Dinajpur
College student killed in Dinajpur road crash
A college student was killed as a truck hit his motorcycle on the Dinajpur-Gobindaganj regional road in Birampur upazila Monday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Omar Faruq, an HSC 1st year student of Birampur Government College from the Birampur municipality.
The accident occurred as the truck mowed Omar down with his motorcycle in the Chandpur area when he was going to his college, Birampur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Suman Kumar Mahant said.
Police recovered the body from the scene and seized the truck from the Railghumti area, the OC added.
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46 Kg touchtone recovered in Dinajpur
A 46-kilogram touchstone was recovered from a graveyard in Ghoraghat upazila in the district on Saturday morning.
Locals said they spotted the touchstone while leveling earth at the graveyard in Kuchpara village under union No.3 of the upazila.
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Asim Kumar Jadhav, sub inspector of Ghoraghat police station, said on information they recovered the touchstone.
The stone will be examined, he added.
Woman stabbed dead over land dispute in Dinajpur
A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her rivals in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur district over land dispute on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Amena Begum, wife of Sekendar Ali, a resident of Baro Paikerghar village in Ghoraghat Upazila.
Locals said when Amena’s rivals went to cultivate a disputed land she obstructed them leading to an altercation.
At one stage, they stabbed her with a sharp weapon, leaving her dead on the spot.
Abdul Wahab, Duty Officer and Sub-Inspector of Ghoraghat Police Station, said police reached the spot and necessary actions will be taken.
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However, this is the 3rd murder incident in Ghoraghat Upazila in a span of 10 days over ownership of land.
On January 25, two people were killed and four were injured in a clash between two groups over land dispute in the upazila.
2 killed over land dispute in Dinajpur
Two people were killed and four were injured today in a clash between two groups over land dispute at Khodatpur in Ghoraghat upazila under Dinajpur district.
The deceased were identified as Md Meem, 20, son of Haider Ali and Rakib, 24, son of Ismail Hossain of the village.
Asaduzzaman Bhuttu, chairman of Ghoraghat upazila, said Haidar Ali and Omar Ali had been at loggerheads over the ownership of a piece of land.
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As a result of the enmity, the supporters of Omar Ali, equipped with sharp weapons, attacked the house of Haidar Ali, triggering a clash.
Meem died on the spot while five others were injured. They were taken to a local hospital where Rakib succumbed to his injuries.
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31 Jamaat-Shibir men arrested over ‘sabotage attempt’ in Dinajpur
Police on Sunday arrested 31 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chattra Shibir from a procession they brought out as part of their ‘ongoing anti-government movement’ in station area of Dinajpur town.
Leaders and activists of different areas of Jamaat-Shibir brought out a protest procession around 7 am demanding the release of party leaders and activists from , said Tanvirul Islam Tanvir, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali police station.
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Police arrested 31 people when they tried to escape on a bus sensing police presence.
The leaders and activists from various areas including Chiribandar Debiganj were gathering in the town and trying to carry out sabotage, said the OC.
The police also seized the bus, he added.
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Legal action is underway against the detainees in this regard, said OC Tanvir.
Caretaker couple found dead at Dinajpur house after owner's 999 call
A couple was found dead in a house in Dinajpur town early Friday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Mojibor Rahman and his wife Suraiya Begum, 55, from the town. They used to work as caretakers in the Munshipara area at Advocate Nilufar Rahim's house.
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Earlier, suspecting that something went wrong at her house in Dinajpur, Nilufar, who lives in Dhaka, called the national emergency service 999 for help, Additional Superintendent of Police of Dinajpu Mominul Karim said.
Next police found Mujibur hanging from the ceiling in the bedroom and the body of his wife in the kitchen with her throat slit this morning, he added.
The bodies have been sent to Abdur Rahim Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsies, the police officer said.
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"The cause of the deaths can be confirmed when we get the autopsy reports. We are also investigating whether there was a domestic dispute between the couple," Mominul added.
‘Drug peddler’ found dead in Dinajpur
Police recovered the body of a suspected drug peddler from Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Hasanur Rahma, 41.
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Deceased’s mother Hasina Begum alleged that his son was hacked to death following a brawl over sharing of money of drug dealing on Tuesday night.
Police recovered the body from a pond in Ranipur village of the upazila this noon, said Bazlur Rashid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chirirbandar police station.
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The body was sent to M Abdur Rahim Medical College and Hospital for an autopsy, he added.
An investigation is on in this regard, said the OC.
Dinajpur murder protest: No justice, No Puja celebration!
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindus, began on Saturday, with the incarnation (bodhon) of the Goddess in temples across the country.But no celebration was seen in a Mandap in Dinajpur's Khansama upazila, rather the Hindus of this area are protesting by hoisting black flags instead of drumming and cheering, demanding the arrest and punishment of the killers of a woman who was murdered after rape.The incident took place at Kumarpara Sarvajanin Puja Mandap in Tongua of Bhervedi union.
Read: Durga Puja fervour grips BangladeshSixty-four days back, a housewife named Upobala was killed after rape on her way home.A case was filed but no one was arrested in this connection, said Dhiman Das, President of Khansama Upazila Puja Celebration Committee.The case is now under investigation by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), he added.Anant Kumar Roy, who joined the protest programme, said that they will not celebrate any religious festival with fanfare in the mandap until justice is done for Upobala's murder.Another protester, Nripendra Nath Roy said they boycotted their main festival only for getting justice for Upobala. Instead of celebrating Puja, they are holding a protest programme by hanging banners with anti-violence slogans on the entrance of the mandap titled 'Stand united against communal evil'.
5 inc. three children, burnt in gas cylinder accident in Dinajpur
Five individuals, including three minor children, sustained burn injuries in a fire that erupted as gas was being transferred carelessly cylinder from one cylinder to another in Birganj upazila in the district on Saturday.
The injured have been identified as Jahidul Islam, his wife Shahana Begum, their 13-year-old son Joy, three-year-old daughter Lamia and their neighbour’s five-year-old son Saidur Rahman.
Of the injured, the children have been undergoing treatment with back injuries at M Abdur Rahim Medical College in the upazila after taking first-aid from Upazila Health Complex.
Witnesses said a fire broke out suddenly as Jahidul was transferring gas from a bigger cylinder to a smaller one at his house in Centerpara area around 2pm, leaving the five critically injured.
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Locals first rushed them to the Upazila Health Complex and later three of them shifted to the medical college for better treatment, they said.
However, it could not be ascertained immediately how much percentage of the burn the injured received.
Meraj Ali, station in-charge of Birganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, said transforming gas from one cylinder to another without experience is high risky and the reason for the accident worked this factor.
Subrata Kumar Sarkar, officer-in-charge Birganj police station, said they heard about the matter and were looking into it.
2 die of suffocation while cleaning septic tank in Dinajpur
Two men died while working inside a septic tank reportedly without any protective gear in a newly constructed building in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur today (September 7, 2022), said police.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Mabud, 35, and Saidul Islam, 38, residents of the upazila.
Mason Altaf Hossain entered the septic tank at Noukhoir village around 9am. When he failed to return, van pullers Abdul and Saidul climbed down the tank.
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After a while, locals rescued the trio in unconscious condition from inside the septic tank and rushed them to Sayedpur General Hospital where doctors declared Abdul and Saidul dead, said Bazlur Rashid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chirirbandar police station.
Altaf was shifted to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital where he is undergoing treatment in critical condition, he added.
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The bodies were handed over to their respective families without any post-mortem, said the OC.