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2 arrested with foreign cigarettes, gold bars at Ctg airport
Two passengers were arrested with a huge quantity of foreign cigarettes, gold bars and mobile phone sets worth over Tk 28.5 lakh at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport last night.
The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Shahidul Islam and Mohammad Arman Hossain, both hailing from Raozan upazila of Chattogram.
Group Commander Taslim Ahemd, director of the airport, said a flight of Air Arabia carrying the duo from UAE landed at the airport last night.
Noticing their suspicious movement, members of National Security Intelligence (NSI), Customs Intelligence and Airport Customs challenged them and seized their luggage.
Later, a total of 480 cartons of cigarettes, 99 grams of gold bars and two mobile phones worth Tk 28,64,220 were recovered from two luggages, he said.
Group Commander Taslim said the UAE returnees were arrested with the luggage.
Teen arrested over raping 3-yr-old distant niece
A 17-year-old was arrested over the rape of his three-year-old distant niece on Saturday night.
Sajjad Hossain was arrested by police four hours after the incident.
According to the child’s mother, Sajjad — brother-in-law of her brother—raped her child when she was praying in their home.
Sajjad fled the house leaving his mobile phone behind, after the child’s aunt witnessed the incident.
The child was later admitted to the Jhalakathi Sadar Hospital after her condition deteriorated.
The child’s mother filed a case, said Md Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Jhalakathi Police Station.
Woman raped in Mohammadpur: Four accused put on 3-day remand
A Dhaka court on Monday placed four people on a three-day remand each in a case filed for gang-raping a young woman who was kept chained in a house in the capital's Mohammadpur.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim passed the order when Mohammadpur Police Station Sub-Inspector Farukul Islam, also the case investigation officer, produced the accused before the court with a seven-day remand prayer.
The court also directed the investigating officer to ensure that the names of all those involved in this incident are included in the charge sheet.
Those who remanded were identified as Saan, Himel, Rocky, and Salma alias Jhumur.
The victim was gang-raped for 25 days after being kept chained in a house in Dhaka's Mohammadpur.
A case was filed at Mohammadpur Police Station on Sunday night following a complaint lodged by the victim, alleging rape and video recording of the rape while being held captive in a house in Nobinagar Housing.
Later, police conducted operations throughout the night and arrested them, said Police's Tejgaon Division Deputy Commissioner (DC), HM Azimul Haque.
Earlier on March 29, police rescued the young woman upon receiving a call through national emergency service number 999 while she was still chained, he added.
Sylhet Swecchasebak League leader removed from organisation for raping girl
A ward-level leader of Swecchasebak League of Sylhet city unit was removed from his post on charge of raping a girl a few days back.
Debangshu Das Mithu, general secretary of Sylhet city unit of Awami League’s voluntary organization Swechasebak League, confirmed the matter saying that the decision to remove 11 No-ward President Abdus Salam from his post was taken from an emergency meeting of the organisation on Sunday night.
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He also said that the executive body of the unit was declared dissolved in this regard.
The victim’s mother filed a case under “Women and Children Repression and Prevention Act” naming two Swechasebak League leaders including Salam and some unidentified individuals with city’s Kotwali police station on Friday night.
The other accused is Abdul Manaf, 38, member of the city unit of Swechasebak League.
According to the case statement, the victim used to work for a bottle factory and live with her family in a city colony.
As her family went to their village home in Habiganj leaving her alone in the colony residence in January, one of the colony residents Rekha Begum made an introduction between the victim and the accused Salam.
At first meet, Salam allured her by offering a good job while Rekha again took the girl to Salam at his city residence in Laldighi area on January 7.
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Salam kept the girl captive for 22 days at his residence and raped continuously.
Upon the victim’s family returning from the village, they didn’t find her in the residence and other places.
As the family failed to find her, they were on move to file a general diary but Rekha barred them from doing this and took them to Salam who assured them of rescuing her.
After a few days, Salam informed the family that he rescued her from a London expatriate family but expressed reluctance to disclose the identity of the family.
When the victim’s family insisted on knowing the family’s identity then the Swecchasebak League leader got furious.
At one stage of altercation, the incident of rape got leaked while accused Salam assured the girl of marrying her and threatened them not to make the matter public.
