A woman was killed and her husband was injured in a road accident on Monday in the Hawrapara area of Chhatiyan village in Gangni upazila, Meherpur. The deceased, Hira Begum (45), and her husband, injured Sajjadul Islam, both hailed from Baradi village in Meherpur Sadar upazila. Bani Israil, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gangni Police Station, confirmed the incident. Cumilla road crash leaves 3 dead According to eyewitnesses, Sajjadul Islam and his wife were traveling on a motorcycle to visit their son-in-law's house. When they reached the Hawrapara area of Chhatiyan village, a truck coming from behind hit them. Hira Begum was struck by the truck’s wheel, causing her death on the spot. Locals rescued Sajjadul Islam in critical condition and admitted him to a nearby clinic. OC Bani Israil said that the body of the deceased was recovered and taken to the police station.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday (November 11, 2023) seized 32,200 US dollars equivalent to around  Tk 39.84 lakh from Buripota bordering area in Meherpur district. Tipped off, a team of BGB -6 Battalion from Chuadanga conducted a drive near pillar no 116/4-s and seized the US dollars wrapped in black polythene in an abandoned condition at 10:30 am, Commanding officer of BGB-6 Lieutenant Colonel Syed Mohammad Zahidur Rahman said while briefing reporters. Read: Miscreants break two legs of Jamaat leader No one was arrested in this connection. A case was filed with Sadar Police Station in Meherpur. The seized money will be deposited to the treasurer office of Meherpur district. Read: 3 die in separate accidents in Dinajpur 

Two persons were killed when a speeding truck crashed into a stationary lorry on Meherpur-Chuadanga Road in the district early on Thursday morning, police said. The deceased were identified as truck driver Shahadat Hossain, 45, and his helper Faruk Hossain, 42, both residents of Sathia upazila of Pabna district. Read:Road crash claims three lives in Habiganj "The ill-fated truck coming from Chuadanga crashed into the sand-laden lorry that broke down and had been parked on the roadside in the Old Dorbeshpur area around 6am," said assistant sub-inspector ASI Shakhawat Hossain of the local police camp in Baradi. The bodies were sent to the Meherpur General Hospital morgue for post-mortem, he said, adding that the two vehicles had been seized.

Police have recovered 10 locally made grenades and bomb-making equipment from a house at Hijalbaria village in Gangni upazila  of  Meherpur district. Gangni Police Station officer-in-charge Abdur Razzak said being tipped off that there were two hand grenades in Abdul Jabbar's house they conducted a drive During the hour-long drive, 10 locally made grenades from different places of the house, 100 grams of gunpowder, iron nails, 100 grams of cannabis, cannabis cutter and other equipment were recovered. Read: Live grenade found in Chattogram’s steel factory However,  house owner Abdul Jabbar, his wife, bricklayer trolley driver Sohail Rana and younger son Samrat fled sensing the presence of police. The OC said Jabbar has also been involved in thefts, robbery and extortion in the area for a long time. OC Razzak said two cases will be filed against Abdul Jabbar—one under the Narcotics Control Act and another under the Explosive Substances Act.

A 55-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by some people in the Amjhupi Purbapara area of the district's Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Abul Bashar Molla, a resident of the Amjhupi area. Shah Dara Khan, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Abdul's son Salahuddin had constructed a speed-breaker in front of his grocery shop. Read: Youth beaten dead by rivals in Jhenaidah On Wednesday, Salauddin had an altercation with the driver and the salesman of Speed Energy Drink company as their vehicle got stuck while negotiating the speed-breaker. At one stage, the workers of Meherpur Palli Bidyut Samity also joined them and beat Salauddin up mercilessly. When Abul tried to save his son, he was also beaten up. A critically injured Abul died on the way to hospital, the OC said.

