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Police on Thursday arrested the puller of the ill-fated rickshaw that was hit by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Tuesday night, resulting in the death of a female doctor in the port city. Dr Samina Akter, a mother of two children and a doctor at Southern Medical College and Hospital, succumbed to her injuries at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital after battling for her life for nearly two days. Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) nabbed Mohammad Hridoy, 19, son of Md Nasir Uddin of Cumilla district, around 9pm on Thursday from the Old Station Road area of the port city after CCTV footage of the accident went viral on social media. Also read: Female physician injured in Ctg road crash dies “From the CCTV footage, it appeared that the accident occurred due to the reckless driving of the auto driver and the rickshaw puller’s negligence,” said Md Nezam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station. The accident occurred in the city's Kazir Dewri area when Dr Samina was returning home. She later underwent a surgery at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital as she had sustained severe head injuries and a chest bone fracture. Also read: Woman, her grandchild die in Gazipur road accident "The auto-rickshaw driver, named Siddique, was arrested immediately after the accident on Tuesday," the OC said.

Monirul Islam, newly elected chairman of Talshahar East Union of Brahmanbaria Sadar Union Parishad  was released on parole from jail on Thursday to take oath.Brahmanbaria Deputy Commissioner Md. Shahgir Alam conducted the oath at his office.Monirul, who has been in jail in a case of violence, was free from 10 am to 2 pm to enable him take the oath, police said.The chairmen of 20 unions of Brahmanbaria Sadar and Vijaynagar upazilas were sworn in at that time. Read: ACC officials protest removal of officer Sharif Monirul was elected in the polls on January 5 while he was in jail.Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Brahmanbaria Sadar MP R A M Ubaidul Moktadir Chowdhury, District Awami League General Secretary Al Mamun Sarkar and Mayor Nair Kabir were also present on the occasion.

A female doctor who sustained injuries in a road crash at Kazir Dewri in Chattogram on Tuesday  succumbed to her injuries on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Dr Samina Akter,  mother of two children and she used to work at the Intensive Care Unit(ICU) of Bangabandhu Memorial Hospital of the city. Read: Engineer killed, 4 hurt in Chattogram road crash Dr Samina died at the ICU of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) around 9:30am, said Md Nezam Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station. OC Nezam said Dr Samina was injured after being hit by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the city's Kazir Dewri area on Tuesday night when she was returning home by a rickshaw. She was rushed to CMCH in a critical condition, said the OC. She underwent a surgery on her head as she had a severe head injury and the chest bone was broken.

Armed Police Battalion (AAP) Thursday claimed to have detained a Rohingya refugee with Yaba tablets worth Tk 5.7 crore in Cox's Bazar. The accused has been identified as Sadek Hossain, 25, son of Mir Ahmed. Read: 1.80 lakh Yaba pills seized in Cox’s Bazar Tipped off, a team of AAP raided the house of Sadek in the Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhia in Wednesday and seized 1.69 lakh pieces of the banned narcotics, additional SP of AAP, Kamran Hossain, told UNB. "Sadek has been detained for questioning. The market value of the seized Yaba tablets is Tk 5.7 crore," he added.

A 55-year-old crew member of a sand-laden vessel went missing after it sank following a collision with a launch in the Meghna river off the coast of Charkishoregnj in Munsiganj on Wednesday night. The victim was identified as Lashkar Motaleb of Bhola district. Read: 5 die as trawler sinks in Dakatia River Inspector Zahurul Haque of Kalagachia river police, said the ill-fated vessel, ‘Makam-3’, with six crew members on board, capsized in the river after being hit by Barishal-bound 'MV Surovi-7' launch around 11pm. "Lashkar could not get out of the sunken vessel," said Sabuj, another crew member. 'MV Surovi-7’ was anchored after the accident. "The passengers of the launch escaped unhurt," the police officer said.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have rescued four kidnapped fishermen and arrested five robbers from Akmal Ali Road under EPZ thana in the city. The arrestees are Kamal Bahini leader  Md Kamal, 35,Md Noor Nabi, 26, Md Shamim, 24, Md Annie, 31 and Md Ferdous Majhi, 35, of Ramgati and Subarnachar area. Rab-7 disclosed the matter at a press briefing at Chandgaon Camp (Bahaddarhat) office in the port city on Wednesday. Rab-7 Senior Assistant Director Mohammad Nurul Absar said Coast Guard East Zone informed them about the abduction of the four fishermen with the trawler used for fishing in the Bay of Bengal on Chattogram-Hatia channel on February 11.  The robbers demanded  ransom from their relatives and the boat owners through phone calls. With the help of information technology through the detectives, a team of Rab-7 rescued the fishermen and arrested the kidnappers on Tuesday night after conducting a 72-hour drive at a building on Akmal Ali Road under EPZ thana in the city. During the drive, a gun, two shooter guns and several locally made sharp weapons were seized from their possession. Legal steps were taken against the arrestees, said the Rab official.

