35-year-old police constable has been arrested for repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage boy in Feni, officials said on Friday.
The arrestee has been identified as Md Yunus, who was deployed at Feni Model Police Station. He has also been placed under suspension.
According to the case statement, Yunus sodomised the boy over a period of time and even threatened him with arrest if he narrated his ordeal to anyone.
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Nizam Uddin, the officer-in-charge of Feni Model Police Station, said the accused was arrested on a complaint from the teenager's parents, produced in a court and remanded in judicial custody.
Cop suspended for harassing woman for wearing Teep
A police constable accused of harassing a female college teacher for wearing teep has been suspended, said police.
The suspended policeman was identified as Nazmul Tarek, a constable (Protection division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said Biplab Sarkar, deputy commissioner of Tejgaon Division, on Monday.
The punitive action was taken against the policeman as he admitted his guilt, said a press release of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
Besides, a two-member probe body has been formed to investigate the incident and the committee was asked to submit its report within three working days.
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Earlier in the day, the DMP identified the police constable who allegedly harassed a college teacher for wearing ‘teep’ in the city’s Farmgate area on Saturday, triggering condemnation from women’s and rights groups.
The issue went to the Parliament when actress-turned-lawmaker Suborna Mustafa raised it in the House on Sunday, demanding punishment to the offender.
The harassed teacher Dr Lata Samaddar, a lecturer of the Theatre and Media Studies Department at Tejgaon College, filed a general diary at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station.
She said the incident took place in front of Shezan Point shopping mall in the Farmgate area.
“Following the GD, police identified the constable after two days of frantic effort,” said Biplab.
On Saturday, the lecturer of Tejgaon College was allegedly harassed and verbally assaulted by a policeman for wearing ‘teep’ on her forehead in Farmgate area while going to her workplace.
She also alleged that the policeman also threatened her and tried to hit her with his motorbike when she resisted.
Women in Bangladesh and other South Asian nations wear teep, better known as bindi, on their forehead as part of culture.
Cop who ‘harassed woman for wearing Teep’ identified
A police constable who allegedly harassed a college teacher for wearing ‘teep’ in the city’s Farmgate area on Saturday has been identified.
The suspected policeman was identified as Nazmul Taher, a constable (Protection division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said Biplab Sarkar, deputy commissioner of Tejgaon division, on Monday.
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He told reporters that the female college teacher earlier filed a general diary (GD) at Sher-e-bangla Nagar police station.
“Following the GD, police identified the constable after two days of frantic effort,” the official added.
Meanwhile, Constable Taher confessed to his guilt.
Legal steps will be taken against the constable after an investigation, said Biplab Sarker.
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On Saturday, the lecturer of Tejgaon College was allegedly harassed and verbally assaulted by a policeman for wearing ‘teep’ on her forehead in Farmgate area while going to her workplace.
She also alleged that the policeman also threatened her and tried to hit her with his motorbike when she resisted.
Video shows cop kneeling on Wisconsin student’s neck
School officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, released surveillance footage that shows an off-duty police officer putting his knee on a 12-year-old girl’s neck to restrain her amid a lunchtime fight.
The Kenosha Unified School District released redacted footage of the March 4 fight on Friday. It shows Kenosha officer Shawn Guetschow intervening in the fight and then scuffling with the girl, before falling to the ground and hitting his head on a table.
Guetschow, who was working as a security guard at the school, then pushes the girl’s head into the ground and uses his knee on her neck for about half a minute before handcuffing her and walking her out of the cafeteria.
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Jerrel Perez, the girl’s father, has called for criminal charges against Guetschow for using a type of restraint that was banned for Wisconsin law enforcement officers last year. He said his daughter is in therapy and seeing a neurologist for her injuries.
The school district initially placed Guetschow on paid leave. He resigned from his part-time security job with the school on Tuesday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
In his resignation letter, Guetschow complained that the school district has not supported him and that the incident has placed a heavy burden on his family.
The district told the newspaper that it would not provide any additional details and did not respond to messages left by The Associated Press on Saturday. Kenosah police, in a statement, said Guetschow is still employed by the department.
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“We continue our investigation, paying careful attention to the entire scope of the incident,” the statement said. “We have no further update at this time.”
