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Police have arrested three men, including a school teacher, for allegedly assaulting a minor folk singer by shaving off his head in Shibganj upazila of Bogura district. The arrestees have been identified as Mezbaul Islam, 52, a teacher at Gujia High School, Shafiul Islam Khokon, 55, and Tarek Rahman, 20, of Juri Majhpara village in the upazila. Officer-in-charge of Shibganj Police Station Sirajul Islam said that the 16-year-old singer, a disciple of Matin Baul, had recently reacted to the trio's remarks on his attire. Read: AL politician hacked to death in Bogura Furious over the minor singer's reaction, five men went to the house of a person where he lived and allegedly tonsured his head on September 18. They had also threatened to banish him from the village if he didn't quit singing, police said. A case was subsequently filed against the five people in connection with the assault, following which the police arrested the trio on Tuesday night. "Efforts are on to nab the other accused," the OC said.

A mentally challenged youth living in chains was charred to death in a fire that broke out at his house in Paschim Kharera village of Burichang upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Alauddin, 18, a Class XII student of Khasru Degree Government College and son of Abdul Matin of the village. Read: Three killed as truck hits rickshaw on Cumilla highway On Tuesday night, a fire broke out at the house. Alauddin was inside the house at that time and could not escape as he had been chained, said Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Burichang police station. "Hearing his screams, Alauddin’s mother tried to save her son but failed. The fire also gutted two more adjoining houses," he said.

An 80-year-old freedom fighter, who went missing a couple of days ago, was found dead in the bamboo bushes near his house in the Jangal Paduar area of Lohagrara upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Meghnath Dey, son of late Anand Mohan. Read: Another body washes ashore on Cox’s Bazar beach His body was spotted by passersby in the bamboo bushes of the Baroi Para canal in Jangal Paduar around 9 pm on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday. The deceased’s wife said that Meghnath frequently left home without informing the family members but would return after a couple of days.  Read:Naogaon: Woman's body found, daughter-in-law detained “However, when I heard about a body being found in the bamboo bushes, I rushed to the spot and identified it. We feel devastated," she said. ASP Zakaria Rahman Ziku of Satkania Circle said that the body was sent to the morgue of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital for an autopsy. "We will initiate action only after the post-mortem report."

Two sisters were found hanging from an iron rod on the terrace of their house in the Majumdari area of Sylhet city on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Rani Jamidar (33) and Fatema Begum (27), daughters of Kalim Ullah. Police suspect they committed suicide over a family feud. BM Ashrafullah, additional deputy commissioner (media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said that after Kalim's death, his wife and three daughters lived in the house and refrained from interacting with the neighbours. Read: Another body washes ashore on Cox’s Bazar beach The couple's other daughter relocated to the UK after her marriage. Around 6am, neighbours found the bodies of the two sisters hanging from the iron rod on the terrace of the house and informed the cops.  A team from the local police station rushed to the spot and sent the bodies to the local hospital morgue for post-mortem. "A probe has been ordered into the deaths," the officer said.

Rail services between Dhaka and Chattogram have been suspended since Tuesday morning, following the derailment of a freight train at Tongi junction of Gazipur district. Nur Mohammad, in-charge of Tongi railway, said that three bogies of the freight train veered off the tracks in the junction area around 10.30 am, disrupting rail services on three key routes -- Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Mymensingh. Read:Derailment: Rail communication between Khulna and rest of the country suspended Though authorities managed to restore services on the Dhaka-Mymensingh and the Dhaka-Sylhet routes, train communication on the Dhaka-Chattogram route is yet to resume. A relief train has already reached the spot to conduct the salvage operation. No causality was reported till the filling of this report around 1 pm.

