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Dinajpur murder protest: No justice, No Puja celebration!
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindus, began on Saturday, with the incarnation (bodhon) of the Goddess in temples across the country.But no celebration was seen in a Mandap in Dinajpur's Khansama upazila, rather the Hindus of this area are protesting by hoisting black flags instead of drumming and cheering, demanding the arrest and punishment of the killers of a woman who was murdered after rape.The incident took place at Kumarpara Sarvajanin Puja Mandap in Tongua of Bhervedi union.
Read: Durga Puja fervour grips BangladeshSixty-four days back, a housewife named Upobala was killed after rape on her way home.A case was filed but no one was arrested in this connection, said Dhiman Das, President of Khansama Upazila Puja Celebration Committee.The case is now under investigation by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), he added.Anant Kumar Roy, who joined the protest programme, said that they will not celebrate any religious festival with fanfare in the mandap until justice is done for Upobala's murder.Another protester, Nripendra Nath Roy said they boycotted their main festival only for getting justice for Upobala. Instead of celebrating Puja, they are holding a protest programme by hanging banners with anti-violence slogans on the entrance of the mandap titled 'Stand united against communal evil'.
Trans woman stabbed to death on Paribagh foot overbridge
A 24-year-old transgender woman was stabbed to death by two people in the city’s Paribagh area early Friday.
The deceased was born as Sattar Hossain, a male, but had started identifying as a woman and took the name Nila.
Friend Sathi said they were hanging out on the Paribagh foot overbridge in Shahbag area just after midnight on Thursday, when two unidentified youths approached Nila and started stabbing her.
Later, Nila was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where she succumbed to her injuries.
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Meanwhile, police detained a 14-year-old boy for questioning, said Md Shahidullah, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Ramna Division.
Police also recovered a sharp weapon from him, Shahidullah added.
An investigation is underway in this regard, he said.
Woman’s throat-slit body found in Natore
A 45-year-old woman was slaughtered allegedly by her husband in Baraigram upazila of Natore early Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Beauty Khatun, wife of van puller Abdul Barek of the upazila.
Quoting family members, Abu Siddique, officer-in-charge (OC) of Baraigram police station, said Beauty’s husband Abdul Barek slaughtered her while she was asleep around 2am.
He might have killed her following family feud and fled immediately.
Efforts are on to arrest Barek, the OC added.
Eight held over killing teenager in Cumilla
Police have arrested eight Dakhil examinees for killing a college student in front of an exam center in Cumilla on Thursday.
The victim has been identified as Md Siam, 17, son of Helal Uddin Sarker of Char Mohonpur village under Cumilla’s Titas upazila. He was a first year student of Munshiganj Technical College.
The arrestees are Sakib Hasan, 19, son Joy Mia, Nazmul Hasan, 19, son of Nazir Hasan, Jonayed Islam Shuvo, 17, Saimun Mia, 19, son of Shafiq Mia, Masum Billah Rony, 19, son of Awlad Hasan, Omar Faruk, 19, son of Nurul Haque, Junayed Ahmed Sourav, 19, son of Abul Kashem and Mukul Ahmed Rabi, 17, son of Md Helal.
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According to police, accused Nazmul had a love affair with a cousin of Siam. An enmity was ensuing between the two as Siam was opposing the relationship and deterring Nazmul from visiting the area where the girl lived.
The killing occurred when Siam took his brother to Titas upazila’s Gazipur Azizia Senior Dakhil Madrassah for attending an exam on Thursday. Finding Siam alone, Nazmul and his accomplices swooped on him and at one point, hacked him to death with a knife.
“Siam’s father Helal filed a murder case accusing Nazmul and seven others on Thursday night, based on which the arrests were made. The eight accused have been sent to jail through the court on Friday,” said Sudhin Chandra Das, Officer In-charge (OC) of Titas Police Station.
7-year-old girl killed after ‘rape’ in Ctg
A seven-year-old girl was killed allegedly after rape in Port Colony area of Chattogram port city on Sunday morning.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Mahfuzur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bandar Police Station, said being informed by locals, they recovered the body from an abandoned house in the area around 11.30am.
The body was sent to Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC said adding that the victim’s father is a rickshaw puller and mother is a begger.
A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team visited the spot.