Cop found dead next to his bike in Rajshahi
A 40-year-old police officer was found dead next to his bike off a busy road in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi in the early hours of Saturday.
The body of Nur Islam, a sub-inspector with Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station, was found off Godagari-Amanura Road in the Bhutpukur area of the upazila at 12.30am.
Police suspect the officer, who was originally from Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore, died in a road accident as his bike was found lying next to him.
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Godagari police recovered the body after they were alerted by passersby and sent it to the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) morgue for an autopsy.
Godagari police station officer-in-charge Kamrul Islam said, "It is believed that Nur died of head injuries after his bike crashed into a tree at a high speed."
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However, the autopsy report can only ascertain the exact cause of his death.
Cop commits suicide in Rangamati
A police constable apparently committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Maniknagar in Sadar upazila on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Joy Dey, son of Ranjit Dey of Chattogram district.
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Quoting other police members, Mir Modasser Hossain, superintendent of Rangmati police, said Joy was attracted to a girl and used to quarrel with her over phone.
Joy took his own life by hanging himself from a tree at the Arshinagar Police camp as the girl refused his proposal, Modasser said.
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An unnatural death case will be filed in this connection.
Cop shunted out over death of Satkhira man
Assistant sub-inspector Subhash Sen who allegedly held back a biker carrying an oxygen cylinder for his dying father for two hours on Thursday, has been sent to the Satkhira police lines.
A three-member probe committee has also been formed by the police, officials said on Friday, in the wake of the death of Oliul Islam's father who had symptoms of Covid.
According to Oliul, he bought the oxygen cylinder from a local trader in the town for his ailing father who was recuperating at home.
On his way back home, ASI Subhash of Itagachha police outpost stopped Oliul’s bike around 11am and asked for documents which he forgot to bring in a hurry.
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"The ASI demanded Tk1,000 as fine from me for being out amid the lockdown. I was pulled over for two hours as I neither had the money nor documents, even after explaining my situation. Later, the ASI settled for Tk200 as a local interfered. But my father had already died," Oliul said.
However, ASI Shubhash said, "I stopped Oliul as he was driving his motorcycle at a breakneck speed and had no documents. But I did not hold him back for too long when I came to know that his father urgently needed oxygen."
He was asked to return with the vehicle documents later, said the ASI.
Satkhira Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Delwar Hossain said, “We are probing the allegations. ASI Subhash has been relieved from his post and sent to the police lines."
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Cop among 3 diagnosed with coronavirus in Khagrachhari
Three people, including a policeman, have tested positive for coronavirus in Khagrachhari.
Civil Surgeon Dr Nupur Kanti Das said Abdul Hye, a policeman, and two residents of Mahalchhari upazila were found infected with the virus.
Abdul Aziz, superintendent of Khagrachhari Police, said Hye was recently transferred from Pabna and joined his new workplace on May 4.
He was taken to the isolation unit at Khagrachhari Police Lines after his arrival and the authorities concerned collected samples from him on May 5.
Dr Mridul Kanti Tripura, Health and Family Planning Officer of Mahalchhari upazila Health Complex, said samples of two people including a woman were collected on May 7 and sent for lab testing.
Both of them tested positive for coronavirus, according to their reports on Wednesday.
The woman got admitted to a hospital with respiratory problem on May 7 but fled on that day after conducting tests, said Dr Mridul.
Besides, a young man who was diagnosed with coronavirus, the first case in the district, has recovered and returned home.
According to the Police Headquarters sources, 1,926 police members were infected with coronavirus until Wednesday.
The health authorities confirmed 1,162 new cases and 19 deaths – highest for a single day – on Wednesday. So far, the country has recorded 17,822 coronavirus cases and 269 deaths.
Another cop dies from coronavirus in city
Another member of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) died from coronavirus on Friday.
With the latest one, four policemen died after contracting the virus in the country.
The deceased was identified as Najir Uddin, sub-inspector of Special Branch and hailed from Kajitola village in Bhangura upaizla of Pabna district.
Sohel Rana, additional inspector general (AIG) (media) of Police headquarters, said Najir’s coronavirus infection was detected on April 25 and he had been undergoing treatment at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital.
He breathed his last on Friday.
The body was sent to his village home following a namaz-e-janaza at Rajarbagh.
Three other policemen died from coronavirus on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.