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5 held for black marketing of train tickets at Dhaka railway station
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has detained five men from the city's Kamalapur Railway Station for alleged black marketing of train tickets ahead of Eid.
Acting on a tip-off that a group was selling tickets of different trains at inflated prices taking advantage of the Eid rush, a Rab-3 team conducted a drive at the railway station at 8.45 pm Monday and detained the men.
The detainees were identified as Md Liton Mia, 37, Md Shah Lam, 34, Md Imran, 20, Md Abu Taher, 26, and Md Zahidur Rahman Shakib, 40, Rab-3 said in a release Tuesday.
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Four train tickets and Tk 6,927 in cash were seized from the detainees, said Rab-3. During questioning, the accused admitted to the crime.
Legal action will be taken against the detainees, said the release.
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Man held with 2 firearms, ammunition in Satkhira
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a man along with two illegal firearms and ammunition from Satkhira border early Saturday.
The arrestee was identified as Md Badruzzaman, 34, son of Dabir Uddin of village Uttar Vadiali under Kalaroa police station in Satkhira district.
Sources at the BGB headquarters here on Saturday said based on secret information, a special patrol team of BGB) conducted anti-smuggling drives at Uttarar Vadiali, 500 yards inside Bangladesh territory from Satkhira border at around 00:45 am.
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During the drive, the patrol team recovered one foreign pistol , two rounds of bullet and one locally made pistol and detained Md Badruzzaman, said Public Relations Officer of the BGB headquarters Md Shariful Islam.
The seized arms and ammunition were handed over to the Kalaroa police station for legal action against the accused.
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2 rape accused held by Rab in Cox’s Bazar
Rab on Friday arrested two men in connection with a case over an attempted rape of a Rohingya girl from Dulahazara area under Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
The arrestees have been identified as Md Mahbub, 32, of Chakaria’s Ringvong area and Shah Emran, 35,of Rajghat area under Chattogram’s Lohagara upazila.
According to Rab, the girl is a Rohingya refugee from Kutupalong Camp No 1 in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar. She fled from the camp and arrived in Chattogram city in search of work on February 5, 2022.
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Failing to find work, she was returning to the camp by a bus on February 11, 2022. The supervisor of the bus ditched her at the Chakaria Bus Terminal as she couldn’t pay the fare.
There, staff from another bus agreed to take her to the camp. She was taken to Batakhali Bridge area under Chakaria municipality in an empty bus and an attempt was made to rape her by the driver, the supervisor and the helper of the bus.
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Locals rescued the girl after hearing her scream and apprehended the helper of the bus while the driver and the supervisor managed to flee. Later, the girl lodged a case with Chakaria police station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, based on which today’s arrests were made.
The arrestees have confessed their crimes and they’ve been handed over to the local police for further legal procedures.
Man wanted for triple murder held in Sherpur
A man accused of killing his wife and her parents was arrested with local weapons by police from Khoshalpur Putol village under Sherpur’s Sribardi upazila on Friday morning.
The arrestee has been identified as Mintu Mia, son of Hai Uddin of Geramara village under Sherpur’s Sribardi upazila.
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According to Biplab Kumar Bishwas, officer In-charge (OC) of Sribardi police station, Mintu attacked his in-laws' house around 7:00pm on Saturday and hacked a total of six people, including his wife, his father-in-law, and his mother-in-law with a poacher.
The three succummed to wounds later in the night.
The deceased are- Monira Begum, 40, her father Mahmud Hazi, 65, and hee mother Shefali Begum, 60.
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The attack left another three people critically injured, who are now undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH).
Plot to kill Hasina: Another held in city
Members of Rab have arrested a condemned militant from the city’s Uttara area on Saturday night, in connection with a 2000 attempt to assassinate then-opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2000.
The arrestee was identified as Sheikh Md Enamul Haque, a resident of Kotalipara in Gopalganj. He was involved in planting the 76-kg bomb at Kotalipara.
During a press briefing, Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of legal and media wing of Rab headquarters said that Sheikh Md Enamul Haque was arrested from Uttara during an operation.
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He had been fleeing ever since the court announced the verdict. During the interrogation, Enamul admitted his involvement in the plot to kill Hasina, the director said.
On July 20, 2020 Police recovered a 76-kg bomb in front of a shop adjacent to Sheikh Lutfur Rahman Govt High School at Kotalipara of Gopalganj where Sheikh Hasina was supposed to address a rally on July 22.
Another 40-kg bomb was also recovered by an army bomb expert squad from near Kotalipara helipad on July 23, 2000.
Three separate cases were filed in this connection.
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On March 23, 2021, a Dhaka tribunal sentenced 14 people to death in a sedition case filed over the murder attempt on Sheikh Hasina at Kotalipara in Gopalganj in 2000.
Sheikh Md Enamul Haque was among the condemned convicts.
Feni madrasa principal held for beating up students
Police detained a madrasa principal in Feni on Sunday for torturing a 7-year-old student by tying him up with iron chain.
