A Chattogram court on Monday sentenced two people including a former banker for several years in a case over the embezzlement of Tk 50 lakh from accounts of customers from 2014 to 2019. The court of Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid also fined the convicts, said Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Mahmudul Hoque, also public prosecutor of the court. Of the convicts, the port city’s OR Nizam Road Branch former Manager of private Eastern Bank Md Iftekharul Kabir was sentenced 26 years’ imprisonment and fined Tk 1.04 crore, in default of which he will have to serve three more years’ jail. Apart from this, one Nishat Enterprise owner Mahmudul Hasan, a resident of the city’s Khulshi area, was awarded 13 years jail and fined Tk 76.30 lakh, otherwise he will have to stay in jail for 16 more months. to the case, the banker in collaboration with Hasan misappropriated Tk 50 lakh from FDR accounts of Ananya Barua, Rupon Ksihore Barua and Suprova Barua after opening a fake account from 2014 to 2019. Read more: Tk 3,700cr Embezzlement: HC wants to know steps taken against 5 Bangladesh Bank deputy governorsNurul Islam, deputy assistant director of ACC at Chattogram integrated office, filed a case against the duo on November 17, 2019. The court on Monday delivered the judgment in presence of the accused upon completion of all legal procedures, the PP added.

A Chattogram court Wednesday sentenced a woman and her brother to life imprisonment for attacking their two cousins with acid in 2010. Convicts Sharmin Farzana Latif Saki, 33, and her brother Muhammad Iftekhar Latif, 30, were also fined Tk30,000 and Tk50,000. In case of non-payment, they will receive an additional prison sentence of one year. Chattogram Fifth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Nargis Akhter passed the order. Iftekhar and Sharmin were taken to jail after the judgment was delivered, Advocate Taslim Uddin, an additional prosecutor at the court, told UNB. They threw acid on their cousins Muntaha Karina, 31, and Salsabil Tasnim, 27, at their residence in Chawkbazar's Joynagar area in Chattogram city. Muntaha and Salsabil's father Anwarul Mubin filed a case over the incident. On December 14, 2010, the police filed a charge sheet against Iftekhar and Sharmin. Also read: Man throws acid on ex-wife for divorcing him

A Chattogram court on Monday sent Chumki Karon ,wife of ex-OC and death-row convict in Major Sinha (retd) murder case Pradeep Kumar Das, to judicial custody in a case over amassing wealth illegally. Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid passed the order after Chumki Karon surrendered before the court and sought bail, said Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) lawyer Mahmudul Haque. Also read: ACC’s graft case: Recording testimony of ex-OC Pradeep suspended Chumki Karon remained absconding since the arrest of Pradeep in major (retd)  Sinha Mohammed Rashed Khan murder case. On August 23 in 2020, ACC filed the case against Pradeep and his wife over amassing wealth worth Tk 4 crore. ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog’s investigation against Pradeep started in 2018. On April 20 last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statement and they submitted their wealth statements in June that year. After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth over Tk 4 crore illegally. ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the charge sheet on July 26.On September 1, the court accepted the charge sheet. Also read: Ex-OC Pradeep appeals to HC challenging indictment order in graft case On December 15 last year, a Chattogram court indicted Pradeep and wife in the case. On January 30 this year, Pradeep submitted a petition to the HC seeking cancellation of indictment order and judicial proceedings in this case. The statement recording of this case is continuing. A Cox’s Bazar court on 31 January sentenced former OC Pradeep and inspector Liaqat to death and six others to life imprisonment in  Major Sinha murder case.

A Chattogram court on Wednesday sentenced three people to death for killing a two-year-old boy in 2020. Judge Mohammad Jashim Uddin of Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Court-3 handed down the punishment to the three after holding them guilty of the crime. Also read:Six to die for killing minor in Cox’s Bazar The three are Nazma Begum, Md Farid and Hasan, a security guard and son of Nazma. Of them, Hasan was tried in absentia. According to the prosecution, the convicts plotted to kill Abdur Rahman Araf to frame the owner of the building where the child lived with his parents as a tenant. Also read: Woman, her lover to die for killing husband in Sirajganj The convicts lured Araf to the roof of the building while he was playing in the parking area of the building on June 6, 2020, and threw him into the water tank on the terrace, where he drowned. Police subsequently arrested Nazma Hasan and Farid in connection with the murder. On March 21, 2021, cops filed a chargesheet against the three people. During the trial, Nazma admitted to her crime.

