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45 Jamaat leaders, activists arrested from Noakhali during ‘anti-govt’ meeting
Police arrested 45 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday while they were holding an anti-government meeting in Noakhali.The arrests were made following a tip off, around 12:30 pm while the Jamaat members were holding a secret meeting at the second floor of Al-Farooq Academy at Maijdi said Md Shahidul Islam, Additonal Superintendent of district police.“During the arrest several provocative books on religious aggression were recovered from which we suspect they were planning anti-government activities to create an unstable situation, capitalizing religious sentiments,” said the ASP.
Also read: Rajshahi city Jamaat secretay held over vandalismSome of the arrestees are Md Hanif, 52, Amir of Shonaimuri upazila Jamaat, Mowlana Omar Faruq, 52, General Secretary of Chatkhil upazila Jamaat, Mohiuddin Hasan, 48, General Secretary of Shenbag upazila Jamaat, Enayet Ullah, 42, Office Secretary of Kabirhat upazila Jamaat, Belayet Hossain, 52, of Assistant Secretary of Companyganj upazila Jamaat, Nur Hossain, 35, Amir of Chatkhil municipality Jamaat, said Md Jakir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shudharampur Model police station.
Also read: Jamaat leader's son in Palashbari AL, claims local leader“Police filed a case against the arrested under the Special Power Act. The arrestees were sent to jail in the afternoon after producing them before court,” said OC Jakir Hossain.
New Market clashes: 5 Dhaka College students arrested
Five students of Dhaka College have been arrested in connection with the recent clashes at New Market that claimed two lives, police said on Thursday.
The arrestees have been identified as Abdul Kaiyum, a commerce student, Palash and Irfan, both of the social science department, Foysal of the Bangla department and Junayed of the history department.
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AKM Hafiz Akter, additional commissioner of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said these five were directly involved in the clashes between the Dhaka College students and New Market shopkeepers.
Two people were killed and more than 30 others, including journalists and students, were injured as the students of Dhaka College clashed with the traders of New Market at the Nilkhet intersection recently.
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Shopkeepers alleged that the students were beaten up as they had refused to foot the bill at an eatery.
Police subsequently registered four cases against 1,400 people in connection with the clashes.
Khulna police make 6 arrests after indigenous woman gangraped at home
A 22-year-old indigenous woman was allegedly raped by three people at Nalpara village in Koyra upazila of Khulna district on Monday.
Police arrested six people in connection with the incident.
Rabiul Hossain, officer-in-charge of Koyra Police Station, said three miscreants swooped into the woman's home on Sunday midnight and violated her.
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The woman, a mother of a child, was alone at the house as her husband went out for work.
On information, police rescued the girl and arrested six people in this connection.
Wife arrested for burning sleeping husband to death in Feni
Police arrested a woman on Saturday night for burning her husband to death by pouring boiling water over him as he slept in Feni.
The arrestee was identified as Khadija binte Shams Rupa Chowdhury, wife of deceased Kausar Alam Taimur, 55.
Taimur, a former cricketer of Feni Friendship Cricket Club and son of Abu Tyeb Chowdhury from Shaheed Selina Parvin Road, succumbed to his burn injuries on Sunday around 12 pm at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
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Rupa was arrested after a case was filed at Feni model police station following a complaint received from Taimur’s brother Tanjur Chowdhury, said Nizam Uddin, Officer-in-Charge of Feni model police station.
Tanjur Chowdhury said, around 5 am on April 11, Rupa and Taimur were having a fight over a family feud that was long going on between them.
“After hearing my brother’s cries we rushed to their room and found him burnt by boiling water. He was first taken to Feni General Hospital then referred to Chattogram Medical College Hospital and later was admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery with 70 % body burn,” he said.
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Taimur’s family claimed he had left a statement in his deathbed signed by him that said, ”I, Kausar Alam Chowdhury consciously said my wife Rupa Chowdhury is involved in this incident. She poured hot water on me while I was sleeping with the intention of killing me."
However, accused Rupa denied her involvement in this incident saying someone conspired against her.
Attempted rape victim commits suicide in Bogura: 2 arrested
Police arrested two people including the main accused in a case filed over suicide of an attempted rape victim in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila on Saturday.
