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Munia murder case: PBI arrests accused Saifa Rahman for interrogation
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Special Crime (South) on Tuesday arrested Saifa Rahman Mim, accused in a case over the rape and murder of college student Mosarat Jahan Munia, for interrogation from her Dhanmondi residence.
PBI Additional Superintendent of Police (Law and Media Branch) Md Abu Yusuf confirmed the matter to UNB.
On September 6 last year, Munia's sister filed a rape and murder case against the Bashundhara Group MD and seven others with Dhaka's 8th Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children's Repression.
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The court, after recording the complaint, directed the PBI to submit a report on it.
The seven other accused in the case are: Anvir’s parents Bashundhara Group's Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan Shah Alam and Afroza Begum, Anvir's wife Sabrina Sayem and model Faria Mahbub Piyasha, friend Saifa Rahman Mim and owner of the flat Ibrahim Ahmed Ripon and his wife Sharmim Akhter.
On April 26 of the same year, police recovered the body of the 21-year-old Munia hanging from a ceiling fan of her bedroom in a Gulshan flat.
Munia's elder sister, Nusrat Jahan Tania, filed a case against Anvir that night accusing him of incitement to suicide.
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According to Tania, her sister, Munia, was in a relationship with Anvir who regularly visited her at the Gulshan apartment.
2 cops among 8 sued for murdering Bangladeshi-American in capital
A case has been filed at a Dhaka court against eight people, including a woman and two police officers, over the murder of an expatriate in the capital.
The accused are DMP Badda zone assistant commissioner of police Md Toyaser Jahan, Vatara Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Moshiur, Suzana Tabassum Salam, Md Aftab, Mohammad Qamrul Huq, Mohammad Aswad, Sakhawat and caretaker Ripon.
Deceased Shafayet Mahbub Faraizi's mother Shamimum Nahar filed the case at the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arafatul Rakib on Wednesday.
After recording Nahar's statement, the court ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit an investigation report within March 9.
According to the case statement, Shafayet returned from the US on September 29, 2021. His friends Suzana, Aftab, Sakhawat and Aswad used to visit his residence in Dhaka.
Suzana, who was the most frequent visitor, used to take drugs and would encourage Shafayet to do so as well. When she came to know this, Nahar forbade her from meeting her son anymore, or coming to their house.
Upset with this, Suzana came to Shafayet's home last November 23 with Aftab, Sakhawat and Aswad and physically assaulted the mother and son. They had to be rescued by police that night, after they called 999; police went to the house and brought the situation under control.
Then on December 10 last year, the plaintiff and her son were attacked again, this time in the Gulshan area. When they went to Gulshan Police Station, police refused to lodge a general diary (GD) over the incident.
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They were threatened that if Shafayet does not stay in touch with Suzana her friends will not let him stay in the country.
On December 25, Shafayet went outside. When he returned home Suzana and her friends also came along.
Shafayet's mother got angry and told them to leave. He went outside with them but did not return.
On December 26 evening, Shafayet's body was recovered near Vatara Police Station.
Khulna man sentenced in absentia to life for raping, killing minor
A court in Khulna on Friday sentenced a man in absentia to life in jail for raping a minor domestic help on the pretext of marriage and killing her in 2010.
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 Judge Mahmuda Khatun handed down the punishment to Sheikh Khurshid Alam alias Rubel after holding him guilty of the crimes. The judge also imposed a fine of Tk 80,000 on the convict.
According to the prosecution, the minor girl started working as a domestic help in the house of Abdul Kuddus in the Arambagh area of Sonadanga upazila.
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Abdul’s son Rubel established sexual intimacy with the minor promising to marry her later. When the girl got pregnant, Rubel made her abort the baby with help of his sister-in-law, the court was told.
Following the abortion, the girl started putting pressure on Rubel to marry her. To get rid of her, Rubel set her on fire on June 16, 2010, following an argument and then left the house.
Hearing her screams, neighbours rushed her to Khulna Medical College and Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries during treatment.