The detainee was identified as Fakhrul Islam, principal of Dewlia Nurania Hafezia Madrasa at Puba Chandrapur union in Daganbhuiyan upazila.
Victim Zahidul Hasan was rescued at 3 am when he escaped from the madrasa and came before a police van, said Hasan Imam, Officer-in-Charge of Dagonbhuiyan police station.
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Zahidul’s father Abdulah Al Mamun said his son was admitted to the Hifz section of the madrasa this year and many students there alleged the teacher beat them up.
“On Saturday I took Zahid back to madrasa after he fled saying he won’t study there as they torture him. The principal promised such an incident won’t occur again,” he said.
Later at night the accused principal locked Zahidul in a room and injured him by beating him with a stick, said police quoting the victim.
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Victim’s father has lodged a complaint with police in this regard, said OC Hasan Imam.
Bus owner, driver held for killing policeman
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members on Friday night arrested two people in connection to a road accident that killed a police constable on June 6.
The arrestees are bus driver Md Jakir Hossain, 40, and bus owner Md Alam Khoka, 40.
The driver was held from Brahmanbaria and the owner was held from Savar during separate operations, said ASP Imran Khan of the Rab headquarters media wing.
During the interrogation, it was learned that the bus didn’t have any route permit and was being run illegally, he said.
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On Jun 6, a police constable riding a motorbike was hit and killed by a bus in the city’s Karwan Bazar area near the Sonargaon intersection.
The deceased was identified as Korban Ali Hossain, 35, a constable posted at Rajarbagh Police Telecom Bhaban who used to live in Savar.
A bus of Welcome Paribahan hit Korban’s motorcycle around 10 am, said Al Imran, Sub-Inspector of Hatirjheel police station.
He was immediately taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead around 11:45 am, he said.
Ansarullah Bangla Team member held in Nilphamari
The Anti Terrorism Unit (ATU) unit of police has arrested a member of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from Jaldhaka upazila of Nilphamari.
Md Raihan Ali, 19, was arrested from Khutamara Thursday, ATU Superintendent of Police Mohammad Aslam Khan said.
Police also seized a smartphone and two sim cards from him.
Raihan and his associates were seeking to create an Islamic caliphate in the country through online activities, Aslam said. "A case has been filed against him with Jaldhaka police."
The government banned Ansarullah Bangla Team in 2015 for its "militant and anti-state activities."
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11 held while preparing to stage robbery in capital
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Saturday arrested 11 robbers from Boliyarpur area of Dhaka’s Savar, while they were preparing to stage a robbery.
The arrestees are Md. Shamim aka Sabdul, Md. Anisur Rahman aka Thanda, Md. Salauddin, Md. Ikhtiyar Uddin, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Jahangir Sarkar, Md. Sajib Islam, Md. Jiban Sarkar, Shri Swapan Chandra Roy, Md. Minhazur Islam, and Shri Madhav Chandra Sarkar.
On the basis of a tip-off, Rab members conducted an operation in Boliyarpur area around 1 am and arrested the robbers while they were preparing for a robbery, said ASP Imran Khan, Assistant director, legal and media wing of the Rab headquarters.
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Rab members seized different tools used in robbery from the arrestees which include a foreign made gun, a pipe gun, two one-shooter gun, six rounds of ammunition, a magazine, two machetes, three iron rods, three axes, two knives, house cutter, 11 hacksaw blades, two laser lights and a hammer.
During the interrogation, the arrestees said that they have been planning to rob a battery factory in Savar. They also said that they have long been involved in robbery of houses, shops, warehouses, even from passenger buses and freight trucks.
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Severing college teacher’s wrist: Seven held in Kushtia
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members have arrested seven people over attempting to kill a college teacher by severing his right wrist at Shalghar Modhua village in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Friday.
The arrestees were Mosharof Hossain Mosha, 26, son of Md Soleman, Nazim Uddin, 27, son of Mokaddes Hossain, Md Samad, 27, son of Abdul Khaleque, Muhaimen Hossain, 27, son of Aiyub Ali, Halim, 40, son of Samed Ali, Md Palash, 23, son of Abdul Khaleque and Md Mukul, 42, son of Gopal Sheikh.
All the arrestees are residents of the same village.
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RAB members have seized three rounds of bullet, magazines and a foreign pistol from their possessions. The arrestees have confessed to their involvement in the crime during primary interrogation.
In a press briefing on Saturday, Squadron Leader Mohammad Ilias Khan, company commander of Kushtia Camp of RAB-12, said Tofazzel Hossain is an assistant professor of Economics Department at Bashgram College of the upazila.
He came under attack as a sequel to previous enmity between two groups over establishing supremacy at Kushtia Sadar upazila’s Bongshitola area on May 31.
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Victim’s son Nazmus Sakib filed a case with Kushtia Model Police Station accusing 26 people, including 5/6 unnamed onews, for the attack the next day.
Critically injured Mofazzel is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka