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Some staff of Narsingdi railway station have been physically assaulted allegedly by Mahmudul Hasan Chowdhury Sumon, convener of Narsingdi district town unit Jubo Dal, for not paying extortion. Narsingdi station master Abu Taher Mohammad Musa submitted a written complaint to deputy commissioner Mohammad Rashed Hossain Chowdhury against the Jubo Dal leader on Wednesday. The deputy commissioner said, “I have received a written complaint and necessary steps will be taken against those involved in the incident.” Highway extortion surges across Bangladesh threatening economy: Reports According to the complaint, Jubo Dal leader Sumon and his associates have been trying to realise a large sum of money from the staff of the railway station by intimidating them. They use the VIP room of the station for taking drugs and gambling and misbehave with the passengers at the station, reads the complaint. Extortion: Battery-run autorickshaw drivers block Dhaka-Aricha highway On February 21, around 8:15 pm, a group of criminals led by Sumon entered the office room of the station with weapons and physically assaulted the station master and other railway staff and threatened to kill them. Abu Taher said "We are living in constant fear due to the harassment by Sumon and his associates. Our regular operations are being disrupted and they are not only threatening us but also harassing passengers. Sumon has physically assaulted one of our senior staff members. We have submitted a written complaint to the DC and are urging the administration to take swift action." Denying the allegation, Jubo Dal leader Sumon said the station master is spreading propagandas against me. “All the allegations brought against me are false and fabricated,” he claimed. Mahsin Hossain Bidyut, president of Narsingdi district unit Jubo Dal, said, “If the allegation brought against Sumon is true, necessary action will be taken against him on the basis of evidence as BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman ordered to show zero tolerance against those involved in extortion using the party name.”

The throat-slit body of a ward-level leader of Jubo Dal, the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was discovered on Thursday morning in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district. Police recovered the body of Alamgir Hossain, 45, from the Raimantala playground, where it had been left overnight, said officer-in-charge (OC) of Gangni Police Station Bani Israil. He said the body was sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for post-mortem examination. 2 motorbikes hit by a car leave 3 dead in Rajshahi According to OC, the murder is believed to have occurred late on Wednesday night. “Miscreants slaughtered him and abandoned the body in the playground,” he said, adding that investigations are ongoing to ascertain the motive and identify those responsible. Saidul Islam, president of the Gangni municipal unit of Jubo Dal, said that Alamgir had been at Gangni Bazar on Wednesday night before going missing. “We found his body on Thursday morning but remain unclear about the motive behind this brutal killing,” he said. Youth stabbed to death in Narayanganj Alamgir Hossain, the convenor of Ward No. 1 unit of Gangni municipality Jubo Dal, had recently returned home from Dubai where he had been working, three months ago. A two-member convening committee, with Alamgir as its convenor, had been formed two months earlier.

Army personnel have detained a local Jubo Dal leader on charges of creating chaos during tender submission for Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital. The detainee is Jahangir Alam Julhas, 40, convenor of Lalmonirhat Municipal unit Jubo Dal and the senior vice-president of the Lalmonirhat District Jubo Dal. He was detained from the hospital premises this noon, said Tariqul Islam, superintendent of Lalmonirhat Police. Attack on police in Kushtia: Body of another missing cop recovered Later, the army officials handed him over to the police. Locals said tenders were invited by Dr. Abdul Mokaddem, the supervisor of the hospital, in three categories for supplying equipment for the 250-bed Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital. A tender box was set up in front of the hospital's superintendent's office for submissions from 9:00am to 12:00pm on Wednesday. Security was tightened on the hospital premises to prevent any incident during the submission of hospital tenders but the Jubo Dal leader s along with his associates obstructed other bidders from submitting their tenders since the morning in an effort to bypass police security and favor a preferred contractor. During this time, he also assaulted the officials accepting the tenders. International Crimes Tribunal grants bail to ex-NSI DG Wahidul Later, army personnel rushed to the spot after receiving a call from one of the bidders and detained him. Once the situation was brought under control, 24 bidders were able to submit their bids. Legal action will be taken against the Juba Dal leader, added the SP. Anisur Rahman Anis,  president of Lalmonirhat District Jubo Dal, said Jahangir Alam did not obstruct any contractors from submitting tenders. In fact, he was detained while attempting to flee at that moment. "This isn’t a significant issue and can be resolved through discussion," he noted.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a local Jubo Dal leader from Chandgaon area of Chattogram city early today (November 28, 2023) for his suspected involvement in police constable Amirul’s killing on October 28 during BNP’s grand rally in Dhaka. Read: Ctg BNP leader arrested on eve of Oct. 28 rally dies of 'heart attack' in jail Murad Chowdhury, general secretary of Chattogram north district Jubo Dal, was arrested around 1 am on Tuesday, said Nurul Afsar, senior assistant director of RAB-7. Later, RAB handed him over to the police, he said. Read: 721 arrested by RAB on charges of sabotage since Oct 28 Jubo Dal leader Murad Chowdhury, along with his followers, took part in BNP’s grand rally in Naya Paltan area of Dhaka on October 28, RAB informed.

A Laxmipur court on Monday sentenced seven people to life term imprisonment in a case filed over killing a local Jubo Dal leader at Dattapara union in sadar upazila in 2011. District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Rahibul Islam passed the order acquitting one more accused of from the charges. The lifers are Md Aziz, former UP member of Dattapara Union, his son Md Sabuj, Billal Hossain Biplab, Md Ibrahim, Md Manik, Ismail Hossain and Abul Kashem. Ismail and Abul Kashem were present during the hearing while the other convicts remained absconding. Also read: Brahmanbaria AL leader murder: 13 to die, 8 get life term The convicts were  fined Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer one year more rigorous imprisonment. According to case statement, on June 4, 2011, Anwar Hossain, president of union unit of Jubo Dal, was sitting in his brother’s election campaign office at Dattapara Bazar when some miscreants attacked the office and shot him, leaving Anwar dead the spot. Also read: 9 to die, 22 get life term for killing BCL leader in Rajshahi A murder case was filed at sadar police station the following day against 25 named people and 12 unnamed people following a complaint lodged by Anwar’s brother Md Ashek-E-Elahi. On January 10, 2015, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police submitted the final investigation report at the court.