Murder
Woman hacked to death by husband in Bagerhat
A woman was allegedly killed by her husband over a family feud in Shambagat village of Bagerhat's Fakirhat upazila on Monday night.
The victim was identified as Arifa Begum, 18, wife of auto driver Helauddin of Dighlia upazila of Khulna district.
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Police have arrested the woman's mother-in-law and stepmother in connection with the case, said acting officer-in-charge of Fakirhat Police station, ANM Khairul Anam.
According to Khairul, Helal went to Arifa’s house on Monday night and hacked her to death, before fleeing from the spot.
Police said that Helaluddin got married to Arifa in 2013. They have a one-year-old son.
Family sources said Helaluddin used to physically assault his wife almost regularly.
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"The body has been sent to the Bagerhat sadar hospital morgue for an autopsy, the OC added.
The woman's mother Amena Begum has filed a complaint against five, including the Helaluddin in this connection. "An FIR has been lodged. We are trying to arrest all the accused," said the OC.
Man ‘kills self’ after killing wife, daughter in Savar
A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house after killing his wife and six-year-old daughter at Jamgara in Ashulia of Savar on Saturday night.
The deceased are Sabur Mia, 30, a rickshaw puller, his wife Rozina Begum, 25 and their daughter Sumaiya .
Kamruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station, said Sabur, hailing from Dinajpur, used to live in a rented house at Jamgara Rupayan field.
Sabur Mia’s rickshaw was stolen few days ago that made him anxious.
On Saturday night, Sabur picked up a quarrel with his wife Rozina over the issue and at one stage, he strangled his wife and daughter to death.
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Later, he killed himself by hanging from the ceiling in his room.
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On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Shaheed Suhrawardi Medical College Hospital morgue.
PBI arrest two men on charge of killing two women in Cumilla
Police Bureau of Investigation have arrested two men from Surgapur area of Kotwali thana in Cumilla allegedly for killing two women, officials said on Tuesday.
The arrestees were identified as Abdullah Ansari alias Munna, 23, son of Md Sahidullah Bhuiyan of Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla and his associates Dwin Islam Dinu, 19, son of Mostafa of Durgapur village under Kotwali thana.
According to a media release of PBI, the men killed two women within a month for money and had a plan to kill two more people.
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Earlier On October 20, Police recovered a woman’s body in a sack with injury marks on her body from Gopinathpur Sarkin of Cumilla Sadar on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway. On September 13, police recovered another woman’s body from Dhaka-Chattogram Highway near Gopinathpur Sarkin in Feni.
Later, two cases were file at Cumilla Sadar Police Station under Woman and Children Repression Prevention Act against some unidentified accused in this regard.
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During preliminary interrogation, the duo confessed to their crime. They lured women with offer of love posing as vehicle mechanics or bakers. They later raped the two women before killing them.
The two accused were sent to court where they gave confessional statements, said the release.
Man kills wife, attempts suicide in Ctg
A man tried to end his life after allegedly stabbing his wife to death in Chattogram Wednesday night. Police said a family quarrel led to the crime.
The deceased was identified as Juthika, 21, wife of Abhi Dhar of Banshkhali in Chattogram.
Read: Hanging bodies of mother, 2 kids recovered in Ctg; father detained
According to police, a heated argument broke out between Abhi and his wife at the latter's maternal house in the Sitakunda municipality area on Wednesday night.
In a fit of rage, Abhi stabbed Juthika, leaving her seriously injured. As she was bleeding profusely, Abhi panicked and consumed poison, cops said.
Later, local residents rushed the injured to Sitakunda Health Complex, where Juthika was declared dead on arrival.
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Abhi is currently undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital.
Suman Banik, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Model Police Station, said "the accused is under arrest". "A case will be filled in this regard," the OC said.
Three of family found dead in Khulna pond
Police on Tuesday morning recovered three bodies of a family from a pond in Bamia village of Khulna's Koyra upazila.
The deceased were identified as daily wager Habibur Rahman, 30, his wife Beauty Khatun, 26, and their seventh grader daughter Habiba Khatun Tuni, 13. They were residents of Bamia village.
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Police suspect the three were killed by miscreants in their home on Monday night and then their bodies were thrown into the nearby pond.
Shahadat Hossain, officer-in-charge (investigation) of the Koyra police station, said they had collected some evidence from the spot.
"Injury marks of sharp weapons were spotted on the three bodies. A probe is on," he added.
Driver killed by miscreants in Cumilla
A private car driver was killed by miscreants throttling his throat in Daudkandi area of Cumilla.
The deceased was identified as Faizul Islam Sardar (40), son of Aktar Sardar hailing from Uzirpur thana of Barishal.
Police confirmed the matter on Sunday afternoon.
Locals informed the police after spotting an unidentified body of a man on a culvert (local bridge) on Sunday morning, according to police and family sources.
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Sub-inspector (SI) of Daudkandi Model Thana, Ziaur Rahman recovered the body. A family member of the victim identified the body. Faizul drove his car on rent. He was taking passengers from Dhaka’s Gulshan to Chattogram, sources said.
Miscreants snatched the car after murdering Faizul, predicted SI Mohammad Ziaur Rahman.
Besides, many injury marks were spotted on his body, he added.
A case has been filed with Daudkandi Model Thana in this regard and they are trying to recover the car and find the criminals, Ziaur Rahman said.
Man killed by nephew in Pirojpur
A 45-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his nephew over an old enmity in Pirojpur district town on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Ziaul Haque Dipu, son of Jalil Uddin Khan of the Madhyarasta area of the district town.
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AM Nuruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said Dipu's nephew Mamun and four others stabbed him in front of the Zila Parishad office around 11.30 pm when he was returning home.
