Murder
Man gets life term for killing wife in Ctg
A Chattogram court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term in jail for killing his wife in Chattogram city in 2015.
The lifer is Abdus Sattar, of Cummila district.
Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman handed down the judgement in the presence of the accused.
The court also fined the convict Tk 50,000, in default, to serve jail for another six months.
Abdus strangled his wife Shaheda Aktar to death and hanged the body from the ceiling fan trying to show it as suicide, said Chattogram Metropolitan Public Prosecutor (PP) Fakhruddin Chowdhury.
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On August 4 in 2015, police recovered the hanging body of Shaheda from their home at Khulsi area of the city.
Later, police arrested Abdus in connection with the killing. And during primary interrogation, he confessed to his crime.
A case was filed at Khulsi police staion in this regard.
Police submitted chargesheet against him on October 28 the same year.
On August 4 in 2016, the court framed charges against the convict.
Delivery man Nahid killing: 2 people identified
Police have identified two people involved in the killing of delivery man Nahid Hossain during the recent clashes between the students of Dhaka College and New Market shopkeepers.
Sharif Mohammad Farukuzzaman, assistant commissioner (New Market Zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said after scrutinising a video footage and other evidences police identified two people.
Police are trying to arrest those for their suspected involvement in the killing, he said adding “We are also trying to identify other attackers after scrutunising the video footages of the incident.”
20-year-old Nahid Hossain, a delivery man for Dlink courier service, who was severely beaten during New Market clashes, died on April 19.
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Nahid and another youth were killed and over 30 people, including journalists and students, were injured as students of Dhaka College locked into a series of clashes with shopkeepers of New Market at the Nilkhet intersection on April 19.
Meanwhile, more than 1,300 people have been booked in connection with Tuesday’s violent clashes on April 21.
BCL leader stabbed dead in Chattogram
A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed allegedly by miscreants in Cheragi Hill area in Chattogram port city on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Askar Bin Tareque alias Evan,religious affairs secretary of Jamalkhan ward unit BCL and son of SM Tareque of Enayet Bazar.
He was a 2nd year student of BAF Shaheen College.
Locals said he was killed in an infighting over establishing supremacy in the area.
Zahidul Kabir, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said Evan went to Cheragi Hill around 10:45 pm to meet his friends.
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At one stage, a group of miscreants appeared there and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving Evan injured.
He was taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
Police said Evan might have been killed over an internal conflict but the actual reason will be known after investigation, said the OC.
Village doctor's throat-slit body found in Rajshahi
Police recovered the throat-slit body of a village doctor from Kanojgari village Charghat upazila of Rajshahi on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 60, a village doctor of Kanojgari village.Around 9 pm, Mannan went to the banana orchard next to the house but did not return for a long time.As he did not not return for a long time, the victim's family members went to the orchard and found him dead and informed police.Some injury marks were found on his body.On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body, said Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Charghat Model Police Station.The body has been sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC added.
Noakhali child murder: 4 accused remanded
A Noakhali court on Thursday placed four people in 5-day police remand each in a case filed over shooting a 4-year old dead while she was on her father’s lap in Begumganj upazila.
Senior Judicial Magistrate of Chief Judicial Magistrate court Towhidul Islam passed the order after investigation officer in the case appealed for 7-day in remand for each five accused.
The remanded accused are- Sujon, Sohel Uddin, Naimul Islam and Akbar Hossain.
On Tuesday the case filed over killing Tasfia Aktar Jannat was handed over to Detective Branch (DB) of police for further investigation.
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Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge of DB said, “The recording of confessional statement given by prime accused MD Rimon under section 164 of penal code is under process.
On Tuesday night, a team of Rab Battalion 11 arrested the five accused during a drive at Char Clark union in Subarnachar upazila.
On April 13, Mowlana Abu Jaher and his daughter suffered bullet wounds fired by a group of 20 people allegedly led by Rimon, Mohin , Naim , Akbar at a shop near his house at Hajipur union in the upazila.
The group attacked the shop owner Abdullah Al over a feud regarding soil excavation but Jaher and Tasfia had no involvement in it.
