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A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed the manager and another employee of Apon Coffee House in the capital's Khilgaon area on a one-day remand each in connection with the assault of a young woman. Those remanded are manager Al Amin and staff Shuvo Sutradhar. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Rakibul Hasan passed the order when Sub-Inspector Md. Mohsin of Rampura Police Station, also the investigating officer of the case, produced them before the court seeking a five-day remand for interrogation. During the hearing, defense lawyers appealed for rejection of of the remand plea and sought bail for the accused while the prosecution opposed the bail petitions. A video that went viral on social media shows the accused assaulting a young woman in front of Apon Coffee House in Taltola area of Khilgaon. Three arrested with Tk 11.66 lakh over Badda theft The incident occurred on April 11 and the viral video triggered public outcry.  According to the case statement, the accused sexually harassed the woman at the coffee shop around 5:20 pm on the day. When she protested, they beat her with a stick and drove her away in an attempt to cover up the matter, it said. Police detained the two accused on Monday night and showed them arrested after filing the case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

A passenger suffered burn injuries after miscreants set a bus on fire at Meradia area of Dhaka’s Khilgaon. The injured was identified as Md Sabuj, 30, a resident of Merul Badda. He was admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery with critical burn injuries. The arson attack took place around 7:30am at Bashpattali area of Meradia this morning (November 05, 2023). Sabuj’s wife Rushda said that her husband is a transport worker. He is a driver of a ‘Ramjan Paribahan’ bus. His bus was parked on the side of the road in Meradia area. Read more: 48hr blockade: 27 BGB platoons deployed in Dhaka, adjoining districts He left home in the morning to go to work and boarded a bus of ‘Acchim Paribahan’. When he was about to get off the bus in Meradia area, it was set on fire, his wife said. Later, Sabuj was taken to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery with serious burn injuries. Tariqul Islam, a resident doctor at the burn institute, said Sabuj suffered 28 percent burn injuries and his respiratory tract were damaged. Inspector Md Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost, confirmed the incident. Rozina Akter, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters, said the fire was doused by locals before fire service units reached the spot. Read more: As Agargaon-Motijheel part starts operation, Dhaka Metro Rail crowded with commuters during 48hr blockade

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, who was stabbed by muggers in Dhaka's Khilgaon Sunday, died at a hospital in the early hours of Monday, police said. Mamun Howlader, 48, was from Mehendiganj upazila, Barishal, and lived in a rented house with his family in Kamrangir Char, Dhaka. "The incident occurred Sunday afternoon. The critically injured Mamun was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and he succumbed to his injuries at 4:05am today," Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost, said. Also read: 35-yr-old stabbed to death in Dinajpur "The body was sent to DMCH morgue for autopsy," he added. Mamun's nephew Arif Hossain said his uncle was attacked as he was having tea after completing a trip to Khilgaon's Taltola. At this time, some muggers tried to snatch his auto-rickshaw keys. As Mamun resisted he was stabbed repeatedly. Also read: Youth stabbed dead in Chattogram As the auto-rickshaw driver screamed for help, locals rushed there and caught one of the attackers and handed him over to police, Arif said. 

A trader was killed being hit by a freight train on Khilgaon level crossing in Dhaka on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Elias Mahmud,47, a resident of Basabo area. He had a business of lighting signboard. Witnesses said he fell down when The Kamalapur Railway Station- bound freight  train hit him while he was passing the level crossing. Also read: Man killed after being hit by train Elias’s legs got detached and he jsustained severe head injuries, said sub-inspector of Kamalapur railway police station Shahjahan. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead around 12 pm. Also read: 2 killed being hit by train in city

The sight of brand new wooden boats arranged on the banks of the Balu River is a fixture in Kayetpara of Nasirabad in Khilgaon during the monsoon every year.