Police took a 38-year-old man into custody as a suspect in the killing of his wife of 10 years over family feuds at Boyra Paranpur village of Sherpur's Sadar upazia early Monday. Police also suspects that the husband, Md Shafiqul Islam, might have tried to end his own life as he was found to have taken pesticides and lay unconcious beside the body of wife, Parvin Begum,32. Shafiqul is undergoing treatment at a local hospital under police watch and he will be questioned about the incident after he gets well, police said. Also read: Man to die for killing housewife in Pabna According to the locals, Parvin had allegedly been subjected to torture by her husband since their marriage 10 years ago. The couple has two children.A few months ago, Parveen went to her father's house after quarrels with her husband. On Sunday night, Shafiqul went to his father-in-law's house and allegedly strangled his wife, said locals.Parvin's mother entered her daughter's room in the morning as she found it unusually calm since early morning and saw Parvin and her husband lying on the floor, said Bosir Ahmed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar police station. Also read: Police recover SI's wife's hanging body; cause of death unclearHearing her screams, some neighbours rushed to the house and found the woman dead. They also found Shafiqul unconscious on the floor.On information, police recovered the woman's body and sent it to Sherpur Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.Shafiqul might have strangled his wife to death over a family feud sometime at night and attempted to kill himself by drinking pesticides, said the OC.Meanwhile, police detained Shafiqul. No case has been lodged yet.

Police rescued a 16-year-old Indian girl from Faridpur just before she married her 21-year-old Bangladeshi lover. The girl was identified as Puja Bishwas, daughter of Sunil Dash from Nadia district in India’s West Bengal, said Suman Kar, Assistant Superintendent of Faridpur police on Saturday. Her Bangladeshi boyfriend is Tonmoy Rajbanshi, 21, from Gunbaha village in Boalmari municipality in Faridpur - also detained by police. Also read: Dinajpur youth commits suicide in front of lover On information, the girl was rescued on Friday around 11 pm from Poail village where the arrangements to officiate their wedding were made, said ASP Suman Kar. Puja and Tonmoy were involved in a romantic affair through Facebook. On Friday 4pm Puja came to Boalmari and from there Tonmoy took her to his brother-in-law’s house in Poail village. “The girl had no passport or visa with her and she was underage for marriage,” said Md Abdul Wahab, Officer-in-Charge of Boalmari police station. Tonmoy was held for alluring the girl to come to Bangladesh and has been presented to court under section 54 of CrpC (Code of Criminal Procedure) on Saturday, said the OC. Meanwhile, the court sent Puja to a juvenile correction centre under the Social Service Department, said OC Abdul Wahab. Also read: 4 get life in jail for selling Khulna woman to Indian brothel The matter is under investigation, he said

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) claimed to have detained a man and seized 2.48kg heroin worth Tk48.4 lakh from his possession in Chapainawabganj's Shibganj Saturday. The detainee was identified as Md Mizanur Rahman, 27, from Noldobri village of Shibganj upazila. Read: Teen held with 1.8kg heroin in Chapainawabganj On information, BGB conducted a drive along the Chakpara border around 5am and detained Mizanur along with heroin as he tried to escape, Lieutenant Colonel Amir Hossain Mollah, commanding officer of Rohanpur 59 BGB Battalion in Chapainawabganj, said. Legal action will be taken against Mizanur, he added.

Four youths were held Monday for vandalising an idol of a Hindu goddess at a temple in Pirojpur Sadar upazila, police said. Shubho Sheikh, 40, Abu Bakkar Siddiki, 17, Hasan Sheikh, 17, and Ramzan Mollah, 12, all from Sadar upazila, smashed the idol at Sri Sri Shitala Mandir in Durgapur union, Md Masuduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Pirojpur Sadar police station, said. Kala Chand Mandal, the priest of the temple, said: "Around 11am Sunday, I left the temple after performing worship services and the next morning found the idol's legs, hands, and head smashed." Also read: Patuakhali man held for placing Quran inside temple  The locals saw three or four youths wandering around the temple, he added. "They held Subho, Abu Bakkar, and Hasan, and the trio admitted that they had smashed and destroyed the idol along with Ramzan." OC Masuduzzaman said: "We detained four people after being informed by the locals. Police forces have been deployed to secure the temple and a case will be filed in connection with the incident." Also read:Govt. will soon distribute funds to help rebuild damaged temples and Hindu businesses

A Rab team has detained a  Rohingya woman and her son along  with gold ornaments including eight gold bars worth Tk 1.5 crore from Chattogram’s Jongol Salimpur area. Lieutenant Colonel MA Yusuf, Commander of Rab-7, gave the information Saturday noon. Also read: Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar In a separate drive, Rab members detained two people, including the main accused in a rape case that occurred on July 28 from Barobkunda area under Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila. Besides, Rab members detained two drug traders with 3,56,000 yaba pills worth Tk 10 crore from Teknaf area of Cox’s Bazar. Also read: UN court rejects Myanmar claims, will hear Rohingya case Rab-7 will provide details of these detention  at a press briefing to be held at its Chandgaon office  this afternoon.

Police have detained three people in connection with the murder of a Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) student on the campus on Monday evening. The identities of the detainees are yet to be disclosed by police. "We will let them go if we do not find their involvement in the crime after the primary investigation," Azbahar Ali Sheikh, deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said. Also read: SUST student stabbed dead by mugger on campus The deceased, Bulbul Ahmed, was a third-year student of the public administration department. On Monday night, a case was filed at Jalalabad police station over the murder. According to the case statement, Bulbul, along with his friends, went to the New Zealand area, adjacent to Shaheed Minar, on the campus that afternoon. At one stage, his friends rescued him as he was allegedly stabbed by muggers. Also read: SUST closed till June 25 amid flooding Bulbul was first rushed to the university medical centre and later shifted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital, where on-duty doctor Kaniz Fatema declared him dead around 7.45pm. Meanwhile, hundreds of students of the university formed a human chain in front of the varsity's central library, demanding capital punishment for the killers of Bulbul.