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Next day, Tasfia’s uncle Humayun Kabir filed a case against 17 people including Rimon and Badshah along with some 11 more anonymous people.
So far, law enforcers managed to arrest nine of the accused in this case.
Woman held over child's murder in Sylhet
Police have detained a woman in connection with the murder of a three-year-old child over a feud in Hawladar Para of Sylhet city.
The detainee has been identified as Parbati Das, a resident of Hawladar Para area.
On Monday morning, the police recovered the body of the child, identified as Rahul Das, from a bamboo bush near their house. The child had been missing since Friday.
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Rahul, son of Rubel Das, was a neighbour of Parbati. "Two days ago, she called Rahul to her home and suffocated him to death. She kept the body hidden in her house and then dumped it in the bamboo bush on Sunday midnight during a storm,” said Najmul Huda, officer-in-charge of Jalalabad police station.
The woman was detained on Monday itself. During questioning, the accused admitted to killing the child over a feud, said the OC.
On April 16, a day after he went missing, Rahul's father lodged a missing person's complaint at Jalalabad police station.
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"A case will be filed against the accused in this regard," said the OC.
Man to die for killing wife over dowry in Pirojpur
A Pirojpur court on Monday sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife in 2012.
The convict was identified as Kamal Hawladar, 45, son of Rashid Hawladar of Mathbaria upazila.
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The court also fined him Tk one lakh and asked him to provide the money to the family members of the victim.
According to the prosecution, the convict strangulated his wife Shahinur Begum to death as she refused to provide dowry following his demand on July 22, 2012.
Shahinur’s maternal uncle lodged a complaint with Mathbaria Police.
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Police filed the murder case under Woman and Child Repression Prevention Act.
After examining records and witnesses, Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mizanur Rahman handed down the verdict.
Prime accused in Cumilla journo murder case killed in 'gunfight’ with Rab
The prime accused in the murder of a local journalist was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Adarsha Sadar upazila of Cumilla early Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Md Raju, son of Sadek Mia of Bishnupur village in Cumilla Adarsha Sadar upazila.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-11 conducted a drive in the area to arrest Raju at Golabari around 2 am, said Major Mohammad Sakib Hossain, company commander of Rab-11.
Sensing the presence of the elite force members, he opened fire on Rab, forcing them to fire back, he said.
At one stage, Raju was caught in the line of fire and sustained injuries.
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Later, he was taken to Cumilla Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Mohiuddin Sarker Naim, a staff reporter of local newspaper 'Cumillar Dak', was shot dead by suspected drug peddlers along Hayderabadnagar border in the upazila on Wednesday night.
On Thursday, a murder case was filed at the Burichang police station on a complaint from the deceased journalist’s mother Najma Akter.
Md Raju, 24, wanted in several narcotics cases, was named as the main accused in the case filed against nine people including three unnamed ones.
On April 15, police arrested four accused.
Four held over Cumilla scribe's murder
Police have arrested four people in connection with the killing a local journalist in Burichang upazila of Cumilla.
Two of the arrestees have been identified as Md Farhad Mridha, 38, and Md Palash Mia, 34.
"The four were nabbed on Thursday night. The names of the two other accused will be disclosed later at a presser," said Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Burichang police station.
On Thursday, a murder case was filed at the Burichang police station on a complaint from the deceased journalist Mohiuddin Sarker's mother Najma Akter.
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Md Raju, 24, wanted in several narcotics cases, was named as the main accused in the case, along with eight others.
Mohiuddin Sarker Naim, a staff reporter with a local newspaper named 'Cumillar Dak', was shot dead by suspected drug peddlers at Hayderabadnagar border in the upazila on Wednesday night.
Man killed ‘by nephew’ over land dispute in Jashore
A sexagenarian man was beaten to death allegedly by his nephew over land dispute at Nowapara union in Sadar upazila of Jashore on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, of Arpara village of the union.
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Tajul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Jashore Kotwali Police Station, said Abdur Rahman locked into an altercation with his nephews over a piece of disputed land in the afternoon.
At one stage, his nephew Bablu hit him on his head, leaving him severely injured.
Later, he was rushed to Jashore General Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries in the evening.
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The body was kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Legal steps will be taken in this regard, said the OC.