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Six Rohingyas, including children, sustained burn injuries from a gas cylinder fire at Ukhia camp in Cox's Bazar Thursday, police said. The injured were identified as Nur Alam, his wife, their two sons and two others from a nearby home. They are being treated at Kutupalong MSF Hospital, said Naimul Haque, commander of Cox's Bazar Armed Police Battalion-14 (APBn-14). Read: Four of family suffer burns in Narayanganj fire The fire broke out at the house of Nur Alam of at Block D/4 in Ukhia Rohingya Camp 1/East. "Nurul Alam's wife was trying to light their gas stove in the morning but it did not work. She might have left the gas cylinder on to light the stove with a match stick, which caused the fire," said Naimul.

Police in separate drives have seized  around 69,000 packets of Orsalines from Hajarigoli and Andarkilla wholesale market and arrested a man in this connection. The arrestee is Sujan Kanti Sikder, 42, son of late Nirmal Sikder of Moddhom Sonaichhari under Sitakund upazila of the district. He runs a pharmacy named Sikder Medical Hall at Islam Market in front of Baro Auliya Mazar Also read: Over 92,000 litres of edible oil seized in Rajshahi, 5 held He has been sent to the court on Thursday, police said.   Chemist and Druggist Samity helped to recover the huge amount of Orsaline, the liquid formulation made by mixing salts for diarrhoea patients, kept in 172 cartons.    Zahidul Kabir, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station, said police along with the leaders of Chemist and Druggist Samity and SMC Company’s representative Monwar Hossain, conducted drives in two separate places in the port city on Wednesday and arrested Sujan and seized the adulterated Orsaline.   Also read: Huge amount of yaba pills seized in Cox's Bazar

A 45-year-old indigenous man was shot dead by some armed miscreants at Langdu and Barakal border areas of Rangamati early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Lakshmi Kumar Chakma, a resident of Subalang area of Barakal upazila. He was a former member of the regional party United People's Democratic Front (UPDF). Also read:2 killed in JSS-UPDF gunfight in Rangamati Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Barakal police station, said some gunmen opened fire at Lakshmi near his home in Shilchhari area around 1:45am, leaving him dead and fled the scene immediately. Lakshmi recently left UPDF and used to earn his bread by farming, said locals. Also read: UPDF chief collector held with arms in Khagrachari However, the OC said the motive behind the killing can be ascertained after an investigation.

Another tourist’s body was fished out of the Karnaphuli river off the coast of Rangamati’s Kaptai early on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Apurba Saha, 19, a resident of Chattogram city. He went missing while bathing in the river. Also read: 1 tourist drowns, another missing in Karnaphuli River Shaheen Alam, senior station officer of Kaptai Fire Service and Civil Defense, said some fishermen spotted Apurba’s body floating in the river in the Sitaghat area around 6am, 15 hours after he drowned. On information, Kaptai Fire Service personnel fished out the body. The body was later handed to Chandraghona police, said the official. On Wednesday, four of a six-member tourist group from Chattogram drowned in the Karnaphuli River at noon while bathing. Also read: Father, son go missing in Karnaphuli River Fighting against the current, three of them managed to swim ashore and another was rescued by Fire Service members, while two friends went missing. Later, a four-member naval diving team started searching for the missing tourist in the Sita Ghat area at 4.39 pm and recovered 19-year-old Lokesh Vaidya’s body.

A 50-year-old woman was hacked to death allegedly by her daughter-in-law over a family feud in Kathalia village of Barishal's Bakerganj upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Nazneen Begum, wife of Hanif Hawladar of the village. Also read: Woman, 2 daughters hacked dead in Manikganj: Husband held Alauddin Milon, officer-in-charge of Bakerganj Police Station, said Laboni Akter and her mother-in-law lived in their village house "while Nazneen’s two sons stay and work in Dhaka". Around 10.30pm, Ujjal, the elder son of Nazneen, made a phone call to his mother. As no one received the call, Ujjal requested his uncle Kalam Hawladar to visit their house. When Kalam reached the house, he found Nazneen lying in a pool of blood. Also read: BCL leader hacked dead in Kishoreganj, 1 held On information, police recovered the body and arrested Laboni. "We are investigating the murder. However, we suspect family feud behind the crime,” said the OC.

A local leader of the Jatiya Jubo Jote was hacked to death allegedly by assailants in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia in the small hours of Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mahbub Khan Salam, 35, general secretary of Jatiya Jubo Jote and son of Alauddin of Amdah village in the upazila. Also read: 2 Jubo league activists hacked dead in Jhenaidah over toll collection, 3 held Jabed Hassan, officer-in-charge of Doulatpur Police Station, said Salam was brought to Kushtia General Hospital around 10.20pm in a serious condition, and he died at 1.20am. "The body bore several stab injury marks," said the OC. An eyewitness, identified as Mamun, who was accompanying the victim, told cops that a group of armed men suddenly attacked them near Allahrdarga Boyan intersection at night. Also read: Jubo League activist killed in Jashore "Mamun also suffered minor injuries in the attack. Efforts are on to nab the perpetrators of the crime," the OC said.

Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company disconnected another 8,000 illegal gas connections in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj on Tuesday. A mobile court led by Fatema Tuz Zohra, executive magistrate and assistant commissioner (AC-land), conducted two separate drives in Gukuldasher Bag and Ispahani Bazar area of Dhamgarh union. Titas also removed around nine kilometres of illegal pipelines and seized a huge amount of risers during the drives. So far, 12,000 illegal gas lines have been disconnected in Bandar upazila. Earlier, 4,000 illegal gas connections were disconnected at two spots of Kuripara and Bage Jannat Masjid Road of the upazila. Md Suruj Alam, deputy general manager of Titas regional marketing department in Sonargaon, said the largest natural gas distributor in the country snapped around 30,000 illegal gas connections in three phases.    Also read: Illegal gas connections still in system despite repeated moves: Titas MD

A tourist drowned and another went missing in the Karnaphuli River of Rangamati on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as 19-year-old Lokesh Vaidya, son of Apu Vaidya of Shakpura village in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram district. He was a first-year-student of Chattogram Islamia College. The missing tourist was his friend Apurba Saha, 18, resident of Chattogram Sadarghat area. The Navy diving team based in Kaptai recovered the body of Lokesh after a two-hour effort in the evening. Efforts are on to recover Apurba’s body, said Navy sources. According to the deceased’s friends, around 3 pm, six friends went down to take a bath in the Karnaphuli and started drowning due to the river’s strong current. Fighting against the current, three of them managed to swim ashore and another was rescued by Fire Service members, two friends went missing. On information, a four-member naval diving team led by Lt. Commander Faizul Islam Mandal and Lt. Commander Selim Reza started searching for the missing tourist in the Sita Ghat area at 4:39 pm and recovered Lokesh’s body. Apurba however couldn't be found till filing of this report past midnight. Nurul Karim, an inspector at the Kaptai Fire Service and Civil Defense said that the diving team is conducting rescue operations in and around the scene to recover the body of the missing youth.  Also read: 2 children drown in Thakurgaon pond

Four sub-inspectors of Sarishabari Police Station have been suspended allegedly for physically assaulting four accused who were undergoing treatment at Sarisabari Upazila Health Complex. The four SI were—Altaf hossain, Saiful Islam, Wazed Ali and Muntaz. Also read:Suspended cop killed in Panchagarh road crash, 4 held Besides, two constables—Mozammel Haque and Sathi Akter-- of the police station have been closed and  attached to the district police lines in this connection,  said Jamalpur superintendent of Police Nasir Uddin Ahmed on Wednesday. Besides, a probe body, headed by Additional superintendent of Police, Zakir Hossain Sumon, was formed to look into the incident.  The committee has been asked to submit its report within three working days. Local people and victims said Mojibur Rahman, a local influential person, swooped on the house of Abdul Jalil, a bagger, at Bausi Bazar in Sarishabari municipality on Monday to grab his land forcibly. They also beat up the house inmates and vandalised the  house. Abdul Jalil, 60, his wife Laile Begum, 50 and six  other  family members were injured during the attack and all were taken to Sarisabari upazila Health complex. Later, Mojibur lodged a complaint against Abdul Jalil and 14 others with Sarisabari Police. Among the accused, four were undergoing treatment at the hospital. Also read: Now, Sylhet inspector suspended over FB status update on ‘teep protest’ After receiving the complaint, six police personnel including the four sub-inspectors of the police station dragged the four accused out of the hospital and arrested them. Terming the incident as inhuman, Dr Debasish Rajbongshi, Resident Medical Officer of Sarishabari Upazila Health Complex, said police took the discharge certificate while the injured accused were undergoing treatment at the hospital. Action was taken instantly against those police personnel when the matter came to light, said SP Nasiruddin Ahmed.

A woman was electrocuted to death in Kedarnagar village of Chuadanga's Alamdanga upazila on Tuesday night, police said. The deceased was identified as Rowshon Ara, wife of Asabul Haque of the village. Read: Two electrocuted to death in Natore Family sources said that Rowshon got a massive electric show after touching the balcony's iron grill that accidentally came in contact with a live wire. Rowshon died on the spot, said Abdul Alim, officer-in-charge of Alamdanga Police Station. "No complaint has been received from the deceased's family," he added.