An 18-year-old youth was allegedly stabbed to death by assailants at Edward Park in Bogura district town on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Miraz Ali, an activist of the local unit of Jubo League and son of Abdur Rahman of Brindabanpara of the district town. Inspector Zahidul Islam of Sadar Police Station, said that the criminals waylaid Miraz in the park and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot. Read: Autorickshaw driver hacked dead in Ctg Nazmul, a friend of Miraz who was also there, was also attacked by the assailants. He was rushed to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital and discharged after first aid. “Efforts are on to nab the culprits,” said inspector Zahidul.

A forest court has sent two more accused to jail in a case filed over the killing of an endangered Asian elephant by electrocution last November in Sreebardi upazila. Senior judicial magistrate Md Shariful Islam Khan remanded in judicial custody Amir Uddin, 52, son of late Abdur Razzak, and Ashraful Islam, 35, son of Md Abdur Rahman, after they surrendered in the court and sought bail on Tuesday. Earlier, the court sent to judicial custody two other accused in the case, Somej Uddin, 44, and Md Shajalal Mia, 41, after they had surrendered and appealed for bail. With this, all the four accused in the first case filed by the forest department for killing the elephant are now in jail. On 9 November, an elephant got electrocuted and died while searching for food after being trapped in electrified GI wires installed by local farmers around their vegetable farming lands at Sonajhuri Hillock in the upazila. Read: Father, son land in jail for killing elephant in Chattogram On 11 November, in a first for the district, the forest department of Sreebardi upazila in Sherpur filed a case against four people. In-charge of the Balijuri range, Rabiul Islam filed the case under the Wild Life Act at the Sreebardi court, followed by a general diary lodged at the Sreebardi police station.   Read:Another elephant found dead in Chattogram

A student of class X allegedly comitted suicide by hanging herself on Monday at Baburhat in Chandpur 'as her family refused to let her marry the boy she had an affair with'. The deceased was Karima Aktar,16, a student of Baburhat High School and daughter of Kamal Hossain Mal, of ward-14 in Chandpur municipality. Karima’s father Kamal Hossain said in the morning they found Karima’s room locked from inside for a longtime and thetstarted calling her. Getting no reply, they broke open the door and found her body hanging from the ceiling. Read: Autorickshaw driver hacked dead in Ctg Kamal Hossain said his daughter was upset for a few days as they refused  to let her marry the boy she had chosen as she was too young and the boy was a drug addict. Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Inspector (intelligence) of Chandpur Model police station saidinformed by the family they recovered the body and sent it for an autopsy. He said they have collected some papers as evidence from Karima’s room.

An 18-year old autorickshaw driver was hacked to death at Hathazari upazila in Chattogram on Monday. The deceased was Tarek, hailing from Noakhali. He used to live in a rented house in Signboard area of the upazila. Also read: Rohingya boatman hacked to death in Cox's Bazar According to locals, Tarek’s throat-slit body was lying on Dataram Road in Elite City near Chowdhury Hat area on Monday night. Informed by locals the body was recovered from the spot around 9 pm and was sent for an autopsy, said Md Sohrawardy, In- charge of Madunaghat police outpost. The cause of the death could not be known yet and Hathazari police station is investigating the matter, he said. Also read: RMG worker hacked to death in N'ganj