After three days of the assurance, Salam picked up the girl and sent her to Habiganj with the help of his cohort Abdul Manaf. A few people including the duo again raped the girl there.
Later on March 26, one of the relatives of the victim rescued her tactfully from the clutches of the accused.
Till now there are no arrests in the case.
JU student lodges sexual harassment complaint against teacher
A female student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Monday lodged a written complaint of sexual harassment against a teacher of Marketing department in the name of counselling several times.
The victim, a student of Marketing department, lodged the complaint to the Anti-Sexual Harassment Cell of the university in the morning.
Earlier on March 23, the student in a Facebook post brought the allegation of sexual harassment against teacher Assistant Prof Saju Saha.
"Assistant Prof Saju Saha sexually harassed me in the name of counselling. Besides, he put his hand on me. He wanted to grab my feet in the restaurant to hook up with me. Because of this, I could not even do the class properly,” reads the post.
“He is so confident that I can't prove anything... Because he didn't left anything to prove. But what I have is enough to prove his guilt. Even after so much harassment, I believed he would feel guilty. But there is no sign of regret in him. I maintained good behavior to finish the department (completion of academic study),” the post also reads.
Following the Facebook post, the accused teacher repeatedly tried to convince the victim saying that his political career will spoil once the matter gets disclosed.
On March 24, Saju Saha also lodged a general diary with Mirpur Model Police Station seeking legal action against the student for uploading the Facebook post for maligning him on social media.
Asked about the harassment, the teacher defended himself saying, “I'm surprised. In fact, all of a sudden, I don't even understand the allegations. I don't even understand what I did. As far as I understand from reading her post, it seems strange to me. She can say it better. I will follow legal path.”
The department’s chairman Associate Prof Dr Ariful Haque said they have seen the Facebook post but so far they have not received any complaint from the student in this regard.
“We will take necessary measure once the complaint is lodged,” he said.
HC wants to know why ban on politics in Buet shouldn't be declared illegal; stays decision
The High Court on Monday stayed the decision of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) authorities restricting politics on the campus.The HC bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Imtiaz Rahim Rabbi, also a Buet student and a leader of Chhatra League, whose hall allotment was cancelled recently amid students’ protest against the gathering of some BCL leaders on the campus defying ban.
BCL no longer hiding its intention to rule BUET campusThe HC also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the decision of Buet authorities banning politics on the campus, taken in 2019, should not be declared illegal.Secretary to the Home Ministry, Buet Vice-Chancellor and its registrar were made respondents to the rule.Senior Advocate Shaha Manjurul Haque stood for the petitioner while Deputy Attorney General Samrendra Nath Biswas and assistant attorney general Abul Kalam Khan Daud represented the state.Advocate Manjurul said with this order there is no bar to continue student politics on the campus.On October 7, 2019, Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, was beaten to death by a group of Chhatra League (BCL) activists at the university's Sher-e-Bangla Hall in the early hours.On October 11, same year, Buet authorities banned student politics on the campus. It also issued a notification in this regard.
Don’t want BUET to become a breeding ground for negative political activities and militancy: QuaderOn July 19 2023, the Buet authorities again issued a notice prohibiting students and teachers from participation in politics on the campus. They issued the notice following media reports about the names of the members of BCL Central Committee where some students of Buet also got some posts in the committee.On Thursday night , some BCL leaders including the president Saddam Hossain entered the campus, sparking anger among general students.The staged demonstrations the following day protesting bid to revive political activities of BCL. They also held a press conference in front of Buet Shaheed Mianr on that day and continued their demonstration till Friday evening after taking position in front of the office of Directorate of Student Welfare on the campus.Later, the authorities concerned cancelled the hall allocation of Imtiaz who allegedly played a vital role in facilitating the entry of the BCL men.
A probe body was formed in this connection and it was asked to submit its report within April 8.
51 BNP men land in Jashore jail
A court in Jashore on Sunday sent 51 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies to jail in sabotage cases filed at several police stations in Jashore.
Jashore District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam passed the order after rejecting their bail petitions, said Advocate Debashish Das, a lawyer of the petitioners.
