Chuadanga
Missing youth found dead in Chuadanga
Police have recovered the body of a young man from Chuadanga’s Alamdanga upazila four days after his disappearance.
The hanging body of Sajjadul Alam Chapal, 35, was found at their abandoned house in Gobindpur village of Alamdanga at around 2.30 pm on Friday.
He was the son of Shahed Ali Gazi of the Mathpara area in the village.
Chapal used to live with his family at his father-in-law's house in Meherpur district. No one lived in their abandoned house in Alamdanga.
On Friday, locals spotted him hanging there and informed the police. Later his body was recovered and sent to the morgue of Chuadanga Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
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Alamdanga Police officer-in-charge (OC) Saiful Islam said Chapal's hanging body was recovered from his abandoned house four days after he went missing.
Police suspect it as a case of suicide.
The body has been sent to a hospital morgue for autopsy, said the OC adding they have launched an investigation on the death.
Two die in Chuadanga after inhaling toxic gas inside septic tank
Two persons died allegedly after inhaling toxic gas inside the septic tank of an under-construction building in Chuadanga on Friday morning.
The deceased were identified as sanitation worker Shariful Islam, 30, son of Ansar Pramanik of Kalyanpur village in Kushtia, and Sagar Das,15, the grandson of the building owner.
Around 10am, Shariful got down into the septic tank of the building owned by Nipen Das in Anandadhap village of the Alamdanga municipality area. When he failed to return, Sagar entered the tank to check on him.
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When both failed to return, Sagar's family members informed the Alamdanga Fire Service and Civil Defence.
A team came and pulled the duo out of the septic tank and rushed them to Alamdanga upazila health complex, where doctors declared them dead on arrival, said Mokhlesur Rahman, officer-in-charge of the Alamdanga fire service station.
Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge of Alamdanga police station, said a team was sent to the spot for a probe.
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Motorcyclist killed in Chuadanga road crash
A 50-year old man was killed as his motorbike crashed into an electric pole in Darshana upazila of Chuadanga district on Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Abu Siddique, a security guard of Carew & Company (Bangladesh) Ltd and a resident of the upazila.
Abdullah Al Mamun, son of the deceased, said his father was going to Kurulgachhi village from Shaympur on a motorcycle at around 11 pm.
He lost control over the motorbike near Puratan Bazar area around 11:30 pm and hit the electric pole.
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Police later rescued him and took him to a hospital but he died there, he said.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Darshana Police Station AHM Lutful Kabir said that police rescued Siddique from the spot and took him to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital after receiving a call from National Emergency Service 999 but he was declared dead at the hospital.
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The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy, he said
Five jungle cats beaten dead in Chuadanga
A mother jungle cat and four cubs were beaten to death by some local people on Wednesday in Chudanga Sadar upazila.
The mother with the cubs took shelter inside the kitchen of expatriate Billal Hossain’s house at Dinnathpur village in the upazila recently.
After spotting the jungle cats Billa’s wife Nuri Begum informed her neighbours.
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Local people beath the jungle cats to death and burried them, said Bakhtiar Ahmed, president of Care For Unclaimed Beast, a local voluntary environmentalist organisation.
Mohammad Mohsin, Officer-in-Charge of Chuadanga sadar police station, said no complaint was lodged in this regard.
Zakir Hossain, district forest officer, said, “We were informed of the tragic incident and we are preparing to file a case in this regard after visiting the spot.”
The photos of the dead jungle cats shared on social media has sparked reactions amog animal lovers, environmentalists and they demand exemplary punishment for the crime, said said Bakhtiar Ahmed, president of Care For Unclaimed Beast.
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The jungle cat, also known as reed cat or swamp cat, is native to the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and southern China. Its scientific name is Felis Chaus.
This medium-sized cat usually inhabits wetlands like swamps, and littoral and riparian areas with dense vegetation. However, they have become endangered in Bangladesh due to the reckless destruction of their habitat.
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Missing schoolboy’s body recovered in Chuadanga
Police recovered the decomposed body of a third grader, who had gone missing 25 days ago, from an old grave at Taltala Bara graveyard in Chuadanga early Monday.
