A police case has been filed in connection with the Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) girder tragedy that claimed the lives of five people, all of a family, on Monday. The FIR for causing death due to negligence does not name anyone but lists the crane operator and the company responsible for the project, China Gezhouba Group Co Ltd, police said. "The case was filed at Uttara west police station on Monday night on a complaint from Afran Mondol, the brother of two of the deceased -- Fahima and Jhorna," said Md Mohsin, the station's officer-in-charge. “The crane operator and China Gezhouba Group Co Ltd have been listed in the FIR,” said the OC. "Police will investigate if the negligence of the crane operator and others concerned led to the accident." Also read: BRT kills again: 5 crushed inside car as girder falls off crane On Monday, the five, including two children, died after one girder of the BRT project fell on their private car. A newlywed couple also travelling in the same car, fortunately escaped death. The deceased were identified as Rubel, 50, Fahima, 40, her sister Jhorna, 28, and Jhorna's two children Jannat, 6, and Jakaria, 2, said Yeasin Gazi, inspector of Uttara west police station. Rubel's son Hridoy, 26, and his wife Ria Moni, 21, escaped with serious injuries and were rushed to a local hospital. "They are currently out of danger," said the officer. Fahima was Ria Moni's mopther said her brother, Afran Mondol. The accident occurred around 4.15pm when the girder of the Gazipur Expressway fell on the car from a crane while it was being moved in front of Gazipur Paradise Tower, he added. Also read: Falling crane kills BRT project worker in Gazipur Firefighters recovered the five bodies from the ill-fated car and handed those over to the police. A family member said Hridoy and Ria Moni got married on Saturday and were going to the latter's house in Gazipur, along with five other relatives, in the car that afternoon. Hridoy's father Rubel was driving the car when the girder fell on the vehicle. The tragedy occurred exactly a month after a worker was killed by a falling crane in the Gazipur part of the project. Also, last year, six workers escaped with injuries after a part of a launching girder collapsed near them, close to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

A court in Magura has ordered a PBI probe into the death of a transport worker in alleged police torture as well as the registration of an FIR against five cops. Senior Judicial Magistrate (II) Sabyasachi Roy passed the order after the deceased's wife Jamuna Begum moved the court on Monday noon. The court ordered that the plaintiff's complaint be treated as an FIR and asked the PBI to investigate the matter. The accused in the case are Nakol police outpost in-charge sub-inspector Jamal, assistant sub-inspectors Siraj Molla, ASI Jasim and Bhaben, and police van driver Nazmul. Read:1 killed, 15 injured as villagers clash in Magura According to the case statement, the accused thrashed Abdus Salam, 45, a worker at the Wapda ticket counter in Sreepur upazila, in the wake of a false complaint from a person on Saturday. When Salam fell unconscious, the cops rushed him to Nakol camp first and then to Magura Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. As the news of the death became public, the relatives of the deceased and workers in the Wapda bus stand area blocked the Magura-Faridpur Road for about an hour, accusing SI Jamal of torturing Salam. Magura's police superintendent Zahirul Islam said that SI Jamal was suspended that day only. "A three-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the matter. Besides, the family of the deceased filed a complaint at Sreepur police station," he said.

Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Wednesday detained a madrasa teacher for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old student in Sylhet. The accused has been identified as Hafiz Abdur Rahman, 55, a teacher at Hazrat Haider Shah (R) Hafizia Madrasa in the Fatehpur area of Biyanibazar. Read: Youth arrested for raping Madrasa girl in Keraniganj Sources told UNB that the student is the son of a BGB personnel. Hafiz was detained on Wednesday morning after the student narrated his ordeal to his father. In the afternoon, BGB 52 Battalion officials took Hafiz to the headquarters for questioning. Later in the evening, he was handed over to the Biyanibazar police after the boy gave a formal statement to BGB. Read:Madrasa teacher in Feni sexually assaulted 11-year-old student Hillol Roy, officer-in-charge of Biyanibazar police station, said the student's father has lodged a complaint at the police station against the accused. "An FIR will soon be filed in the case," he added.

Police on Tuesday lodged a case against unidentified persons for causing death due to negligence in connection with the blast in Moghbazar. An FIR in the case was filed at the Ramna police station on a complaint by sub-inspector Rezzaul Karim, Officer-in-charge Monirul Islam told UNB. Read:Police announce committee to probe the Moghbazar explosion Eight people were killed and more than 66 others injured after a powerful explosion ripped through a building near Moghbazar Wireless Gate on Sunday evening. The next day, police formed a seven-member committee to investigate the blast. Read:Moghbazar blast: Police to form probe body , IGP refuses to draw early conclusion Additional police commissioner of Counter Terrorism and Transnationals Crime (CTTC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will head the committee, the Bangladesh Police Headquarters said in a release on Monday. The committee has been asked to investigate the explosion and recommend prevention of such incidents in future.  It will also coordinate with the committee formed by the Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the release. Read:Moghbazar blast: Death toll climbs to 8, fire service confirms 3 Earlier that day, Brig. Gen. Md Sazzad Hussain, director general of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said that they had formed a five-member committee to investigate the explosion. Both the committees have seven working days to submit their reports.