47 BNP-Jamaat activists sent to jail in Chuadanga
BNP's Khulna Divisional Organising Secretary Anindya Islam Amit , District BNP member secretary Syed Saberul Haque Sabu, convening committee member Munir Ahmed Siddiqui Bachchu, Sadar Upazila BNP organizing secretary Abdur Razzak, district Jubo Dal president M Tamal Ahmed, district Chhatra Dal president Rajidur Rahman Sagar, general secretary Kamruzaman Bappi were among those sent to jail.
Those who secured bail are District BNP Senior Joint Convener Delwar Hossain Khokon, central leaders Mofiqul Hasan Tripti and Abdus Salam Azad, former Mayor Maruful Islam, AK Sharfuddaula Chotolu and Anisur Rahman Mukul.
Trader murdered in Gaibandha
A banana trader was slaughtered by some miscreants in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Lebu Miah, 45, son of Abul Hossain of Jarifpur Junglemara village under the same upazila.
Locals said three banana traders including Lebu came under the attack of the miscreants in Jibonpur area on Islampur-Phulpukuria road on their way home from a local bazar around 11 pm.
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Though one of the traders managed to flee, the miscreants slaughtered Lebu Miah and stabbed another trader Shah Alam with sharp weapons, they said.
Gobindaganj police station’s Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shamsul Alam Shah said on information, they recovered the body and sent it to Sadar hospital morgue for autopsy.
A case was filed in this connection and legal action will be taken upon investigation, he added.
Case filed against two Sylhet Swecchasebak League leaders for raping teen girl
Two leaders of Awami League’s voluntary organization Swecchasebak League allegedly raped a teen girl on the pretext of offering a lucrative job in Sylhet city.
The accused are identified as Abdus Salam, 40, president of the ward No-11 of Sylhet city unit of Swechasebak League and Abdul Manaf, 38, member of the city unit of the party.
The victim’s mother filed a case under “Women and Children Repression and Prevention Act” naming the duo and some unidentified individuals with city’s Kotwali police station on Friday night, said the police station’s Officer-in-Charge (OC-investigation) Suman Kumar Chowdhury.
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According to the case statement, the victim used to work for a bottle factory and live with her family in a city colony.
As her family went to their village home in Habiganj leaving her alone in the colony residence in January, one of the colony residents Rekha Begum made an introduction between the victim and the accused Abdus Salam.
At first meet, Salam allured her by offering a good job while Rekha took the girl to Salam at his city residence in Laldighi area on January 7.
The Swechasebak League president kept the girl captive for 22 days at his residence and raped continuously.
Upon the victim’s family returning from the village, they didn’t find her in the residence and other places.
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As the family failed to find her, they were on move to file a general diary but Rekha barred them from doing this and took them to Salam who assured them of rescuing her.
After a few days, Salam informed the family that he rescued her from a London expatriate family but expressed reluctance to disclose the identity of the family.
When the victim’s family insisted on knowing the family’s identity then the Swecchasebak League president got furious.
At one stage of altercation, the incident of rape got leaked while accused Salam assured the girl of marrying her and threatened them not to make the matter public.
After three days of the assurance, Salam picked up the girl and sent her to Habiganj with the help of his cohort Abdul Manaf. A few people including the duo again raped the girl there.
Later on March 26, one of the relatives of the victim rescued her tactfully from the clutches from the accused.
Police Official Suman said the victim gave a confessional statement before a court in this regard.
Though no one has so far been arrested, drives are on to arrest the accused along with investigation, he added.
Man dies after being attacked for fishing in disputed waters in N’ganj
A 45-year-old man, who sustained severe injuries in an attack by his uncle and others over fishing in a disputed pond, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Nurul Haque, son of Latif Miah of Chhani area under Sadar union of the Rupganj upazila.
Victim’s family and locals said paternal uncle Abul Hashem locked into an altercation with Nurul over the latter fishing in the water body with a net on the afternoon of March 15.
In the early hours of March 16, Hasem and his sons Babu and Sohag, allegedly equipped with locally-made sharp weapons, swooped on Nurul when he was on his way to the pond again, leaving him critically injured.
Hearing screams, locals rushed to him and took to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and later shifted to a private hospital.
Nurul succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment at the private hospital early Friday.
Rupganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Dipak Chandra Saha confirmed the matter saying that they have already arrested one named Babu.
The body was sent to DMCH morgue for autopsy, he said.
A case filed earlier was recorded now as a regular murder case, the OC said, adding that drives are on to arrest the rest accused involved with the murder.