The deceased was identified as Abu Huraira, son of Abdul Barek of Chuadanga town. He was a student of Chuadanga VJ Govt High School.
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Md Mohsin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chuadanga Sadar Police Station, said the schoolboy went missing on January 19 after going out for tuition.
His father Abdul Barek filed a case at the Chuadanga Sadar Police Station against five people on January 25. Police arrested his private tutor Ranju and his brother Manju in this connection.
Later on Sunday evening, police arrested two others including Abdul Momin, the deceased's neighbour.
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Based on the arrestees' information, police recovered the decomposed body of Huraira from an old grave in Taltola Bara graveyard in Chuadanga around 2am on Monday, said Sukhendu Basu, officer-in-charge (OC-Operation) of Chuadanga Police Station.
The body was sent to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital morgue, said OC Sukhendu.
Investigation is underway in this regard, he added.
Elderly woman crushed under train in Chuadanga
A mentally ill old woman was crushed under the wheels of a running train at Amirpur level crossing in Sadar upazila of Chuadanga on Friday noon.
The deceased was identified as Nebaranesa, wife of Raham Mandal of Amirpur village of the upazila.
Police said the train hit the woman while she was crossing the rail track around 12pm, leaving her dead on spot.
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The body was sent to the Railway Police outpost, said Masud Rana, sub-inspector (SI) of Chuadanga Railway Police Outpost.
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Woman’s body recovered from river in Chuadanga
Police have recovered the decomposed body of a woman from Mathabhanga river in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga on Monday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Poppy Khatun, 26, wife of Tuhin of Nagarboalia village in Bhangbaria union of Alamdanga upazila and daughter of Bhola Sheikh of Islampara in Belgachi village of the same upazila.
The body was recovered from Mathabhanga river at Karigarpara in Bhangbaria village of the upazila on Monday (January 24) afternoon.
According to police, some women from the area found the body when they went down to bathe in the Mathabhanga river on Monday afternoon and informed the police.
Deceased’s father Bhola Sheikh said six days ago, her in-laws, including her husband Tuhin informed him that Poppy had escaped with a man.
But he suspects that her husband has killed Poppy as she was often beaten and tortured there.
Alamdanga police inspector Tuhinuzzaman Khan said police had recovered the body six days after she went missing. Initially, it was thought that she had been murdered.
The body was sent to Sadar Hospital for autopsy, he said.
Farmer shot dead in Chuadanga
A 55-year-old man was shot dead by miscreants at Nastipur village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district early Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Hazrat Ali, son of Rois Uddin of the village.
AHM Lutful Kabir, officer-in-charge of Darshana Police Station, said miscreants shot Ali, a farmer, at his head through the window of his house in his sleep at the dead of night.
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Hearing the sound of the gunshot, the family members woke up and found Ali lying in a pool of blood. He was taken to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead around 3 am.
Ali’s family said he used to work as a source of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB.
Woman raped by 3 in Chuadanga; 2 held
Two men have been arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a housewife in the Nilamore area under ward no 3 of Chuadanga municipality, police said Tuesday.
The arrestees have been identified as Rubel Hossain, 32, and Md Nazim Hossain, 30. However, Billal Hossan, another accused, is absconding.
According to the case statement, the three picked up the housewife while she was returning home around 8pm on Saturday. They took her to a mango orchard near the brick field on Buzruk Gargari Madartala Road in the municipality and raped her.
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Later, they took the housewife to her house at 12am.
Mohammad Mohsin, officer-in-charge of Chuadanga Sadar Police Station, said the woman filed a police complaint against the trio on Monday night.
Police arrested them from the area soon, the OC added.
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Baby girl drowns in Chuadanga
A baby girl drowned in a pond at Nabinagar village in Chuadanga Sadar Upazila on Monday morning.
The deceased was identified as Ayesha Khatun, 14-month-old daughter of Sobuj Hossain of the village.
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Quoting family members, local UP member Ohidul Islam said Ayesha fell into a pond adjacent to their house in the morning while playing at the courtyard.
Later, family members rescued her and took her to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital where doctors declared her dead, he added.