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3 held over snatching of JnU student Parisha's phone
Police Tuesday arrested three members of a ring, dealing in stolen mobiles, from Dhaka's Karwan Bazar for their involvement in the snatching of the mobile phone of Jagannath University (JnU) student Parisha Akhtar.
The accused are Md Ripon alias Akash, Md Shafiq and a juvenile whose name has not been released.
On July 21, a youth snatched the phone of Parisha, a student of zoology at JnU, while she was on a bus in Karwan Bazar, Rubaiyat Zaman, additional deputy commissioner Of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Tejgaon Zone, said Wednesday.
However, Parisha quickly got off the bus and caught a suspect and she also beat him up. Her friends caught another suspect.
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The bravery of Parisha and her friends took social media by storm.
A general diary was registered with the police and a case was also filed in connection with the incident, the ADC said.
After checking CCTV footage, Tejgaon Police arrested a juvenile from Karwan Bazar. He initially said he did nothing. However, the juvenile later admitted his involvement and named another person called Ripon alias Akash.
"During interrogation, Ripon also admitted his involvement. He sold Parisha's phone to Md Shafiq, who buys stolen handsets, for Tk4,000. Shafiq was arrested along with the stolen phone from Karwan Bazar Tuesday," the ADC said.
Police tow truck runs over Cambrian student in Gulistan
A 17-year-old student on a motorcycle was killed Thursday night after police said one of their tow trucks, also called wreckers, ran over him in the capital's Gulistan.
Tenth-grader Mahatab Ahmed Tahsin of Cambrian School and College's Keraniganj branch was from Lohajang, Munshiganj. He lived with his family in Dhaka's Wari.
The hit-and-run crash occured in front of the Paltan Maidan Outer Stadium at 9:30pm as a tow truck of police crushed Tahsin under its wheels, Bachchu Miah, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Outpost, said.
The critically injured Tahsin was rushed to DMCH where he was declared dead at 10pm. His sister Sabiha Jannat Arpa said: "I heard that a wrecker of the police ran over my brother in front of the stadium and sped away."
Tahsin's body was kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy, Bachchu said.
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Assault on CU student: Some youths identified, claims VC
Chittagong University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Shireen Akhtar said the university administration has identified some youths involved with an assault on a female student, and efforts are on to identify the rest of the culprits.
She, however, said details about the matter will not be disclosed at this time because the attaack is under investigation.
The VC said this while briefing journalists on the campus on Thursday.
Shireen said, “We will disclose details about the matter on Sunday. The probe committee has already identified some culprits. None will be spared.”
Earlier on Sunday, a female student was physically assaulted by five youths while she was going to the Botanical Garden from Pritilata Hall of the campus with her friend around 10pm.
The goons also captured the incident on video and threatened to make it viral. Later, they fled with the mobile phones and wallets of the two students.
A five-member body has already been formed to investigate the assault.
Meanwhile, hundreds of students staged a protest on the campus on Wednesday night, demanding justice for the female student who was allegedly harassed.
College teacher Utpal murder: Prime accused held in Gazipur
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Wednesday detained the prime accused in Savar college teacher Utpal Kumar Sarker murder case from Gazipur district.
The arrestee is a class IX student of Haji Yunus Ali School and College at Ashulia of Dhaka’s Savar upazila college.
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Based on secret information, an operational team of the Rab-1 conducted a drive in Sreepur of Gazipur in the evening and detained the teenager around 7:00 pm, said ASP (media) Imran Khan of Rab headquarters.
Earlier, Ashulia thana police arrested the 9th grader’s father Uzzal Hossain , another accused of the case from Kushtia, four days after the teacher was beaten to death in broad daylight in Savar .
Uzzal was hiding with his family since the murder.
Although Uzzal was arrested his other family members managed to flee during a police drive.
Police said they recovered the cricket stump that was used in the killing.
According to Md Kamruzzaman, Officer In-charge (OC) of Ashulia police station, based on secret information Investigation Officer (IO) of the case Sub Inspector (SI) Emdad Hossain arrested Uzzal from Kushtia’s Kumarkhali upazila.
Police sent Uzzal to a court in Dhaka seeking a 10-day remand.
Students and teachers of the college alleged that the student killed Utpal, head of the disciplinary committee of the college, in a pre-planned way.
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“Utpal sir had caught the student (prime accused) with a girl inside a classroom and informed the family of the girl about the matter, which had created anger in him. That’s the reason why the student beat up Utpal sir to death on the sports day,” said a student of the college.
According to the college authorities, no CCTV footage of the crime was found as the cameras recorded nothing at that moment due to power outage.
The college authorities suspect that the boy had disconnected the power supply before killing Utpal.
Utpal Sarker, 35, son of Ajit Sarker of Engeldani village under Sirajganj’s Ullapara police station, had been serving as a teacher of Haji Yunus Ali School and College for almost ten years.
24-year-old student 'ends life' in Khulna
A 24-year-old student of a private university allegedly committed suicide in his rented accommodation in the Sonadanga area of Khulna city on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Promise Nager, a student of the journalism and mass communication department of Northern University and son of Jotirmoy Nager of Pirojpur district.
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Getting no response from Promise for a long time, other occupants of the house looked through the window of his room only to find him hanging from the ceiling fan around 6.30pm, said Nahid Hasan Mridha, officer-in-charge of Sonadanga Model Police Station.
Later, they informed the landlord. Promise was rushed to Khulna Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
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"A probe is on," the OC said.