Two brothers were hacked to death and 10 people injured in a clash centering the upcoming union parishad elections in Gangni upazila of  Meherpur district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Jaharul Islam, 55, and his brother Sahadul Islam, 50, sons of Sultan Miah of Laxminarayanpur Dhalagram village. Read: 15 hurt in Pabna pre-polls violence UP member Azmain Hossain Tutul, also a candidate, said when he went to seek votes in the village some supporters of rival UP member candidate Atiar Rahman attacked them with sharp weapons, leaving the two brothers dead on spot and several others seriously injured. Tutul took shelter in a nearby house. Police later rescued him and admitted him to Gangni Hospital. Besides, six other injured people were sent to Kushtia Medical College and Hospital in critical condition. Tutul also said that his younger brother Enamul Hossain Nailu was hacked to death by Atiar Rahman’s people a few years ago and a case is still pending in the court. Read:Pre-poll violence: 4 killed, 15 injured in Narsingdi However, Atiar Rahman could not immediately be reached for comment. Md Bazlur Rahman, Officer-in-charge of Gangni Police Station, said additional police have been deployed at the spot after recovering the bodies of the two brothers and the situation is now under control. However, no case has been filed yet in this regard, the OC added.

A 12-year-old schoolboy was found dead hours after he was kidnapped for ransom at a village in the district, police said Sunday. Police found the body at Minapara village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district on Saturday midnight. Read:Rajshahi child rape & murder case accused shot dead The deceased was identified as Abir Hossain, a class V student of Minapara Government Primary School and son of expatriate Asadul Haque of Chuadanga district. Bazlur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Gangni Police Station, said Abir along with his mother used to live at his maternal grandfather’s house since his childhood. On Saturday, Abir went out with two people including Hamim Hossain, 15, son of Nuh Member by a motorbike and since then he remained missing. Read:Devotee beaten dead in Magura mosque Later, Abir’s family informed the police. Zahurul Islam, grandfather of Abir said they received a phone call from a person asking for a ransom of Tk one lakh for the boy’s reelase on Saturday evening. Later, a team of police conducted a drive and arrested Hamim and Muzahid, 15, son of Mirajul Islam of the village and following their statement, police recovered the body of Abir around midnight. Read:Narsingdi road crash leaves five dead The arrestees told police that they strangled Abir to death and dumped the body there. They body was sent to local hospital morgue. Both the arrestees have long been involved in many criminal cases including that of taking drugs and stealing.

Twelve people including five women died of Covid-19 at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours until 8 am on  Monday as infections and deaths continue to soar in the frontier districts. Among them, ten were Covid-19 patients while the rest two died after showing Covid-19 symptoms at the hospital, said director of the hospital Brigadier General Shamim Yeazdani. Read: Lockdown/Lock-in: Rajshahi taken off rail network to fight surge in infections Of the deceased, three were from Rajshahi, six from Chapainawabganj, two from Natore  and one from Meherpur district. A total of 137 people have died of Covid  in the last 13 days till Monday morning. Read:16 more Covid patients die at Rajshahi hospital Forty-four people were admitted to the Corona unit of the hospital in 24 hours till Monday morning and of them, 33 are from Rajshahi, five from Chapainawabganj, two each from Naogaon and Pabna and one each from Natore and Kushtia districts. Twenty-six people were discharged from the hospial after recovery during the period. 307 people have been undergoing treatment at the hospital against 271 beds at the Corona unit of the hospital. Read:Covid-19: Strict restrictions imposed in Rajshahi, parts of Khulna, Naogaon However, the hospital authorities are providing treatment after arranging additional beds, said Shamim. “Only those who need oxygen  facilities are being admitted to the hospital due to shortage of beds,” he said. As the coronavirus situation in Rajshahi kept worsening the district administration imposed a strict lockdown from 5pm on June 4 till June 17 midnight.  

A Meherpur court on Tuesday sentenced a couple to hang for throttling the man's second wife to death in 2010.

Detective Branch of Police on Saturday arrested 18 suspected leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat e Islami, including Sheuli Aktar, a councillor of Meherpur Municipality, from a house in the district town.