However, the girl managed to give a dying declaration that was used by the police to implicate Rubel in the case, Tipu Lal Dash, sub-inspector at Sonadanga police station, told UNB.
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On October 4, 2010, the police submitted a chargesheet in the court against four people in the case, including Rubel.
The court, however, acquitted the other three accused in the case for lack of evidence.
Mitu murder case: Babul Akter denied bail again
A Chattogram Court on Tuesday denied bail to former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter, arrested in a case filed by him over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016.
Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman turned down the bail plea after hearing both sides, said Public Prosecutor (PP) of the court Md Fakhruddin Chowdhury.
Earlier on Monday, Babul Akter filed the bail petition.
On January 9, Babul Akter was shown arrested in this case.
On December 30 last year, the PBI inspector filed the petition seeking its permission to show Babul arrested in the case.
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On May 12, 2021, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested Babul Akter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison.
PBI in an investigation found Babul’s involvement in his wife's murder.
The case was transferred to the Police Bureau Investigation in 2019 after Mitu's father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP's mishandling of the case.
Mitu's father had, in fact, accused Babul of being directly involved in the murder case.
On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu at the port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akhter, 7, for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College.
Soon after the crime, Babul filed a murder case at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men.
Later, Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested four men, including Abu Nasur Gunu, Shah Zaman alias Robin, Md Anwar and Md Motaleb Mia alias Wasim, from different places in connection with the murder.
Of them, Anwar and Wasim gave confessional statements before a magistrate, implicating seven people, including Musa who directly took part in the killing, Mohammad Rashed and Nabi.
During the course of the probe, police had also arrested "arms supplier" Ehteshamul Haque Bhola and his assistant Md Monir and seized a pistol from their possession.
READ: Mitu murder: accused Bhola confesses to supplying firearms
Cops had also arrested Musa's elder brother Saidul Shikder Shakur and Shahjahan for providing the motorbike that was used in the murder. But on July 4, 2016, Nabi and Rashed were killed in a gunfight with police in Rangunia.
Babul was called for questioning a number of times by the PBI since his transfer.
5 to die for murder in Madaripur
A Madaripur court on Monday sentenced five people to death for killing a woman after abduction in 2002.
Madaripur Additional District and Sessions Judge Lailatul Ferdous handed down the judgment.
The condemned convicts are Ashok Boidya, Tarani Boidya, Gouranga Boidya—sons of Chaitanna Boidya -- Kalu Biswas, son of Podo Biswas, Bijoy Bepari and Naren Boiragi of Rajoir upazila.
Of them, Bijoy tried in absentia while Gouranga died during trial proceedings.
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The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each.
According to the prosecution, Bishnupodo Boidya, son of Gurupodo and Ashok Boidya, Tarani Boidya, Gouranga Boidya of Ambagan village in the upazila had been at loggerheads over the ownership of a piece of land.
On October 14, 2002, the convicts abducted Radha Rani, wife of Gurupodo on his way back home from a temple.
After 10 days, police recovered the body of Radha Rani from a water-body of the village.
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Later, a case was filed in this connection. Police submitted a chargesheet against six people, including Ashok Boidya, Tarani Boidya, Gouranga Boidya, Kalu Biswas, Bijoy Bepari and Naren Boiragi.
28-yr-old killed by cousins over old enmity
A 28-year-old man was killed allegedly by his cousins over an old enmity in the city’s Mohammadpur area on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Amir Hossain, a resident of Shahid Nagar.
Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police outpost, said two men -- Kabir and Humayun -- stopped Amir near Aziz Khan Road and stabbed him indiscriminately.
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A critically injured Amir was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Amir was the cousin of Humayun and Kabir. "Efforts are on to nab the accused," a police officer said.
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Actress Shimu murder: Nylon thread leads to murderer
A bundle of nylon thread has led the police to the murder of actress Raima Islam Shimu within 24 hours of the case filing.
