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Three policemen were on Monday closed to the police lines in a punitive action after a trader complaint that he was mugged by them in Companiganj upazila of the district. The action was taken against assistant sub-inspector of Feni Model Police Station Zahirul Haque and two constables of Adarshagram police camp—Kawsar and Anwar Hossain, said assistant superintendent of police (Sonagazi circle), Mashqur Rahman. Sheikh Farid, a trader of Chotodhali village in Companiganj upazila, said three policemen riding a CNG-run auto-rickshaw waylaid him on his way home from business establishment around 12 am. Also read: 2 cops among 8 sued for murdering Bangladeshi-American in capital They snatched away Tk 48,600 from him, he said. As he demanded the money back, the policemen tried to pick him up threatening to implicate him as a Yaba trader, said Farid. When Farid raised hue and cry for help, local people caught them and handed them over to police. Sajedul Islam Palash, officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Model Police Station, however, denied that the trader was mugged by the cops. A probe body has formed to look into the matter and action will be taken after investigation, said ASP Mashqur. Also read: Cop, 3 others arrested for raping woman in Noakhali

A woman and her daughter were killed on Monday as a truck hit an engine-driven van carrying them at Shibchar upazila in Madaripur. The deceased were Jasmine Akter,33, and her daughter Mahfuza,8, from Jaduar Char village in the upazila. The speeding truck hit the van from behind  around 9:30 am near Jaduar Char area on Shibchar-Madaripur road, leaving them severely injured, said Md Miraz Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Shibchar police station. Read: 2 killed in B’baria road accident Local people took them to the upazila health complex where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival. Legal action will be taken  in this regard, said the OC.

Two people were killed and 2 others injured in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Awal Mia, 50,  of Maheshpur village in Nabinagar upazila and Fayez Mia, 45, son of Hekim Bepari of the same village. However, the identities of the injured could not be known immediately. Also read: Five die in Chandpur road accident Md Shahjalal Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Brahmanbaria Khatihata Highway Police said the Brahmanbaria-bound truck collided with the auto- rickshaw in the morning, leaving two people dead on the spot. The injured were rushed to a hospital, the OC added. Also read: 2 killed, 10 hurt in Dinajpur bus accident The truck driver fled the scene immediately after the accident.

A Khulna Court on Monday sentenced a member of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 20 years imprisonment in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. The convict is Ziaur Rahman alias Sagar alias Sabbir, Khulna divisional chief of JMB. Read: JMB man gets life term jail for 2005 bomb blasts Khulna Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge SM Ashikur Rahman handed down the verdict. The court also fined him Tk 20,000, in default, to suffer six months more rigorous imprisonment, said Lawyer Kazi Sabbir Ahmed of the court. According to the case, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Ziaur Rahman from Miapara of Khulna on December 29 in 2005. During the interrogation, he confessed to his involvement in militant activities. Based on his information, a large quantity of explosives was recovered from a room of a hostel at Daulatpur in Jashore. Read: Bomb blast at Ctg traffic police box: JMB leader Selim held Later, on December 30 of the year, a case was filed at Daulatpur Police Station under the Explosive Substances Act. On January 19, 2006, Jahedul Haque Sarkar, sub-inspector (SI) of Daulatpur Police Station, submitted a chargesheet against him.

A health official was killed in a road accident in Manikdah area on Pukhuria-Atarshi road in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Md Sharif Zakir, 50, health inspector of Bhanga Upazila Health and Family Planning Office. Read: Van driver killed in city road crash Locals said when Zakir Hossain was walking on the road an unidentified vehicle hit him, leaving him dead on the spot and fled. Later, locals recovered the body from the spot. Police are working to identify the killer vechile, said Jahangir Arif, officer-in-charge of Bhanga highway police.

A youth has allegedly  committed suicide after ‘killing’ his lover at Pahartoli in Raozan upazila in Chattogram, police said. The deceased were identified as Joy Barua, 26, son of Nilendu Barua of Mohamuni village of the union and Anwesha Chowdhury, 19, daughter of Ranjit Chowdhuri of the same village. Abdullah Al Harun, officer-in-charge (OC) of Raozan Police Station, said Joy called Anwesha to his uncle's abandoned house in the village around 9 pm on Sunday when he came to know about her marriage with someone else although they had an affair. Read: Housewife ‘gang-raped’ in Laxmipur Joy first strangled Anwesha and then slit her throat to confirm her death and later committed suicide by hanging himself. On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) morgue for autopsy, said the OC.

A woman died on Sunday as a coconut tree broke down and fell on her during a storm in Rupsha upazila in Khulna. The deceased was identified as Krishna Paul,50, wife of Nikhil Paul of Narkeli Chandpur village in the upazila. The incident occurred around 6:30 pm as Krishna went to fetch water from the tube well when the stormy wind started, said her husband Nikhil. Krishna was taken to Rupsha upazila health complex after rescuing where the duty doctors announced her death on arrival.

Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through the Benapole land port have remained suspended since Sunday morning due to the municipal elections in West Bengal. Karthik Chandra Chakraborty, general secretary of Indian Petrapole C&F Agent Staff Welfare Association, said elections are underway in 108 municipalities of West Bengal including Bangaon. There will be no import-export activities today as all CNDF owners, employees, handling workers, truck drivers involved in import-export activities will cast their votes in their respective constituencies. Read: Revenue declined by Tk 26.75 cr due to covid restrictions on Benapole port After the election, the trade activities will resume on Monday, he added. However, the loading and unloading process at Benapole port is going on, said Benapole Land Port Deputy Director Abdul Jalil.

A housewife was allegedly raped by five people at her house in Sadar upazila of Laximpur district early Sunday. Police said five thieves- Sumon, Nazim, Hossain, Yusuf and Harun- entered the rape survivor’s house at Charmotua village in Teoyariganj union in the early hours and tied up all members of the family. Read: Schoolgirl gang-raped in Bagerhat The family members alleged that the thieves raped the housewife and looted the gold ornaments and cash money. Later, the rape survivor was admitted to  Laxmipur Sadar Hospital in the morning. Md Anwar Hossain, resident medical officer of the hospital, said her medical examinations and treatment are going on. Police launched a drive to arrest the five rapists, said the Superintendent of Police AHM Kamruzzaman.

A 25-year-old woman in Chuadanga allegedly ended her life over constant stalking by a teacher. The deceased was identified as Sonia Khatun, wife of Nazmul Islam, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Saudi Arabia. Police said Sonia hanged herself from the ceiling of her house in Kamalpur village of the district's Alamdanga upazila on Friday. Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge of Alamdanga Police Station, said that Sonia had been living with her five-year-old daughter in the house since her husband went to Saudi Arabia five months ago. "The accused, Shakil Hossain, 45, an assistant teacher of Atharokhada Government Primary School and son of Mangal Ali of the village, was stalking Sonia taking advantage of the absence of her husband," he said. The accused even allegedly tried to defame her by spreading rumours of an extra-marital affair. "Unable to bear the harassment, the woman took her own life," the OC said. Based on a complaint from Sonia's father Sakir Uddin, an FIR was lodged against four people, including Shakil, at the Alamdanga Police Station. "The body has been sent to the local hospital morgue for an autopsy," the OC said.