The arrestees were identified as Bablu Mia, 40, son of Kanu Sarker from Rudrabaria village and Abu Taher, 50, son of Ali from Koigati village.
Kripa Sindhu, Officer-in-Charge of Dhunat police station said they were arrested after filing a case following the complaint of victim’s father Fazlul Haque accusing some seven people including Bablu on Friday.
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Deceased Lipi Khatun, 18, was a resident of Kaigati village of Dhunat upazila and a former student of Jalshuka Habibur Rahman Degree College.
According to the case statement, Babul Mia, of the same village, used to tease Lipi for the past two years.
Lipi’s father complained about this to the village leaders aka Matabbars but they didn’t get any solution.
After the complaint against him, Babul became even more aggressive.
On April 12 morning, when no one was home, Babul with his companion Rafiq went to Lipi's house and tried to rape her. At one point, hearing her scream, neighbors rushed to her room but Babul and Rafiq escaped.
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The victim poisoned herself as the incident became a topic of conversation for the locals.
Her relatives first admitted her to Dhunat Upazila Health Complex from where she was shifted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura.
On April 13, she was shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where she died while undergoing treatment on Thursday.
2 farmers arrested for load shedding protest in Rajshahi
Police have arrested two farmers for protesting against load shedding in Rajshahi on Thursday night.
The arrestees are Saleh al Sara,26, of Bangpur village in Kalma union of Tanore upazila and Mohammad Abdullah, 24, of Divyasthal village.
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Sources said, some farmers of Kalma Union of Tanore Upazila went to Debipur Palli Bidyut office around 8:30 pm on Thursday demanding uninterrupted power supply.
On information, police went to the spot and brought the situation under control after detaining two farmers, said Station Kamruzzaman Mia, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tanore Police Station.
Later, the detainees were shown arrested under section 151.
Police also seized 6 motorcycles from the spot, Mia added.
DGM Tanore Rural Electricity Office, Juhurul Islam said that load shedding is going on almost all over the country. There is no irrigation crisis in Tanore. There is a shortage of electricity in comparison to the demand. So, “We are bound to cut power supply for a certain time”.
The arrestees were sent to jail on Friday morning, the OC added.
Earlier on March 24, Rabi Marandi, 32, a Santal community member of Nimghatu village in Godagari upazila, and his cousin Abhinath, 30, consumed poison for allegedly not getting irrigation water for their land.
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Abhinath died around 9pm on March 24 while Rabi died two days later at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH).
6 fraud gang members involved in making 144 types of fake certificates held
Detectives have arrested six members of a fraud gang, including a fake vice-chancellor of a university, who were involved in making fake certificates from their office in Paramount Tower in the city’s Malibagh area.
The arrestees were Dr Md Nurul Haque Sarkar alias Sheikhg Gani Sarkar,72, who used to sell fake certificates of Premier University of Technology and his assistant Md Moazzem Hossain,58 and four fake doctors- Dr Md Saidur Rahman alias Najrul,30, Md Mahfuzur Rahman alias Mahfuz, 37, Dr Md Aman Ullah,38, and Debashish Kundu,52.
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Accused Nurul Haque along with his family members and others formed the gang which used to make counterfeit certificates of 144 types. They used to sell them without any class and examination, according to a Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) press release on Thursday.
The gang had been selling fake certificates of Premiere University of Technology for the last two decades.
To cheat people the gang was using a fake website, attractive ads in different newspapers, social media platforms, computerized photos of the university campus which does not exist, fake order from the Ministry of Home Affairs, counterfeit writ petition to the High Court, said the DMP release.
Wari zonal team of Detective Branch of DMP led by Md Abu Ashraf Siddequi, Additional Deputy Commissioner of police made the arrests during a special drive in the city.
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Huge fake certificates, testimonial, transcripts, admit card, seal, bank cheque, leaflets, paper cutting with advertisement of providing certificates, Nabadiganta Diagonostic Center and Doctor’s Chamber’s copy, computer, printer used for making fake certificates were seized during the arrest.
4 ‘muggers’ held over killing dentist in city
Dhaka, Mar 30 (UNB)—Police on Wednesday arrested four suspected muggers from the city’s Mirpur area in connection with the murder of a dentist at Shewrapara in the capital.
The arrestees were Raihan Sohel alias Apan, 27, Rasel Hossain Hawlader, 25, Ariyan Khan Ridoy, 23, and Solaiman, 23.