During the investigation police collected clues from the house of Shimu and the spot where the body was found.
The body inside two sacks were sewn with nylon thread. A bundle of the same nylon thread was found in Shimu's husband Shakhawat Alim Nobel’s car, said a DMP media release.
The car was washed and bleaching powder was sprinkled, which led the police to be further suspicious.
READ: Actress Shimu’s death: Husband, driver remanded
Police immediately arrested Nobel and his companion SM Farhad.
After extensive interrogation at Keraniganj Model Police Station, Nobel and Farhad confessed to murder.
Nobel said that he strangled his wife to death due to a family feud on Sunday (Jan 16). Later he called Farhad to help him remove the body from the house.
That evening they first went to Mirpur where they couldn’t find a suitable place for dumping. They finally threw the body in the bushes, 300 yards away from Alipur Bridge in the Kadamtali area of Hazratpur union of Keraniganj.
The police said that both the arrestees are drug addicts and unemployed.
Abu Salam Mia, the officer-in-charge of Keraniganj Model Police Station, said local people spotted the body near Alipur Bridge in the Kadamtoli area of the upazila around 10am on Monday and informed cops.
“The body bore several injury marks. We suspect that she was killed on Sunday and her body was later dumped in the area," the officer said.
Fatema, the younger sister of the actress, said, “Shimu left her residence around 9am on Sunday and had been missing since. We lodged a missing person's complaint on Sunday night."
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed the husband of the 41-year-old actress and Farhad on a 3-day remand each in a case filed after recovery of her body in a sack.
READ: Hubby among 2 held for actress Shimu's death
Earlier in the day, Shimu’s brother Harunur Rashid filed the case against her husband Ali Nobel and his companion SM Farhad along with some anonymous people at Keraniganj Model police station.
Shimu worked with many renowned film directors after making her debut in 1998.
Farmer stabbed over land dispute in Bagerhat
A farmer was stabbed by his rivals over land dispute in front of Mallikbari of Sharankhola upazila headquarters in Bagerhat district on Saturday night.
The victim is Sumon Hawladar, 35, son of Abdul Hawladar of the upazila.
Quoting local people Saidur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sharankhola Police Station, said Sumon and his cousins are at loggerheads over the ownership of a piece of land.
As a sequel to the enmity, Sumon’s cousin swooped on him around 9 pm while he was returning home and stabbed indiscriminately, leaving him injured.
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They also severed the tendons of Sumon’s hands and legs.
He was first taken to a local hospital from where he was shifted to Khulna Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.
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32-yr-old man found dead in Magura shop
A 32-year-old man, the son of a former police officer, has been found dead in a shop in Magura’s Sreepur upazila, cops said on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Murad Hossain, son of Siddiqur Rahman of Vitasair village in Magura Sadar upazila. He worked at the same shop in Sabdalpur Bazar, where he died on Friday evening.
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His father alleged that Murad was killed, while shop owner Malek Khan’s son Matiar Khan claimed that he died of an illness.
Sreepur police station officer-in-charge Shukdev Roy said the body was sent to the morgue of Magura Sadar Hospital for an autopsy. "A case has been registered at the police station in this regard."
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One to die, 4 get life term for killing man in Cox’s Bazar
A court here on Thursday sentenced a person to death and four people to life imprisonment for killing a man in Larpara area of Cox’s Bazar town in 2002.
The condemned convict is Abdul Khaleq, 48, while the lifers are Md. Kajol, Amir Hamza, Selim Ullah and Abdul Goffar.
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The court also fined the lifers Tk 100,000 each, in default, to suffer one year more in jail.
According to the prosecution, Akter Hossain, 35, son of Zamir Ahmed, hailing from Ratnapalong of Ukhiya upazila, was shot dead on June 29, 2002 over a trifling matter.
Later, the victim's elder brother Abbas Uddin filed a police complaint.
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After examining all the records and witnesses, Cox’s Bazar Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdullah Al Mamun handed down the judgment.
Three people were acquitted.