Tangail
2 workers killed in Tangail mini landslide
Two workers were killed and three others injured in a landslide that occurred while they were digging a septic tank in Tangail’s Ashekpur.
The deceased were Ananda Pal, 55, of Kashil village under Basail upazila of Tangail and Akhil Pal, 40, of the same village.
The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon.
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According to locals, five workers were digging a septic tank for a building under construction in Indirapara area of Ashekpur. The unearthed land suddenly gave away beneath the workers’ feet, crushing Ananda and Akhil to death and injuring the remaining three.
On information, the fire service members recovered the bodies and handed them over to the police.
OC Shamim Hossain of Tangail Sadar Police Station said the bodies were sent to Tangail General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
An unnatural death case has been registered in this regard, he said.
Farmer shot over land feud in Tangail
A farmer was injured in gunfire in Tangail’s Ghatail over land feud on Tuesday .
Farmer Shahjahan Mia, of Kurmushi village, was shot by engineer Sohrab Ali when he was cutting paddy with other farmers on the feuded land, police said.
According to the locals, Sohrab Ali had a long-standing dispute with Majeda Begum of the same area over a piece of land. Shahjahan was injured when Sohrab opened fire at random seeing the workers in the field.
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OC Azharul Islam Sarkar of Ghatail Police Station said that Majeda went to the area on Tuesday morning with eight workers to cut paddy. Over information, Sohrab went to the spot and forbade them to cut the paddy. “At one point, he fired with his licensed shotgun leaving a worker injured.”
Legal action will be taken in this regard, the OC added.
3 of a family crushed under train in Tangail
Three members of a family were crushed under the wheels of a train at a level crossing at Hatita under Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Tayebul Hossain, 53, his daughter Tahmina, 23, and her 7-month-old son Tawhid of Garatto village under Ghatail upazila of the district.
Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station, said a Jamalpur-bound train knocked them down at noon while Tayebul along with his daughter and grandson were passing the level crossing by a human hauler near Bangabandhu Bride East zone leaving Tayebul and Tawhid dead on the spot.
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Seriously injured Tahmina was rushed to Tangail General Hospital and doctors declared her dead on arrival.
Tangail railway police outpost in-charge ASI Saiful Islam said on information, police recovered the bodies and they will later be handed over to the family after legal procedures.
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Two killed, 6 injured in Tangail road accident
Two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a pick-up van in Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Friday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Ramzan Ali, 55, the auto-rickshaw driver from Uttar Betdoba village, and one of its occupants -- Rina, 30, from Bir Basina village of the upazila.
The accident occurred on Friday morning in front of RS Government Pilot High School.
According to witnesses, the auto-rickshaw heading towards the Kalihati bus stand was hit at high speed by the pick-up van coming from the opposite side, leaving its driver and the female passenger dead on the spot.
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The injured were all passengers of the auto-rickshaw. "Two of them have been admitted to Tangail General Hospital in a critical condition, while others are being treated at Kalihati Upazila Health Complex," said Molla Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kalihati police station.
Both the ill-fated vehicles have been seized, but the pick-up van driver managed to flee, said the OC. "The bodies will be handed over to the family members of the deceased after completion of the legal process."
Schoolboy’s throat-slit body found in Tangail
Police recovered the throat-slit body of a schoolboy from a waterbody in Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Rahat, 13, son of Shahadat Hossain of Agbaniya village of the upazila. He was a student of class VII of Balla Coronation High School.
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Locals said Rahat remained missing since Tuesday night.
Locals spotted the throat-slit body in the waterbody at Kagujipara and informed police, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kalihati Police Station Mollah Azizur Rahman.
The body was later sent to hospital morgue for autopsy.
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Police detained two people for interrogation, the OC said.
Besides, processes are underway to file a case in this regard.
Man gets death penalty for raping and killing schoolgirl in Tangail
A Tangail court on Monday sentenced a man to death in a case filed over killing a schoolgirl after raping her in 2020.
Tangail Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal judge Khaleda Yasmin passed the order in presence of the convict.
The death row convict is Mazedur Rahman,26, son of Anwar Hossain from Moddhopara village in Tangail sadar upazila.
