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Traffic movement on Kushtia-Ishwardi highway restored
Vehicular movement resumed after over 31 hours on the Kushtia-Ishwardi highway on Monday night as an LPG tanker that overturned blocking the road was removed.
The movement on the highway went back to normal around 11:30 pm after the ten-wheel truck was removed using a hydraulic crane, said Idris Ali, officer-in-charge of Chourhash highway police station.
On Sunday at 3pm, the truck owned by BEXIMCO Pharmaceuticals Ltd heading towards Natore from Mongla port overturned near the Bahalbaria area in Mirpur upazila after its driver lost control of the vehicle on the broken road, he said.
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The truck lying horizontally on the road created a long tailback on both sides of the road as thousands of vehicles remained waiting, said Mohammad Saidul Alam, Kushtia Deputy Commissioner.
Local AL leader killed in Jashore
A local Awami League leader was allegedly hacked to death by a group of assailants in Jashore on Monday evening.
The deceased was identified as Thandu Mia, 44, member of Patibila Union Parishad ward-4 and son of Sirajul Islam of Patibila village in Chougacha upazila.
Six more people sustained injuries in the attack. They have been identified as Mominur Rahman, 44, Abdul Hamid, 45, Wasim Sarkar, 32, Tito, 32, Abu Bakar Siddique, 40, and Mokbul Hossain, 35, from the same village.
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According to Mokbul and other witnesses, all of them were sitting at a tea stall at Patibila Bazar around 7pm when some 10 people, including Tito, Ibrahim, Selim, Tota and Ashraf, attacked them with sharp weapons and sticks over an old enmity.
Locals rushed the injured to Chougacha Upazila Health Complex. Thandu, Mominur and Abdul were later shifted to Jashore General Hospital, where doctors pronounced Thandu’s death.
Saiful Alam, officer-in-charge of Chougacha police station, said, "Efforts are on to nab the accused."
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Sunamganj man dies allegedly in police custody, protesters block road
Local people blocked the Sunamganj-Sylhet highway on Monday with the body of a 40-year-old man, who died allegedly in police custody.
The protest took place around 12 pm in the Paglabazar area of Sunamganj-Sylhet road in Shantiganj upazila of the district causing a long tailback on the highway for three hours.
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The deceased was identified as Ujir Mia, 40, of Shatru Mardan village of the upazilla, who was arrested by Santiganj Police on February 9 in a theft case and was produced before the court on the following day.
However, Ujir Mia was granted bail on February 11 and was admitted to Kaitak Hospital of Chhatak after falling sick, said Kazi Muktadir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Saantiganj Police Station.
He died on Monday while undergoing treatment at the hospital.
"The doctor can explain the cause of Ujir's death," said the OC.
However, Ujir's brother Dalim Mia said his brother was tortured at the police station after being arrested.
Following the death, outraged locals blocked the highway with the body of Ujir Mia, demanding justice allegedly for the torture in police custody.
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On information, Sunamganj Additional Superintendent of Police Abu Saeed and Additional District Magistrate Anwar-ul-Halim rushed to the spot and assured the protesters that action will be taken against those responsible, subject to investigation.
Following the assurance from the officials, the locals lifted the blockade.
8 hurt in BCL infighting in Ctg over offering flowers at Shaheed Minar
Eight people were injured as two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatro League (BCL) clashed at Chattogram Government Haji Muhammad Mohsin College over placing flowers at Shaheed Minar on Monday, marking International Mother Language Day.
Witnesses said that two groups of BCL - followers of general secretary of Nagar Awami League and former city mayor AJM Nasir Uddin and followers of Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel - got involved in a clash at a stage over who would offer flowers first at the Shaheed Minar at the college premises around 12pm, leaving eight injured.
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The injured were sent to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, said Ferdous Jahan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chawkbazar police station.
2 held for raping minor girl after kidnap in Barishal
Police detained two men on Sunday for raping a teenage girl after kidnapping her and asking for ransom in Barishal.
The arrestees were identified as Asif, from Bhanga upazila in Faridpur and his assistant Md Sohel.
Detecting their location using technology, at around 5 am, Barishal Metropolitan Police rescued the girl from Asif’s house and nabbed the two accused, said Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan, deputy commissioner (south) of BMP.
The victim is currently being treated at the One-stop Crisis Center at the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.
