A police constable was stabbed dead in the city’s Farmgate area early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Maniruzzaman Talukdar, 45, a constable of DC (Tejgaon) Traffic Division and hailing from Sherpur district. HM Azimul Haque, deputy commissioner (Tejgaon) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Station, Maniruzzaman returned to Dhaka from home by a bus and got down from the bus at Farmgate. around 3:30 am. Man jailed for life for killing girl in Shariatpur When he reached Sejan point of Indira Road, a group of miscreants stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him injured. 3 to die for 2007 killing of man in Joypurhat Later, he was taken to Suhrawardy Hospital where the doctors declared him dead. Police suspected that muggers might have killed him. 

A police constable died after he allegedly shot himself in the chest with a pistol at Banani Police check-post on Thursday, said a police official quoting his colleagues. The deceased was identified as Ashrafuzzaman Rony, 22. He used to live in Mirpur Police Lines. Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp, said Rony was on duty at Banani check-post on Banani-11 road. At one stage he went to the washroom in the morning and the sound of a gunshot was heard from inside, said another police constable at the check-post. He claimed Rony was alone inside the washroom. After hearing gunshot, his colleagues rushed in and took him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared him dead in the morning. Also read: Jubo League leader shot to death in Cumilla His colleagues who were on duty during the incident suspected that Rony might have killed himself, said Bacchu Mia. Rony from Dhamrai upazila in Dhaka joined the police force in 2020. Police are investigating the incident, said Bachhu.    

A police member was killed after a bus hit his motorcycle on Rajshahi-Naogaon highway under Rajshahi’s Mohanpur upazila on Saturday at about 11:30am. The deceased has been identified as Jewel Hossain, 31, son of Mohidur Rahman from Kurkuti village of No 9 Tetulia union under Naogaon’s Manda upazila. Jewel used to work as a Constable at Adamdighi police station of Bogura district. Sultana Ruma, 26, wife of the deceased, has also been seriously injured in the accident. She is currently undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH). Read: Joyride turns tragic, university student killed in Narayanganj accident According to eyewitnesses, Jewel was coming to Rajshahi from Naogaon on a motorbike, while his wife Sultana was riding pillion on it. A Naogaon-bound bus hit Jewel’s motorcycle at a turning point near Sakoa village, causing him to die on the spot. Tauhidul Islam, Officer In-charge of Mohanpur police station, said that police have seized the bus, although the driver managed to flee. “Efforts are on to nab the bus driver,” said the OC.

A police constable riding a motorbike was hit and killed by a bus in the  city’s Sonargaon intersection Monday. The deceased was identified as Korban Ali Hossain, 35, a constable posted at Rajarbagh Police Telecom Bhaban and used to live at Savar. Also read: Man killed in Kurigram road accident A bus of Welcome Paribahan hit Korban’s motorcycle around 10 am, said Al Imran, Sub-Inspector of Hatirjheel police station. He was immediately taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead around 11:45 am, he said. Also read: Road accidents claim 7 lives in 3 districts The bus was seized and efforts are on to detain the driver after  identifying him from CCTV footages, said SI Al Imran. He said the body has been sent for autopsy.

 A case was filed against a police constable for violating a young girl in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj district on Wednesday.    A beautician  filed the case with Siddhirganj Police Station against Abdul Kuddus Nayan, 35, a constable at Rajarbagh Police Lines, said Quamrul Faruk, officer-in-charge of Siddhirganj Police Station.   According to the case statement, the victim works as a beautician at Mijimiji area in Siddhirganj.   The girl alleged that  Abdul Kuddus developed physical relationship with the girl promising to marry her .

A police constable was arrested for stealing a motorcycle while performing his duty at Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in the district town on Tuesday.

Police recovered the body of a policewoman from Uttara Police Lines area in the city on Friday afternoon.

A police constable was killed and three others were injured in a road crash on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Suaganj in Sadar Dakkhin upazila early Wednesday.