A Chattogram court on Sunday shown former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter arrested  in a case filed by him over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016. Chattogram Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Abdul Halim accepted a petition filed by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) inspector Abu Zafar Mohammad Omar Faruk to show Babul Akter arrested in the case filed with Panchlaish Police Station. Read: Mitu murder case: Court rejects PBI’s final report Babul himself  filed the case soon after the murder. On December 30, 2021, the PBI inspector filed the petition seeking its permission to show Babul arrested in the case. On May 12, 2021, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested Babul Akter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison.PBI in an investigation found Babul’s involvement in his wife's murder. The case was transferred to the Police Bureau Investigation  in 2019 after Mitu's father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP's mishandling of the case. Mitu's father had, in fact, accused Babul of being directly involved in the murder case. On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu at the port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akhter, 7, for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College. Soon after the crime, Babul filed a murder case at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men. Later, Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested four men, including Abu Nasur Gunu, Shah Zaman alias Robin, Md Anwar and Md Motaleb Mia alias Wasim, from different places in connection with the murder. Of them, Anwar and Wasim gave confessional statements before a magistrate, implicating seven people, including Musa who directly took part in the killing, Mohammad Rashed and Nabi. During the course of the probe, police had also arrested "arms supplier" Ehteshamul Haque Bhola and his assistant Md Monir and seized a pistol from their possession. Read:Mitu murder: accused Bhola confesses to supplying firearms Cops had also arrested Musa's elder brother Saidul Shikder Shakur and Shahjahan for providing the motorbike that was used in the murder. But on July 4, 2016, Nabi and Rashed were killed in a gunfight with police in Rangunia. Babul was called for questioning a number of times by the PBI since his transfer.

A Chattogram court on Wednesday indicted former OC of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das in a case over acquiring wealth illegally paving the way for his trial. Chattogram Divisional Judge Munshi Abdul Majid framed the charges against Pradeep and fixed January 17 for hearing witnesses. Earlier on September 1, the court accepted a charge sheet in the graft case against the sacked OC and his wife Chumki. Read: Ex-OC Pradeep denied bail again in ACC case ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the charge sheet on July 26. However, Chumki has been absconding since Pradeep's arrest. ACC filed the case against Pradeep, now in jail and undergoing trial in Major (retd) Sinha murder case, and his wife for amassing wealth worth Tk 4 crore on August 23 in 2020. ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog’s investigation against Pradeep started in 2018. Read:Graft case: Court orders confiscating properties of Ex-OC Pradeep, wife On April 20 last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statement and they submitted their wealth statements in June that year. After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth more than Tk 4 crore illegally.

Ehteshamul Haque Bhola, an accused in ex-police superintendent Babul Akter's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case, has confessed to  supplying firearms used in the killing before a Chattogram court. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin recorded his confessional statement under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) on Saturday afternoon, said Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) and Chattogram Superintendent of Police Naima Sultana on Saturday night. However, SP Naima Sultana did not say anything about what Bhola said in her statement. She said Bhola was sent to jail after recording of his statement. Read: Mitu murder: Arms supplier Bhola arrested in Jeshore Santosh Chakma, the investigative officer in the case and PBI Inspector (Chattogram Metro Zone) said, Bhola was arrested from Benapole on Thursday while trying to flee the country without surrendering to a lower court and brought to Chattogram on Friday. Bhola was earlier arrested on June 27 in 2016 and jailed for several days. According to Bhola's confessional statement at that time, the firearms used in Mitu's murder was recovered from the custody of Bhola's associate Monir. Later, Bhola was made accused in Mitu murder case and arm case. However, the High Court granted him four weeks' bail on September 15. He recently applied for anticipatory bail before the High Court after a re-arrest warrant was issued against him, but the HC ordered Bhola to surrender to a lower court. On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mitu at the port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College. Read: Mitu murder: Court rejects bail plea of husband Babul Akhter Soon after the crime, a murder case was filed at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men, following a complaint by Babul. On May 12 this year, PBI submitted its final report in the case. He is currently behind the bars over a murder case filed by Mitu’s father.

A tribunal in Chattogram on Sunday sentenced a top leader of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death and another to life term imprisonment in a case over a bomb attack on Chattogram court premises in 2005. The condemned convict is Mizan alias Zahidul Islam alias ‘Boma’ Mizan while the lifer is Zabed Iqbal alias Mohamamd, commander of JMB’s Chattogram division. Read: Suspected Ansarullah militants held in Mymensingh Judge Abdul Halim of Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal handed down the verdict. Zabed is now behind bars while ‘Boma’ Mizan was tried in absentia. On February, 13, 2014, some militants snatched Mizan while he was being taken to Mymensingh from Gazipur’s Kashimpur jail. Since then, he has been on the run. According to the prosecution, Rajib Barua, a police constable, and Shahabuddin, a justice seeker, were killed as militants hurled a bomb on a police check-post on the court premises on November 29, 2005. Ten people, including cops and pedestrians, were also injured in the attack. Read: N’ganj raid: ‘Militant’ held with bomb, bomb-making materials Later in the day, a case was filed with Kotwali Police Station. On May 18, 2006, then DB inspector Hla Ching Pru submitted a chargesheet against five people, including JMB chief Abdur Rahman, its second-in-command Siddiqur Rahman alias Bangla bhai, its military commander Ataur Rahman Sunny, ‘Boma’ Mizan and Zabed in the case. On July 16, 2006, the court framed charges against them. JMB leaders Abdur Rahman, Bangla Bhai and Sunny were dropped from the case as they were hanged in another case. Read: HC releases full text of verdict upholding death penalty of 10 militants Later in 2018, the case was shifted to the Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal. After examining the records and witnesses, the tribunal handed down the verdict.