A seriously injured Mamun was rushed to a local hospital by passersby, where he was declared dead on arrival.
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Earlier, Mamun had threatened Dipu of dire consequences, the victim's family members told police.
Police have sent the body to the local hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Mohib Ullah’s killing part of ‘international plot’: BNP
BNP standing committee has called for beefing up security at Rohingya camps as it thinks this community leader Mohib Ullah was shot dead as part of a deep-rooted “international conspiracy”.
At a virtual meeting on Saturday, the BNP policymaking body also strongly condemned and protested the killing of Mohib Ullah by unidentified gunmen at Ukhia Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar, said a party press release on Monday.
“The meeting thinks this murder is an outcome of a deep-rooted international conspiracy which has created a major obstacle to the repatriation of the Rohingya Muslim community,” it observed.
At the meeting, the BNP policymakers harshly criticised the government for its ‘failure’ to maintain law and order at the Rohingya camps.
READ: Mohib Ullah killers to face justice, security at camps to be heightened: Home Minister
The meeting urged the government to arrest those involved in Mahib Ullah's killing and put them under trial.
Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah, the head of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH), was shot dead Wednesday by unknown assailants in the Kutupalong refugee camp of Cox’s Bazar.
DSA & other repressive acts
The BNP standing committee also discussed a recent report of Article 19, a UK-based human rights body, as it observed that the right to information of the people of Bangladesh has been continuously violated and curtailed in the last 18 months during the Covid period.
The meeting said the Article 19 report mentioned that 172 cases were filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) from January to August 2021. “The meeting expressed deep concern over the growing incidents of deprivation of freedom of expression and the right to information taking advantage of the Digital Security Act and other repressive laws.”
The BNP standing committee meeting strongly condemned and protested the ‘authoritarianism’ of the government and the process of depriving people of their basic democratic rights.
READ: Mohib Ullah murder: Another Rohingya suspect detained
“The meeting thinks it is part of Awami League's blueprint for establishing a system of one-party governance. It demands the immediate repeal of all repressive laws, including the Digital Security Act,” the press release said.
Munia rape-murder: Model Piyasha placed on 2-day remand
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed model Faria Mahabub Piyasha on a 2-day remand allowing police to quiz her in a case over the murder of college student Mosarat Jahan Munia after rape in her Gulshan flat.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khayer Jessy passed the order after Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Inspector Golam Muktar Md Ashraful Islam sought a 7-day remand to interrogate Piyasha about the case.
Also after the hearing the court rejected and defense lawyer’s plea to release her on bail.
On September 6, Munia’s elder sister Nusrat Jahan Tania filed the case with Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-8 against eight people including model Piyasha who is now in jail in a separate Narcotics case.
Piyasha has already been shown arrested in Munia rape-and-murder case, PBI sources said.
The main accused in this case is Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, who allegedly had a relationship with Munia with a promise to marry her. According to the case Piyasha, a family friend of Anvir, was known to both of them and is believed to have knowledge about the sensational incident.
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The other accused in the case are Bashundhara Group's Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan Shah Alam, Shah Alam's wife Afroza Begum, Anvir's wife Sabrina Sayem Saifa Rahman Mim, owner of the flat Ibrahim Ahmed Ripon and his wife Sharmim Akhter. All of them are accused of abetting the crime.
On September 29, the High Court rejected Anvir’s plea to grant him anticipatory bail, but gave it to his wife.
Munia, 21, was found dead in the Gulshan flat on April 26.
Within hours Gulshan police recovered her body hanging from a ceiling fan of her room with the elder sister alleging that her feet were touching the bed and there were marks of injury on the body.
Munia's sister first filed a case against Anvir accusing him of incitement to Munia’s suicide.
Case investigator Abul Hasan, who was also the officer-in-charge of Gulshan police station found no evidence of Anvir’s abetting the suicide and later a lower court cleared him of the charge.
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At this stage Munia’s sister approached the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-8 and filed a new case of murder-after-rape against Anvir and seven others.
The tribunal recorded the case and entrusted more efficient and skilled PBI to probe the case.
Sahinuddin murder: Another accused arrested in the city
Police said on Friday that they arrested another man accused of being involved in the sensational murder of businessman Sahinuddin from the city’s Shahbagh area.
Mohammad Taher is the 14th accused arrested by police since the May 16 killing of the businessman by some miscreants in city’s Mirpur allegedly over a land dispute with MA Awal, a former member of parliament.
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Taher was picked up on Thursday after police detectives tracked him through digital technology, said Md Saiful Islam, additional deputy police commissioner of Mirpur zonal team of Detective Branch of police.
He is one of the listed accused in the murder case filed at Pallabi police station.
According to the case Sahinuddin’s land dispute with Awal began in 2004 over the ex-MP’s Alinagar Project.
It said that on May 16 some miscreants called Sahinuddin into a garage at D-block in Mirpur-12 for resolving a land dispute and hacked him to death with sharp weapons in front of his seven-year-old son.
On May 17, following a FIR filed by Shahinuddin’s mother police filed a murder case at Pallabi police station.
On May 21, Rab arrested former Lakshmipur-1 lawmaker Awal from Kishoreganj's Bhairab area for planning the murder.
Police have arrested a total 14 people for involvement with the murder so far.
Read:Ex-MP among 3 held in Sahinuddin murder case
Of them nine are named as accused in the case while the other five were arrested during the investigation.
The arrestees are, MA Awal, Sumon Bepari, Md Titu, Md Dipu, Babu, Md Murad, Kalu Kibria, Mohammad Taher, Rocky Talukder, Nur Mohammad Hasan, Iqbal Sharif and Manzurul Hasan Babu.