A 31-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three men near Nilgaon Putikata bridge in Jalalabad upazila of Sylhet district. One of them, police said, took the woman out on Monday night on the pretext of wedding shopping. He and the woman  were in a relationship. Read:Chargesheet filed against 2 leaders of quota movement in DU student's rape case; Nur exempted Two of the accused -- Taj Uddin, 22, son of Kaptan Mia, and Ekhlasur Rahman, 27, son of Rajan Mia of Islampur Mansinagar village of the upazila -- have been arrested.  The third accused, 27-year-old Phul Mia, an auto-rickshaw driver, is on the run. Read: Rape attempt on Pori Moni: Boat Club expels Nasir from EC On Monday evening, Taj asked the woman to meet him so that the two could go for wedding shopping. Later, Taj picked her up from the meeting place in an auto-rickshaw in which Ekhlasur was already seated. The trio took her near Nilgaon Putikata Bridge and raped her, Sylhet Metropolitan Police said in a release. Taj and Ekhlasur were caught by passersby after the woman raised an alarm. The duo was later handed over to the police. Read: TikTok out-of-control: Teen goes for shoot, gets raped The woman lodged a complaint at the Jalalabad police station on Tuesday, based on which an FIR for rape was filed against the accused. "Efforts are on to nab the third accused on the run," a police official said. The woman has been sent to the local one-stop crisis centre for treatment.

Police on Tuesday pressed drug-possession charges against realtor Nasir U Mahmood and four others, a day after they were arrested over their alleged attempt to rape and murder actress Pori Moni. An FIR was filed against the five under the Narcotics Control Act at the Airport police station in the small hours of Tuesday on a complaint by Manik Kumar, sub-inspector of DB Gulshan zonal team, said duty officer Mashiul Alam. Drug-related charges have been brought against the five in the wake of the seizure of some 1,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from their possession at the time of their arrest. Read Pori Moni's plea for justice from PM causes sensation The other accused in the case are Tuhin Siddique Omi, 33, Nazma Amin Brishti, 24,  Lipi Akter, 18, and Sumi Akter, 19.  All of them will be produced in a court later in the day and police will seek their remand for custodial interrogation,  sources told UNB. On Monday, police arrested Nasir, the former president of Uttara Club Limited, from a flat in the Uttara area in the wake of a case filed over the alleged attempt to rape and kill actress Pori Moni. The case was filed on a complaint by the actress. Read: Rape attempt on Pori Moni: Boat Club expels Nasir from EC Apart from the drugs, police also seized foreign liquor and beer from the apartment. Nasir’s Facebook profile shows he is currently the chairman of Kunj Developers, former president of Uttara Club, former district chairman of Lions Clubs International, a former footballer, and former elected general secretary of SM Hall of Dhaka University. Besides, Dhaka Boat Club expelled Nasir from its executive committee on Monday, hours after his arrest. Read: Uttara Club's ex-president Nasiruddin,4 others arrested over rape attempt on Pori Moni The club took the unanimous decision at an EC meeting presided over by its President Dr Benazir Ahmed. It was attended by eight other EC committee members as well as club’s adviser Rubel Aziz. The meeting also suspended the club membership of Nasir and three others, Tuhin Siddique Omi and Shah S Alam, said a statement from the club.

Strange it may appear, but India's border guards have demanded the registration of a police case against a pigeon suspected of being trained to "spy" by Pakistan. Officials said the pigeon was caught by a Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in the northern Indian state of Punjab, which shares its border with Pakistan, after it found a comfortable perch on his shoulder on Saturday. This was after the BSF trooper recovered a small piece of paper with a "contact number" that was attached to one of the pigeon's legs. Senior Punjab Police officer Dhruv Dahiya told the media on Wednesday that they had received a complaint from the BSF personnel and sought legal opinion on his complaint before taking a call on the filing of a first information report (FIR). Read BSF won't let BGB build mosque at 200-year-old site  “As the pigeon is a bird, I don’t think an FIR can be registered against it. But we have referred the matter to our legal experts. The number tagged on the pigeon’s leg is being analysed," he said. This is not the first time that a pigeon flying from Pakistan has been caught by Indian authorities and labeled as a spy. Last year too, a pigeon carrying a "coded message" was caught by villagers in Indian-controlled Kashmir and handed over to the local authorities. In October 2016 too, a pigeon was caught with a note threatening Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India and Pakistan are arch-rivals and have fought at least three major wars over the disputed region of Kashmir in the past 65 years. Read China detains Japanese man, possibly on spying allegations

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will interrogate actor Rhea Chakraborty on Friday in connection with the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.