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On September 9, 2020, a fourth grader student of a local school went missing as she went to collect sugarcane from a field beside her home in the afternoon. Later in the evening her body was recovered from a bush near her house, said Public prosecutor advocate Ali Ahmed.
Next day, Mazedur was arrested from his home after a case was filed at Tangail sadar police station in this regard followed by a complaint lodged by the victim's brother.
In primary interrogation Mazedur confessed to strangulate the girl to death with her scarf after raping her. He also gave a confessional statement before court.
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49 BNP activists land in jail for vandalising police vehicle in Tangail
A Tangail court on Sunday sent 49 BNP activists of Sakhipur upazila to jail in a case filed over vandalising police vehicles in 2018.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Farzana Hasnat passed the order after rejecting the bail appeal placed by the accused.
According to the case complaint, on December 18, 2018, some BNP activists attacked a patrolling police vehicle and vandalised the Barachowna area in the upazila.
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Next day, police filed a case at Sakhipur police station in this regard against 194 leaders and activists of BNP.
On October 30,2020, police submitted a chargesheet against 129 people in this case.
On Sunday 59 of the accused appealed for bail and the court approved 10 of them considering their sickness and being students.
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Outgoing president of the upazila BNP Shahjahan Saju remarked this case as fictitious and demanded immediate release of the accused.
Missing DU student found in Tangail jail for exam fraud
Three days after he was reported missing Dhaka University stduent Hamid Sikder Himel was on Monday found imprisoned in Tangail jail, a magistrate said.
He was held on Friday while giving a proxy exam on behalf of a candidate in the recruitment tests for deputy food inspector post of Directorate General of Food, said Md Ataur Rahman Rabby, executive magistrate of district commissioner’s office on Monday.
On Friday Himel, a masters student at DU chemistry department, was given a one-month jail term by a mobile court, he said.
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During the hearing he was asked several times about his parent’s address and phone number but he didn’t provide any, said the magistrate.
On early Friday, Himel told his roommates in Shahidullah Hall of DU that he was going home in Sakhipur upazila in Tangail. His personal phone number remained unreachable since then and his family members started worrying about his safety.
On Saturday his cousin Mahfuz Talukder , another DU student filed a general diary at the Shahbagh police station reporting Himel as missing.
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Himel is a student of masters at Chemistry department in Dhaka University.
Reza Kibria-Nur attacked at Bhasani's grave in Tangail
Convener of newly-formed Bangladesh Gono Odhikar Porishad Reza Kibria and its member secretary Nurul Haque Nur were on Wednesday attacked allegedly by Bangladesh Charta League (BCL) members while paying homage to Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani at his grave in Tangail.
Several members of the party, including Reza and Nur, were injured in the attack, said Shakiluzzaman, senior joint convener of Bangladesh Gono Odhikar Porishad.
BCL, however, said their members were attacked by Nur’s supporters when they tried to stop them from chanting slogans against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government.
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Nur and his party members visited the grave on the occasion of the 45h anniversary of the death of Bhasani, popularly known as “Mojlum Jananeta” or leader of the oppressed.
Shakiluzzaman claimed that more than 50 BCL leaders and activists, equipped with bricks and sticks, attacked them in presence of police. They were from the BCL unit of Maulana Bhasani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), he said.
Tangail's Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Sarwar Hossain confirmed the incident.
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Police escorted the Gono Odhikar Porishad leaders and activists out from the scene.
MBSTU BCL organizing secretary Nibir Pal said Reza and were chanting slogans against the government and the prime minister. They attacked us for protesting it leaving four members of BCL injured, he claimed.
Father, son die from electrocution in Tangail
A 65-year-old man and his young son both died from electrocution at Gosai Joair village in Sadar upazila of Tangail district on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Ainuddin Mia and his son Anwar Hossain, 33, of the village.
Anwar Hossain bought a battery-run autorickshaw and kept the battery charging for the whole night, said local UP member Habibur Rahman.
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When he removed the plug of the battery around 4 am, Anwar got electrocuted.
Ainuddin also came in touch with electric wire while he tried to save the life of his son.
Hearing screams of the two, Anwar’s mother rushed in and switched off the main switch of the house and took them to local hospital where the doctors declared the duo dead.
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