Police have arrested a car importer in Chattogram for allegedly duping a businessman of Tk 27 lakh on the pretext of selling him a Toyota Allion. Arifur Rahman Siddiqui owns NH Enterprise that deals in reconditioned sedans. He was nabbed from the Agrabad area of the city on Monday on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by a local court, police said Tuesday. Read:Three arrested in joint drive against counterfeit medicines Abul Kashem Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Double Mooring police station, said Arifur, the son of Mahbubur Rahman of Potia Junglekhain Union, had been on the run for several days. According to Nizam Uddin, the complainant, he signed an agreement with Arifur for buying a 2016-make Toyota Allion for Tk 27 lakh on June 11, 2019. As part of the pact, Nizam then paid Arifur Tk 7 lakh in cash. For the remaining money, he had issued a cheque.  But having failed to deliver the imported car to Nizam even after a year, Arifur agreed to return the money and issued a cheque for Tk 20 lakh in Nizam's favour in August last year. He had also promised to return the remaining money in cash, police said. Read:Evaly CEO, chairman arrested from Mohammadpur residence Bit the cheque was dishonoured and Arifur subsequently went into hiding. Left with no option, Nizam then moved the local court and the accused was asked to appear before the judge hearing the petition.  Arifur didn't respond to the legal summons thrice, prompting the court to issue a warrant for his arrest. "The accused will be produced in the court later in the day," the OC added.

A young doctor of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) succumbed to his road accident injuries on Monday at Dhaka Square Hospital. Deceased Md Wahidur Rahman,36, was a junior consultant (medicine) of CMCH who sustained injuries from a motorcycle accident on August 19 at Agrabad area in Chattogram. On August 20, he was transferred to Asgar Ali Hospital through air ambulance as his condition turned critical. READ: Motorcyclists killed in head-on collision with train Later he was sent to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn And Plastic Surgery and from there to Square Hospital as his condition worsened. Dr Wahidur was a former student of MBBS second batch at BGC Trust Medical College. READ: Swiss motorcyclist Dupasquier dies following Moto3 crash General Secretary of Bangladesh Medical Association Chattogram Dr Faisal Iqbal Chowdhury expressed grief at his death and sent condolence to his family.

Thirty-seven Bangladeshi nationals, most of them teenagers, returned home on Monday after serving up to three years of jail term in India for illegal entry into the neighbouring country. Petrapole Immigration Police handed the returnees – 13 girls, 20 boys and four women to  Benapole Immigration Police in the evening. They were trafficked to India through different points of the border with promises of jobs, but unfortunately landed in jail. The boys and girls were aged between 12 and 18 when they got trafficked. READ: 27 more Bangladeshis return through Darshana checkpost Binoy Krishna Mallik, executive director of Jashore Rights, said the victims went to India’s Bangalore three and half years back. Ahsan Habib, officer-in-charge of Benapole Check-post Immigration, said the Bangladeshi nationals returned through travel permits. They were later handed over to Benapole Port police from where two NGOs will receive them, he said. READ: 30 more Bangladeshis rescued from the Mediterranean return from Tunisia: BRAC The returnees will have to stay there for 14-day institutional quarantine, he added.

A leader of local unit of Krishak League was gunned down by some unidentified miscreants at Fasiakhali Ghonapara in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Sarwar Kamal, general secretary of Fasiakhali union unit of Krishak League. Some 10-12 miscreants attacked Sarwar and shot him around 10:30 am, leaving him dead on the spot, said Shaker Mohammad Zobair, officer-in-charge of Chakaria Police Station. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to a local hospital morgue for autopsy

Prof Pran Gopal Datta, former vice-chancellor of Bangabandu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), was  declared elected unopposed in Cumilla-7 by-polls on Monday morning. He was formally pronounced the winner of the by-polls around 11:00am, Election Officer Md Dulal Talukder told UNB. Read: Pran Gopal Dutta is AL's pick for Comilla-7 bypoll His parliament membership was confirmed when NAP nominee Monirul Islam, the only person challenging him for the post,  withdrew his candidature on Saturday. The constituency fell vacant when  Ali Ashraf, then MP of the constituency, died at a hospital in Dhaka.