Beaten by headmaster, school student hospitalized in Sunamganj
A class VIII student was hospitalized after being beaten by the headmaster of his school in Sunamganj’s Derai upazila recently.
The victim was identified as Tamim Rahman, son of Selu Mia of Tongor village of the upazila.
The incident occurred when Tamim, a student of Abdul Matlib High School of the village, along with another student went to the school to attend an exam.
Both of them were seriously beaten by headmaster Lutfur Rahman as they tried to sit on the same seat.
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According to the victim’s father, Tamim sustained injuries on head and other parts of the body.
The other student also sustained wounds on his back and hands.
“Teachers can take disciplinary action if any student breaks the rules and regulations. But this type of beating is inhumane. I’ve submitted a written complaint to the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO),” Selu Mia said.
“I am sorry for the incident. I went to the hospital to see the injured student,” said headmaster Lutfur.
Derai UNO Mahmudur Rahman Mamun said that proper steps will be taken after investigation.
Student dies falling off university building in city
A 23-year-old student of a private university died falling off a building of the university in the city’s Green Road area Thursday morning.
The deceased was identified as Imam Hossain, a student of University of Asia Pacific.
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Police said Imam Hossain reportedly jumped off the sixth floor of the university building in the morning.
Later, he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead around 9am, said inspector Bacchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH outpost.
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The body was kept in the hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.
JU student dies falling off dorm roof
A student of Jahangirnagar University died after falling off the roof of a dormitory building in the university during the rain on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Amit Kumar Biswas, a student of the 2015-16 session of Department of Botany.
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Professor Dr Sohel Ahmed, provost of Shaheed Rafiq-Jabbar Hall, said Amit slipped off the roof of the five-storey Shaheed Rafiq-Jabbar Hall building while bathing in the rain around 2pm.
Later, students rushed him to University medical centre and then to Enam Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.
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However, Amit succumbed to his injuries at the hospital around 5pm, said Prof Sohel.
He also said Amit suffered a cardiac arrest after hospitalisation and was later shifted to the ICU.
RU residential student ‘ousted’ by BCL men from Sher-E-Bangla Hall
Bangladesh Chhatra League Rajshahi University unit personnel today allegedly ousted a residential student from Sher-E-Bangla A K Fazlul Haque hall, when he was told by BCL men to leave the room last night.
Aqib Javed, the victim student, alleged that members of the ruling party student front's campus unit told him to leave Room #129 of the hall, where he has been residing for the last few months. In fact on Monday night they already forced him out of the room.
“I was staying in this room for last few months but suddenly Bangladesh Chhatra League men came, along with Ratul bhai, who is the president of BCL's Sher e Bangla hall unit, to my room last night and threatened me to leave. I am a residential student, but I was replaced by a non-residential student named Kamol. That’s why I didn't agree to give up the room," relayed Aqib.
“But today at around 9.30 they came and threw out my belongings," the beleaguered student said. What is more shocking is that when he took the matter up with the university authorities, they feigned the same inertia and familiar lack of initiative that is becoming the norm on campuses all too often, when it comes to dealing with Chhatra League.
“Hall provost allotted me this room (#129). But after the incident, they are now asking me to stay in another room, from the abandoned ones. Why should I go to that room?" questioned Javed.
Refuting the allegation, Mostafizur Rahman Ratul, the BCL leader specifically mentioned by Aqib as having visited him Monday night, said to this reporter, “It’s a false allegation against us that we ousted Aqib from the room. Rather he occupied room #129 without informing the hall authority or us. He was staying in that room sharing the seat with another student.”
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“Whenever one of the seats in that room was left, Aqib occupied the seat without informing the authority. But as far I know, Komol, who is now staying in that seat, booked the seat previously.”
Asked if a non-residential student can occupy or stay in a hall seat, Ratul said, “Komol is a senior. He has already applied for residence, which is in process.”
Our campus correspondent managed to have a brief word with the hall provost, Dr. Habibur Rahman.
“The student claiming to be the victim did not inform me when he was forced out of the room. The student who left the room, making the seat fall empty, also did not inform me or the hall authority officially. That’s why it was not my concern that the seat was empty.”
“However, I arranged a room for the student provisionally (Aqib and the room he does not want) and investigating what actually happened so far,” said Dr Habibur.
Yet in any normal campus situation, surely it would be the student enjoying the Chhatra League's endorsement, for lack of a better word, i.e. aforementioned Komol, who should be in provisional accommodation, while the issues over the correct status of Room #129, if indeed there are any, get sorted out.
Dream comes true: Differently abled student gets house in Magura
Babu Mia, a 21-year old physically challenged youth, is a second-year student of the honors course at the History Department in Magura Adrasha College.
The speech impaired with a maimed leg lost his father in a road accident when he was only two-year-old. After the death of his father, his mother with two young kids moved from Jhenaidah to his maternal grandparents’ house in Magura.
But the grandparents and uncles were also financially insolvent which forced his mother to join a garment factory in Narayanganj for their livelihood at one stage. His younger brother Emon started working as a day labourer at Narinda in Dhaka.
Babu had to stay with his grandmother after his mother and brother shifted from Magura. But what an irony of fate! Like his father, his grandmother also died in a road accident last year keeping Babu completely alone.
He became a burden for his uncles. Their families were unwilling to take care of him. His dream to continue his study became pale.
Finding no other way, he collected the phone number of the Prime Minister on his own and sent an SMS telling about his misery.