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Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three suspected muggers along with sharp weapons during a drive at Mohammadpur in the capital on Sunday night. The arrestees are Md Abu Zafar,32, Md Roni,19, and Md Shawon,19. Tipped off, a team of RAB-2 battalion conducted a drive on Sunday night and arrested the three suspects. During the arrest, RAB recovered one machete and two knives from their possession, said Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Khan Asif Topu, Assistant Director (Media) of RAB-2. Read: 10 ‘muggers’ held in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur The arrestees were handed over to Mohammadpur Police Station for further legal action, the official said.

A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to film actress Pori Moni and her costume designer Junayed Karim Jimmy alias Jimmy in a case over threat and attempt to murder businessman Nasir Uddin Mahmud. Judge of Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Junaid approved it after the actress and the costume designer surrendered before it with a plea for bail, said Pori Moni’s lawyer Nilanjana Rifat Surovi who submitted the bail prayer. Earlier on Sunday, the court issued arrest warrants for Pori Moni and Jimmy as the two were absent while the court framed charges against them. However, the duo had been on bail in the case before the arrest warrant was issued. According to the case statement, Pori Moni and his accomplices entered the Boat Club after 12:00 pm on June 9, 2021, and insisted the the plaintiff gives them a free bottle of alcohol. Read: Pori Moni indicted, faces arrest warrant As the plaintiff did not agree to this, Pori Moni insulted the plaintiff and threw a serving glass at him and also threw the mobile phone in his hand. Nasir Uddin was injured in the head and chest. On July 6 in 2022, Nasir filed the case bringing the allegations of threatening and attempting to murder him. Later, Pori Moni filed a case against Nasir and two others accused of attempted rape and murder at Savar police station. Md Monir Hossain, investigation officer of Nasir's case and also a Police Bureau of Investigation official, submitted the chargesheet against the duo with Dhaka's Senior Judicial Magistrate Court. The evidence of assault and threat was found during the investigation, reads the chargesheet.

Dhaka University authorities have suspended all examinations and classes scheduled for Monday, citing unavoidable circumstances. Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, acting director at the university’s Public Relations Office has confirmed this. The authorities took the decision hours after the students of DU and seven colleges, including Dhaka College, clashed on the streets till midnight on Sunday. At around 10pm, students of Dhaka College tried to enter the DU area with a protest march, aiming at surrounding the office of the DU Pro Vice-Chancellor (academic) Professor Mamun Ahmed, through the Liberation and Democracy Arch. When this news spread, students from several DU dormitories started to come out to resist them. Read: DU suspends 8 students over involvement in Tofazzal killing Students from both sides engaged in chase and counter-chase for several hours. They took positions, throwing bricks and stones at each other in the Nilkhet and New Market areas. To control the situation, the police used 12 rounds of sound grenades and stood between the two sides with water cannons and tear gas. At one stage, two platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh were deployed to reinforce the security. The incident began on Sunday afternoon when students from the seven colleges went to Prof Mamun Ahmed with a five-point demand. They were not satisfied with his handling of the matter leading to the late night clashes.

The students of Dhaka University (DU) clashed with students of Dhaka College and six other colleges and there was a tense situation prevailing late into the night in the DU campus. At around 10 PM, students of Dhaka College tried to enter the Dhaka University area with a protest march. Their aim was to surround the office of the DU Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamun Ahmed, attempting to enter the campus through the Liberation and Democracy Arch. When this news spread, students from various halls of Dhaka University started to make noise, and the situation became tense. For a prolonged period, students from both sides engaged in alternating clashes. They took positions, throwing bricks and stones, in the Nilkhet and New Market areas. To control the situation, the police used 12 sound grenades and stood between the two sides with water cannons and tear gas. The incident began on Sunday afternoon when students from the seven colleges went to Prof Mamun Ahmed with a five-point demand. They were not satisfied with his handling of the matter,that led to the late night clashes.

Detectives of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Dr Enamur Rahman, former state minister for disaster management and relief, from the capital’s Bashundhara area on Sunday night. Shooting from helicopter: ICT issues arrest warrant against ex-RAB DG DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Talebur Rahman confirmed the arrest. Authorities are yet to disclose further details about the arrest.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has found 55,000 Euros, US$167, 300, 1005 grams of gold, and FDR documents worth Tk70 lakh in three lockers of former Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank SK Sur Chowdhury. ACC Director Kazi Sayemuzzaman led a 7-member team of the commission as part of an investigation, who went to open the lockers of Sur at Bangladesh Bank’s headquarters. According to sources, the ACC team arrived at the BB at 11am on Sunday. After the two-party discussion, the central bank called a goldsmith to open the lockers. An executive magistrate and ACC Director Sayemuzzaman along with a seven-member delegation arrived at Bangladesh Bank to be present at the time of locker opening. On January 19, ACC recovered documents of Tk 16.25 lakh and fixed deposits worth Tk 4.5 crore from SK Sur's Dhanmondi house. There, they found documents of three lockers in the BB. The ACC was allowed to open these lockers on the court's order. ACC to investigate officials involved in 2018 Nat’l Election ‘manipulation’ Later, the agency learned that it was not a vault but a locker (safe deposit) for keeping the valuables of officers and employees at the central bank. After that, the ACC sent a letter to the BB asking it not to transfer and hand over the contents of the locker. On January 21, the central bank's security branch sent a return letter to the ACC informing it of the suspension of the transfer of the locker contents. The letter said that according to the rules, personal valuables of officers and employees working and retired at the bank are kept in BB lockers in their names in packets or boxes under their responsibility and sealed for 20 years from the date of deposit. Then, on January 23, Bangladesh Bank said in another letter that SK Sur had kept valuables in three locker numbers. Among them, on September 25 last year, he nominated his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury for SD-44/61 and on February 25, 2018, for SD-48/12. On July 12, 2017, he nominated his daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury for the items kept in SD-47/35.