Dentist Ahmed Mahi Bulbul was stabbed to death by a professional mugging gang, said AKM Hafiz Akhter, additional commissioner (detectives) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police at a press briefing.
During preliminary interrogation, the arrestees confessed that they are professional muggers.
Five people including the four arrestees gathered on Begum Rokeya Sarani Road to rob the dentist coming on an auto-rickshaw, according to the detectives.
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On Sunday, when the auto-rickshaw carrying Bulbul reached Kazipara Begum Rokeya Sarani Road in front of Navana Showroom, the five muggers intercepted the vehicle and attempted to snatch his valuables, said the official.
At one point, the muggers stabbed the doctor as he resisted the mugging.
Later, he was rushed to Al-Helal Hospital first and then to Suhrawardi Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
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Police also recovered cash Tk 12,000 and a mobile phone set from his possession.
Ahmed Mahi Bulbul used to work in a clinic at Moghbazar. He was known as ‘Gariber Doctor’ (The doctor of the poor) in his locality.
An operation is on to arrest the other member of the gang, said AKM Hafiz Akhter.
Sabujbagh housewife murder: AC repair team-turned-murderous robbers arrested
Police have arrested three suspects in the case filed over a housewife's murder in the city's Sabujbagh last Saturday.
Air-conditioner repairman Bappy, 31, and his two accomplices Sumon Hossain Hridoy, 22, and Rubel, 42, were arrested from Nolchhiti of Jhalokathi district and Dhaka city.
Tania Akter, wife of Moinul Islam, was hacked to death on the evening of March 26 at her home in Begunbari under Sabujbagh Police station. She was residing in a rented flat on the first floor of a building at Begunbari Master Goli with her 3-year-old daughter and 10-month-old son. Her husband Moinul Hossain, a medical technologist, divided his time between Dhaka and Cumilla for work, and was not in town during the incident.
Briefing reporters at Paltan Police Station, Deputy Commissioner (Motijheel Division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Abdul Ahad on Tuesday evening said Tania was hacked to death as she tried to prevent the arrestees from robbing the flat, after they got in on the pretense of fixing the air conditioner.
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Ahad said air-conditioner repairman Bappy, who was previously known to the family, went to the flat along with Hridoy and Rubel on March 26 afternoon to repair A/C. At one stage they opened the cupboard (almari) in the room and started shuffling through things. When Tania saw this, she tried to stop them.
At one stage, Rubel immediately grabbed Tania and Bappi pulled out a Chapati from his bag, hitting her three times on the head and back to confirm her death. At that time, when the children started crying, the detainees tied the children's faces and body parts with scotch tape. The detainees then took away the gold ornaments in the cupboard of the house, the earrings in the victim's ear, a gold chain around the neck of one of the children, money and the victim's mobile set, the DC (Motijheel division) said.
Victims' husband Moinul Islam filed a case at Sabujbagh police station. Location of AC maker Bappi was identified with the help of modern information technology.
Based on secret information, a special police team arrested Bappy from Nolchhiti of Jhalokathis district on Monday. Based on his statement, the police arrested Hridoy and Rubel from the city’s Rampura in the city today (Tuesday), the DC said.
Two gold chains and a pair of earrings were recovered from their possession, he added.
Khulna gang rape: 2 more accused held
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday arrested two more accused in the case over the gang rape of a woman in Khulna city.
Rab-6 Director Lt. Col. Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmed said they arrested Sumon and Alamin Mollik, residents of Shiromoni area of Khulna, from Chitalmari in Bagerhat.
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With these, five people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
On March 18, four men forcibly dragged a couple to a garage near the Tetultala railway crossing in Khanjahan Ali area of Khulna city around 10:30pm, where they tied up the husband with a rope and took turns to rape the 27-year-old woman.
Based on the woman's complaint, an FIR for gang-rape was lodged against the four men -- identified as Kamrul, Jibon, Sumon and Alamin -- at Khanjahan Ali police station on Saturday morning.
Police arrested Kamrul, the owner of the garage, on Saturday night.
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On Monday, Sagar and Shakil were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the incident.
Based on their information, police arrested Sumon and Alamin today.
However, the prime accused Jibon is still on the run. “Efforts are on to arrest him,” said the official.