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According to Bandar police station sources, the girl from the area got recently acquainted with the youth named Asif and they met at Barishal river port area on Saturday.
Asif took the girl to his home in Bhanga upazila and asked for ransom money to her parents over phone on Saturday evening after raping her.
The girl’s family lodged a complaint at Bandar police station in this regard the same night.
They are preparing to take legal actions against the accused, said police.
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Customs officials recover firearms, ammo hidden in household goods at Ctg port
Customs officials recovered two eight mm pistols and 60 rounds of bullets hidden in a a consignment of household goods at Chattogram port on Sunday.
Following a tip off officials conducted a search operation and recovered the firearms arms, ammunitions inside a carton with household goods brought from Italy, said Mohammad Salahuddin Rezvi, Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Customs.
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He said two more plastic made guns were recovered and they are suspecting those to be just toys.
According to documents the consignment was sent from Rome by a Bangladeshi expat named Rajib Barua to the address of Kamrul Hasan, a resident of CGS Colony in the port city.
The customs official said law enforcing force has been informed of the recovery to take action in this regard.
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10 hurt in N'ganj gas cylinder blast
At least 10 people, including a child, suffered injuries as a gas cylinder of a vehicle exploded at Aliganj in Fotulla of Narayanganj on Sunday morning.
The incident occurred around 9 am when a gas cylinder of a vehicle exploded following a cigarette fire as some workers were repairing the vehicle behind a tin-shed house of Abdul Baten in Beparipara area of Fatullah's Aliganj, said Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, quoting locals.
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The type of the vehicle was not immediately known. Seven occupants of the house were burnt in the blast.
Among the injured, six were admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
They are Hafsa, 6, Alam, 40, Judge Mia, 50, Sathi Aktar, 20, Asma, 40, and Hasina Momtaz, 38. The others are doing well after receiving first aid, said the official.
Meanwhile, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost, said Alam and Judge Mia are in critical condition as they sustained more than 90 per cent burns on their bodies while Tahmina Akhter 80 per cent and Hasina Mumtaz 66 per cent.
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However, the child Hafsa sustained 16 per cent burn injuries, her mother Sathi Aktar sustained six per cent and Hasina 66 per cent, SM Ayub Hossain, resident physician at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
Man arrested for raping minor sister-in-law in Thakurgaon
Police arrested a man on Sunday on charge of raping his sister-in-law, a 7th grader, in Singpara village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.
The arrestee was identified as Sumon,27, son of Abdur Sabur from Singpara village in Salandar union.
Sumon was arrested after a rape case was filed at sadar police station following the complaint of the girl’s father earlier in the day.
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According to the complaint, Sumon was married to the plaintiff’s elder daughter three years ago. The couple has a 2-year-old daughter.
On February 10, the plaintiff went to visit his son-in-law along with his younger daughter. The girl stayed back even though the father returned home.
Later that night Sumon allegedly raped the girl covering her mouth with a scarf. When she fell sick and informed the family, they took her to Thakurgaon General Hospital.
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Inspector Parvin Begum, Investigation Officer in the case said the accused was arrested immediately after filing of the case and was sent to jail by the court.
Son held for beating mother to death in Khagrachari
Police arrested a man on Saturday for allegedly beating his mother to death over family feuding at Ramgarh upazila in Khagrachari. Police said.
Son Ibrahim, 24, was immediately held with a murder case lodged with police against him, said local OC Md Shamsuzzaman.
According to police, at one point of altercation Ibrahim started beating his mother Bibi Rahima,60, around 10:30 pm leaving her with a head injury at their house in Chowdhury Para area.
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Bibi died on the spot. Informed by the neighbours later police recovered the body, said the officer-in-charge of Ramgarh police station.
The body has been sent for an autopsy, said the OC.
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Another wild elephant found dead in Sherpur
A wild elephant was found dead near the Gazni border of Sherpur's Jhenaigati upazila early Saturday, forest officials said.
This is the third carcass of a wild elephant found in the district in the past four months.
Quamrul Islam Akond, an officer of the Jhenaigati forest department, said the elephant was 10-11 years old.
Locals first spotted the carcass of the elephant in Halchatigram and informed the forest department.
“Prima facie, it seemed that the elephant died naturally. However, a post-mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death,” said Quamrul.
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In November last year, forest officials recovered the carcasses of two other wild elephants in the district.