Swechhasebak League activist killed in Chuadanga
A Swechchashebak League activist was hacked to death allegedly by assailants in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Imran Hossain, a resident of the municipality. He was the general secretary of the Alamdanga municipal unit of the League.
The assailants killed Imran over past enmity while he was heading for work at 11am, said Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge of Alamdanga police station.
Later, he was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival, he added.
“Efforts are on to nab the killers after identifying them,” said the OC.
2 sentenced to death in absentia for murder in Gopalganj
A Gopalganj court on Sunday sentenced two people to death for killing a man in 2008.
The condemned convicts are—Sumon Molla, 36, son of Jalal Molla and Nuru Farazi, 38, son of Mannan Faraji of Madaripur district.
Gopalganj Additional District and Session Judge Abbas Uddin handed down the punishment and fined them Tk one lakh each. Both of them were tried in absentia.
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According to the prosecution, Ali Akbar, son of Quader Sheikh of Bagan Uttarpar in Kotalipara upazila was killed by the convicts on April 13, 2008.
A complaint was lodged in this connection. Police registered a case.
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On January 14, 2009, police submitted chargesheet against the duo.
Man to die for killing housewife in Pabna
A Pabna tribunal on Sunday sentenced a man to death for killing a housewife after his failed rape attempt in 2018.
Pabna Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mizanur Rahman handed down the punishment.
The court also fined the convict Tutul Char, son of Atahar Mallik of Paikerhati village in Sathia upazila, Tk 10,000 -in default to suffer five years more in rigorous imprisonment for attempting to rape the woman.
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The court also fined the convict Tk 5,000 more in default to suffer for two years in jail on charge of hiding the body.
According to the prosecution, the convict Tutul tried to rape Aleya Khatun, wife of Ardosh Mallik of Paikarhati village after getting her alone in a field.
As Tutul failed to violate her he strangled her to death by wrapping sari on her neck and kept the body in a paddy field.
A missing complaint was lodged with Sathia police.
Police arrested Tutul and following his confessional statement, Aleya’s body was recovered from the paddy field, six days after she murdered.
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Shabana Akter lodged another complaint with the recovery of the body of her daughter with Sathia Police.
Later police registered a murder case and submit a chargesheet against Tutul on January 31, 2018.
Body of 8th grader recovered from his school’s toilet in Sherpur
The body of an 8th grader was recovered from an open toilet of his school in Bhimganj Bazar area of the district town on Friday morning, said police.
Identified as Mohammad Rimon, the 16-year-old boy was son of Sagor Mia of Khunia Madhyapara village under the Sadar upazila and the student of Daffodil School.
The victim’s mother Rasheda Begum, in choked voice, said that Rimon went out of house on Thursday evening saying he was going to his maternal grandfather's home.
“In the morning we heard the news of his death,” she said.
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Local people said they smelt a bad odour from the toilet while they were passing by it around 11am, though the school remained closed due to the weekly holiday.
Later, they found body of the schoolboy lying in the open toilet and informed police.
Bachhir Ahmed, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station, said on information they rushed to the spot and recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Though there were marks of injuries on the right side of head, the exact reason for his death will be known following the autopsy, he said.
Meanwhile, teams of Criminal Investigation Department and Detective Branch and Police Bureau of Investigation inspected the spot and collected samples, the OC added.
Five held over Karail slum grocer murder
Police have arrested five people from Karail slum in Dhaka's Banani in grocer Al-Amin murder case.
Al-Amin, a grocer at Karail slum, was murdered in a "swift, bloody and merciless" knife attack over two groups' fight for control of extortion in the area.
A team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Mohammad Ali, 55, Md Khaja, 45, Md Amzad, 33, Md Rasel, 35 and Md Masud Rana, 19 Tuesday and seized sharp weapons from their possession.
There are several groups in the slum who regularly engage in turf battles, Harun-or-Rashid, additional commissioner of DB, said.
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On August 17, an altercation broke out between the Ali-Nuru and Ripon-Jewel groups.
Al-Amin of the Ripon-Jewel group suffered serious wounds after being repeatedly stabbed by the Ali-Nuru group during the clash. The grocer was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Later two cases were filed at Banani Police Station over the murder of Al-Amin.
Legal actions will be taken against the arrestees, Harun-or-Rashid said.