A Chattogram court on Wednesday placed former superintendent of police Babul Akter on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Sarwar Zahan passed the order when police produced him before the court soon after a case was filed against him, said Babul’s counsel Anisul Islam. Earlier, in the day, a case was filed against eight people including Babul Akter as PBI found Babul’s involvement in the murder. Mitu’s father Mosharraf Hossain filed the case with Panchlaish Police Station on Wednesday noon, said officer-in-charge of the police station Abul Kashem Bhuiyan. In the case statement, Mosharraf claimed that Babul killed his wife over extra marital relationship. Also read: Mitu murder case: Former Chattogram SP Babul Akter detained The other accused in the case are—Musa, Kalu, Ehteshamul Bhola, Munir, Saidul Islam Shikdar alias Sakku, Shahjahan, Anwar and Wasim. Musa, who directly took part in the killing as per the directive of Babul , remained absconding. PBI also found that Babul made phone call and send messages to Musa after the murder of Mitu. However, PBI submitted the report of the case filed by Babul Akhter before the court. Already Babul’s two friends Gazi Al Mamun and Saiful Islam made confessional statement before the court under section 164, said PBI source. Earlier, PBI detained Babul Akter following an investigation that made it clear that he had involvement in his wife's murder. Also read: Babul among 8 sued in Mitu murder Santosh Kumar Chakma, the investigating officer of the case, said Babul himself came to the PBI office in Mansurabad on Tuesday afternoon to check the progress of the murder case. On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mitu at the port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akhter, 7, for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College. Soon after the crime, Babul had filed a murder case with Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men. Later, police arrested four people, including Abu Nasur Gunu, Shah Zaman alias Robin, Md Anwar and Md Motaleb Mia alias Wasim, from different places in connection with the murder. Of them, Anwar and Wasim made confessional statements before a magistrate, implicating seven people, including Musa who directly took part in the killing, Mohammad Rashed and Nabi. Also read: Ex-SP Babul Akter finally held over 2016 murder of wife Mitu During the course of the probe, police had also arrested "arms supplier" Ehteshamul Haque Bhola and his assistant Md Monir and seized a pistol from their possession. Police had also arrested Musa's elder brother Saidul Shikder Shakur and Shahjahan for providing the motorbike that was used in the murder. But on July 4, 2016, Nabi and Rashed were killed in a gunfight with police in Rangunia. The case was transferred to the PBI in 2019, after Mitu's father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP's mishandling of the case. Mitu's father had, in fact, accused Babul of being directly involved in the murder case. "He (Babul) should be implicated in the murder case... if he's not, we'll go to the court,” he said.

A Chattogram court on Tuesday ordered the release of Hasina Begum put behind bars wrongly one and a half years back. Additional Metropolitan Session Court -4 Judge Shariful Alam Bhuiyan passed the order this noon, said bench assistant of the court Omar Fuad. Hasina Begum, 28, wife of Hamid Hossain of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district, has been serving the jail term instead of real convict Hasina Akther,42, in a narcotic case as law enforcers arrested her wrongly for the similarity of her name to the convict’s. The incident came in the limelight on Sunday as defence lawyer Golam Mawla Murad drew the attention of the Judge of Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Session Court -4, Shariful Alam Bhuiyan, following a police investigation. Defence lawyer Golam Mawla Murad told reporters on Tuesday that they are yet to receive the full verdict of the court. Earlier in the morning, the jail authorities were asked to submit a report to the court saying Hasina Begum and Hasina Akther are two different persons, and Hasina Begum is not an accused. Advocate Murad said, “No case was filed against Hasina Begum, now in jail. But she has been languishing in jail for the last one and a half years. Her only offence is the similarity of her name to that of the real accused. Their parents’ names are also different.” Hasina Begum is the wife of Hamid Hossain of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district while the real convict, Hasina Akther, is the wife of Hamid Hossain of Ismail Hazi Bari of the same upazila. According to the court, police recovered 2,000 Yaba pills from Moijjartek in Karnaphuli on February 24, 2017. A case was then filed in this connection. Later, police arrested Hasina Akhter on February 25, 2017 in this connection. On November 27, Hasina Akhter secured bail from the court and went into hiding. On July 1, 2019, Judge of Chattogram Metropolitan Court-5 Jannatul Ferdous sentenced six years’ jail to Hasina Akhter and fined Tk 5,000. On December 26, 2019, police wrongly arrested Hasina Begum from Chowdhurypara Hossain Boro Bari in Teknaf in the case and she has been in jail since then.