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An intellectually challenged 15-year-old girl was killed in Satkhira's Sadar Upazila on Saturday morning, following a dispute over playing music. RAB-6 Commander Md. Faisal Tanvir confirmed the matter. The victim, identified as Chumki, was walking down the street around 9:30 am with music playing from a speaker when an enraged neighbour, Elias, 27, attacked her with a hammer. The incident occurred in the Thana Ghat area of Labsha union, leaving Chumki dead on the spot due to severe head injury. Elias, the son of Ikramul Hossain, was reportedly upset by the noise. Following the attack, locals detained him and handed him over to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). Prior to his arrest, Elias was beaten by an angry mob. RAB has detained five individuals in connection with the incident, including Elias's parents and others. Satkhira Sadar Hospital's on-duty physician, Dr. Mamataz Mujid, confirmed that Chumki was brought in dead with head trauma. Several people are being questioned, and further details will be revealed after investigation, said the RAB official. Rafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Satkhira Sadar Police Station, added that Elias, a known drug addict, was provoked by the loud music.

A college student, injured in a clash between two groups at a picnic in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila on August 30, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Rajshahi on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Rabbi Hossain, 20, son of Moslem Uddin of Sonaikundi Uttarpara under the upazila and an intermediate second year student of a local college. Police and locals said the clash broke out between the groups over a trivial matter during the picnic on August 30, leaving Rabbi critically injured. Initially he was admitted to Upazila Health Complex and later shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) when his condition worsened, they said. He succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at the RMCH on Friday night. Daulatpur police station’s Officer-in-Charge Mahbubur Rahman confirmed the death saying that the victim’s family filed a case citing seven people a day after the clash. No one has been arrested in this connection so far, he added.

A Dhaka court on Saturday placed former Home Affair Minister Asaduzzaman Khan’s son Safi Muddaser Khan (Joty) on a four-day remand in a case over attempt to murder a man during the August 5 clash in Ashulia. Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Saiful Islam passed the order after hearing the remand petition, said the court’s Additional Public Prosecutor Anwarul Kabir Babul. Earlier, Ashulia police station’s Sub Inspector and also the case’s Investigation Officer (IO) Abu Taher Mia produced him before the court with a prayer for seven-day remand, he said. Rejecting the petition for bail by defendant’s lawyers, the court granted the remand, the additional PP informed. A team of Dhaka district police raided a building in capital’s Uttara area early Saturday and arrested him from there in connection with a case filed with Ashulia police. On September 1, a Dhaka court issued a travel ban on 10 people, including Asaduzzaman Khan, his wife Lutful Tahmina Khan and son Safi. On September 11, one Rabiul Sany, filed the case against 11 people including Sheikh Hasina, Safi and others with Ashulia police station for attempting to kill him.

A case was filed against 59 people including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former Whip Iqbalur Rahim on charge of attempting to kill a student by shooting during the anti-government movement on August 4 in Dinajpur. Victim Fahim Faisal, 22, son of ABM Siddiq of Rajbati area under Sadar upazila, filed the case with Kotwali police station on Friday. The police station’s Officer-in-Charge Farid Hossain said Fahim sustained bullet injuries during a clash in front of Sadar General Hospital in Munshipara area on August 4. In the case, Sheikh Hasina and former local lawmaker Iqbalur Rahman were made the first and second accused respectively, he said. Moreover, fifty-seven others were named in the case and several others were unnamed, said the OC. Since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, the former whip has so far been accused in the four cases.

Detectives in a drive have arrested a man after a video on harassing a woman on Sugandha sea beach  in Cox’s Bazar went viral on social media.  The arrestee was identified as Farukul Islam of Satkania upazila of Chattogram district. Jabed Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Cox’s Bazar District Police, said detectives arrested Farukul on Friday night. However, the video footage in which the woman was seen physically manhandled went viral on the social networking site Facebook drew huge flak. In the video footage, Farukul along with others was seen forcing the woman to hold her ears and do squats and beat her up with sticks before the public at Sugandha Beach point. He was also found expressing joy over his act. Another man was seen counting the squats in the video footage.

Police arrested four hijackers with domestic weapons in Brahmanbaria in the early hours of Friday. They were arrested from Puniyaut area of Cumilla-Sylhet highway.  The arrestees are Alamgir Mia's son Ripon Mia, 22, Akhter Mia's son Mohammad Amir Hossain, 20, Alamgir Hossain's son Mohammad Hriday, 18, and Nahid Mia's son Akash Mia, 18, of the town's South Poirotola. Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested them, said Mozaffar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Brahmanbaria Sadar Police Station. A stolen mobile phone and some indigenous weapons were recovered from them. A case has been filed in this regard. The arrestees were sent to the district jail.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a smuggler along with 11 gold bars from Satkhira’s at Bhomra Lakshidari border area on Thursday.  The detainee is Zakir Hossain, 31, son of Arijul Molla of Lakshidari village in Bhomra union. Acting on tip-off, a team of BGB-33 conducted a drive in the area on Thursday night and caught Zakir red-handed along with 11 gold bars while he was trying to smuggle those into India, said its captain Ashraful Haque. He said that 11 pieces of gold bars were recovered wrapped in a towel around the arrested man's waist, weighing around 1.5 kg. The estimated market value of this gold is Tk 1, 60,70, 528. A case has been filed at Satkhira Sadar Police Station and the process of depositing the gold bars at the Treasury Office is under process, added the BGB official.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 have arrested Inspector Arafat Hossain in connection with the incident of setting fire to the bodies of protesters killed in front of the Ashulia Police Station on August 5. He was arrested from Dhaka’s Aftabnagar on Friday, confirmed ASP Imran Khan of RAB Headquarters (media wing). The macabre incident came to light on August 29, when a 1-minute and 14-second video went viral on social media, showing two policemen grabbing the arms and legs of a dead body and throwing it onto a van already stacked with bodies. Subsequently it was geolocated by factchecker for AFP's Bangladesh bureau, Qadaruddin Shishir, and pinpointed to a spot near Ashulia police station, raising a tremendous hue and cry on social media, where some of the officers involved were also identified as attached to Ashulia police station. A four-member investigation committee comprising Additional SP and DB officials was constituted to investigate the incident captured in the video.

RAB-3 has arrested Liton Akand, along with two associates, in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area for their involvement in violent attack on students and the public during the recent Anti-discrimination Student Movement. The arrests took place early this morning at around 2:00 am, confirmed ASP Imran Khan of RAB Headquarters (media wing). A video showing Liton wielding a machete and attacking protesters during the Anti-discrimination Movement went viral on social media. Following the incident, RAB intensified its surveillance to apprehend Liton and his accomplices. During the raid on Liton’s hideout in Jatrabari, RAB-3 recovered four machetes, which were allegedly used in the attacks, along with illegal drugs and a quantity of gunpowder. Liton faces multiple charges, including three cases filed over the violence in Jatrabari, three cases under the Drug Control Act, one related to preparation for robbery, and one additional case.Authorities have also revealed that Liton was involved in extortion in the area and subjected those who refused to comply to various forms of torture.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) 6 have arrested former lawmaker from Jhenaidah-1 constituency Nayeb Ali Jowardar, in connection with an attack, vandalism, and arson that took place in the Jhenaidah Sadar area on August 4. He was arrested from Arappur Bus Stand area of Jhenaidah at 11:55 pm on Thursday, confirmed ASP Imran Khan of RAB Headquarters (media wing).