A Dhaka court has framed charges and issued an warrant for the arrest of film actress Pori Moni and her costume designer Junayed Karim Jimmy alias Jimmy in a case over threatening and attempting to murder to businessman Nasir Uddin Mahmud. Judge of Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Junaid passed the order. Pori Moni’s lawyer Nilanjana Rifat Surovi  on Sunday said it was scheduled to hold a charge hearing in the case and her client Pori couldn’t present before the court due to her sickness. Besides, a petition was submitted seeking time for another accused Jimmy but the court rejected it, the lawyer said. According to the case statement, Pori Moni and his accomplices entered the Boat Club after 12:00 pm on June 9, 2021, and forced the plaintiff to give a free bottle of alcohol. As the plaintiff did not agree to this, Pori Moni insulted the plaintiff and threw a serving glass at the plaintiff and also threw the mobile phone in his hand. Nasir Uddin was injured in the head and chest. On July 6 in 2022, Uttara Club Limited's former president Nasir U Mahmud filed the case bringing the allegations of threatening and attempting to murder him. Read: Attempted murder case: Court summons Pori Moni Later, Pori Moni filed a case against Nasir U Mahmud and two others accused of attempted rape and murder at Savar police station. Md Monir Hossain, investigation officer of Nasir's case and also a Police Bureau of Investigation official, submitted the chargesheet against the duo with Dhaka's Senior Judicial Magistrate Court. The evidence of assaulting and threatening were found during the investigation, reads the chargesheet.

A mother and her son were shot and injured alleged by their rivals over a previous enmity in Munshiganj Sadar on Saturday night. The injured are Jarina Begum, 35, and her 15-year-old son Jihad Mir, residents of Mollakandi Chardumuria under Sadar upazila. Police said there had been a dispute between the victims and a neighbour over the previous enmity (reason could not be known) while the victims had filed a case against them earlier. Recently, the accused was reportedly putting pressure on them to withdraw the case but the victims refused. The attackers stormed into the victims’ house around 9pm and opened fire at them, said police quoting locals. Hearing screams, locals rushed them to Munshiganj Sadar General Hospital where they were now undergoing treatment, said the hospital’s emergency department physician Dr Ataul Karim. Read: Trader shot dead in Ctg’s Raojan; several injured in attack Of them, Jihad sustained bullet injuries in a hand while a bullet pierced through the face of Jarian Begum, he said. Sadar police station’s Officer-in-Charge Md Saiful Alam said additional police personnel were deployed in the area as a tense was prevailing there. Efforts were underway to find out the reasons and nab the accused, he added.

A 55-year-old man died after he was assaulted by a group of men posing as DB police in Zanjira upazila of Shariatpur, said police and a family member on Sunday. The incident of occurred on Saturday night in Naodoba area on the South of Padma Bridge. The victim, Milon Bepari, was a resident in Naodoba area adjacent to the Padma Bridge’s Rail Line. He had been suffering from asthma for long. The victim’s brother-in-law Niloy Parvez Liton said some people identifying them as members of the detective branch appeared at Milon's house around 10pm and wanted to know about some people. In reply, he said that he didn’t know them, Niloy said, alleging that one of the interrogating people slapped Milon, leaving him critically injured. Read: Woman killed during robbery in Patuakhali Later, he was rushed to Zanjira Upazila Health Complex where a physician declared him dead, he said. Demanding justice for the "murder" upon probe, the relative said the attackers moved to another residence after the incident. Zanjira police station’s Officer-in-Charge (investigation) Abdus Salam who conducted the primary autopsy confirmed the death of the man after being slapped.

Six individuals were arrested early Friday after attempting to snatch a suspect from police custody at the New Market Police Station gate.  The arrested individuals were identified as Md. Bashir Islam (21), Md. Hasan (21), Md. Imon (25), Md. Masum Mahmud (32), Md. Alamin (30), and Md. Akbar Ali (21).  According to police, the incident stemmed from the arrest of Mithun (35), who is accused in a case involving the attempted murder of businessman Ehteshamul Haque on Elephant Road. Mithun was arrested Thursday night from the 300 Feet area.  Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Talebur Rahman, said that around 4:10 am Friday, as officers brought Mithun to the New Market Police Station gate, a group of armed individuals—including the six arrestees, 13 named suspects, and 30-35 unidentified accomplices—attempted to forcibly free him from custody.  Woman arrested for arson in Dhaka's Bangshal When police, led by Assistant Commissioner (New Market Zone) Tariq Latif, ordered the group to leave, they reportedly launched a violent attack on the officers, injuring five personnel. Police detained six attackers on the spot, while the remaining men managed to flee.  A case has since been filed against the six arrested individuals, the 13 named suspects, and the unidentified attackers. Authorities say efforts are underway to apprehend those who escaped.  Later on Friday, the six arrestees were presented before a Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court. The court rejected their bail petitions and sent them to jail.