Police have arrested another student of Mirzapur United College in a case over the humiliation of acting principal Swapan Kumar Biswas in Narail Sadar Upazila as the college reopened on Sunday after closure of 36-days. The arrestee was identified as Ripon Sheikh Ripu,16, son of Afzal Sheikh and a student of class eleven at Mirzapur United College, said Mahmudur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of the sadar police station. He was arrested Saturday night for being involved in setting fire to motorcycles of the teachers after identifying him from the video footage, said the OC. On Sunday, earlier arrested student Rayhan was put on a three-day remand starting from Monday by the cognizance court of Judicial Magistrate Amatul Murshida. Meanwhile, police did not seek remand for Ripon as he is still a minor. Also read: Narail teacher humiliation: HC orders judicial inquiry So far eight people have been arrested over the incident. No students were present Sunday at Mirzapur United College and only 10 to 12 teachers came until noon. Additional District Magistrate Jubayer Hossain Chowdhury told UNB, “The college has reopened after a long closure and the teachers have been asked to inform all the students about it. At first classes of 12 th grade will begin and then classes of 11 th and degree level will resume gradually.” However, a teacher of the college said, “We were informed about the college reopening around 12 pm today and were asked to attend it.” Meanw,hile the humiliated acting principal Swapan Kumar has not returned to his quarters at the college campus since the incident. Also read: Narail teacher humiliation: Mirzapur United College governing body, another teacher show caused “The decision to reopen the college was taken on Saturday after 9 pm. As it was a sudden decision it took time to inform all the teachers. Principal Swapan Kumar will join the college after remaining on vacation for several days”, said Advocate Achin Chakraborty, president of the college governing body. On June 18, a Hindu student of Mirzapur United Degree College made a post on Facebook supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. There was day-long unrest in the college over the post and rumors that acting principal Swapan Kumar Biswas had sided with the student, following which police escorted him out of the campus but not before he was garlanded with shoes. A video of the incident also went viral on social media that sparked huge criticism. Different organisations, including Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, lodged protests over the incident and demanded exemplary punishment of those involved in it. Later, the accused, who made the Facebook post, was arrested and a case was filed against him under the Digital Security Act. On June 27, three more were arrested in another case filed at the Sadar Police Station police for setting teachers’ vehicles on fire and obstructing police duty. Police also arrested Rahmat Ullah Roni, the prime accused in this case, from Khulna on June 29.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have detained three people over the seizure of large consignment of foreign liquor imported under false declaration and through tax evasion from Narayanganj’s Sonargaon and the city’s Airport area. The detainees were identified as Md Nazmul Molla, 23, Md Saiful Islam, 34, and Abdul Ahad, 22, of Munshiganj. Acting on a tip-off, members of Rab-11 detained Najmul and Saiful after conducting a drive at a parking stand on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sonargaon and seized two containers loaded with 36,816 bottles of foreign liquor worth Tk 37 crore on Saturday night, said ANM Imran Khan, Assistant Director (ASP) of Legal and Media Wing of Rab, in a press release on Sunday. The law enforcers also seized Tk 98.19 lakh and a large amount of foreign currencies after conducting a drive at a house in the city’s Wari area in this connection, the release added. Read: Four held over CU student assault On Sunday morning, Rab members detained another culprit Ahad from the city’s Airport area. During primary interrogation, the detainees confessed their involvement in the importation and marketing of the drugs. They used to carry out this illegal drug importation activity through the connivance of C&F using documents of different companies, They kept those in warehouses at Munshiganj's Srinagar, Dhaka's Bangshal and Wari after importing under false declaration and through tax evasion, it added. Legal steps are underway against the detainees, reads the release.  

A Bangladeshi national was detained with 12 gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram Friday, Customs officials said. The arrestee has been identified as Md Mizan Uddin, a resident of Fatikchari upazila, said Farhad Hossain, managing wing commander of the airport. Also read: Youth held with 10 gold bars in Magura Mizan arrived from Sharjah around 7.30 am on an Air Arabia flight. "The gold bars, weighing 1.4kg and worth Tk one crore, were found in his baggage during checking," said the official. A case will be filed against the accused at Patenga police station in this regard, he said. Also read: Man held with 1.24 kg gold, lead at Chattogram Airport

Three people caught on video thrashing a disabled man in Bhola have been arrested, police said on Friday. The arrestees have been identified as Taposh Mridha, Promila and Rina, all residents of Nomo village in Lalmohan upazila, said Md Maksudur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Lalmohan police station. Police swung into action after the video of the incident went viral on social media. Also read: Caught on video for thrashing thief, grocer held in Chuadanga In the video, the three people could be seen brutally beating up Joy Chandra Mistry with sticks after tying him to a pole inside a temple in Nomo village. Joy had to endure the torture till his father rescued him and took him to upazila health complex. His only crime was that he had slapped one of Taposh’s relatives Thursday morning, following an argument, locals said. A case has been filed in this regard after the victim's father lodged a complaint against five people, said OC Maksudur Rahman. Also read: Man arrested for thrashing two girls in Savar Joy’s father Shyamol Chandra Mistry said, “They have tortured my son many times in the past as he is disabled and we are poor. I demand justice for my son.”