Jashore, Sep 15 (UNB) - The left hand of a member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) was blown off while he was disposing of a bomb at Abhaynagar Police Station in the district.

 Shahidul Islam, Corporal of Rab-6, was admitted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH).

Officer-in-charge of Abhaynagar Police Station Md Tajul Islam said a bomb went off when a four-member Rab team was disposing of seven bombs around 10:45 am, blowing away Shahidul’s left hand.

Sylhet, Sept 14 (UNB) – A Bangladeshi teenager was shot dead by Indian Khashias at Companyganj upazila of Sylhet while he was grazing his cows in the bordering areas.

The deceased Zakir Ahmed, 18, was son of Abul Kalam of village Lama of the upazila. He was seriously injured when the Indian Khashias fired gunshots at him at Utma border of Companyganj  upazila of bordering Sylhet on Friday morning.

Locals said that Zakir went  to Indian border area to graze his cows. Blood-stained Zakir was rescued and then sent to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Saturday afternoon while undergoing treatment.

M Tajul Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Companyganj police station, confirmed the incident saying “I got the news of bullet injury of a person by the Khashias at Utma border”. The person succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment, he added.

Narail, Sept 14 (UNB) – The four-day Sultan festival ended on Saturday with a popular boat race, locally known as Nouka Baich, in the Chitra River in the district down.

The festival, which began on Wednesday in Sultan Mancha of the district, was organised marking the 95th birth anniversary of the master painter SM Sultan.

On the ending day, State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel inaugurated the race in the river near Sheikh Russel Bridge of the area in the afternoon.

Two teams – male and female – participated in the race while thousands of people took position on the banks of the river to enjoy the race.

Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Dr Md Zafar Uddin, Narail Deputy Commissioner Anjuman Ara, Superintendent of Narail Police Md Jasim Uddin, among others, were present at the occasion.

Pirojpur, Sept 14 (UNB) – A motorcyclist was arrested on Saturday for assaulting a policeman who signalled him to stop in the College Intersection area of Indurkani upazila here.

The arrestee has been identified as Md Toukir, son of Alaudiin of Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila.

Md Habibur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Indurkani Police Station, said Toukir was crossing a police check-post in the College Intersection area around 11am.

Md Abbas, an assistant sub-inspector, stopped him at the checkpost but instead of cooperating, Toukir engaged in an altercation with him. At one stage, he assaulted the ASI physically.

Other police members at the checkpost rescued the ASI and detained Toukir.

A case was filed against Toukir with Indurkani Police Station for obstructing law enforcers from discharging duties.

Sirajganj, Sept 14 (UNB) – Six schoolgirls including a fifth-grader have been saved from child marriage in Sirajganj on the same day.

Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Anisur Rahman led the drives to rescue the teenaged girls from being married off.

Mobile court sources said that acting on tip offs, these child marriages were prevented conducting drive from afternoon to midnight on Friday.

Marriage of 7th grader Chumki Khatun, 13, of Ranigram locality of Sirajganj municipal area, 10th grader Meem Khatun, 16, of village Brammon Boira of the same locality, 8th grader Nusrat Khatun, 13, of village Gobinda Potol, 10th grader Lubna Islam, 15, of village Akdala, 8th grader Liza Khatun, 13, of village Parpachil and 5th grader Rima Khatun, 13, of village Shilonda were stopped.

The legal age for marriage of women in Bangladesh is 18, while for men it is 21. 

The mobile court fined the guardians Tk 140,000 (1.4 lakh). Besides, a bond was taken from each set of parents of the brides and grooms against a pledge that they would not marry off their wards till they are of legal age.

At this time, Municipal Assistant Land Officer Nazrul Islam, Nure Elahi and Ansar battalion members were present.

Meanwhile, at village Poschim Nokla under Nokla upazila in Sherpur, a father has been sentenced to 7 days in jail on charge of arranging the marriage of his underage daughter Ripa Akhter, a student of class seven of madrasha.

A mobile court headed by UNO and Executive Magistrate of Nokla Zahidur Rahim awarded the punishment at around 8 pm on Friday after disrupting the marriage. Rafiqul Islam, 40, father of Ripa Akhter, has been sent to district jail on Saturday afternoon.

Confirming the incident Alamgir Hossain Shah, OC of Nokla police station, said that the mobile court awarded the punishment to Rafiqul Islam on charge of arranging marriage of his underage daughter.