Murder
Rohingya youth shot dead in Cox’s Bazar
A 19-year-old Rohingya boy was shot dead allegedly by miscreants at Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Bashir, son of Rahmat Ullah and resident of No 6 camp.
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Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station, said a group of masked miscreants, numbering 25-30 , opened fire on the boy, leaving him injured.
Later, he was taken to a hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
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The reason behind the killing could not be known immediately.
Police are trying to arrest the attackers, said OC.
Man hacked to death by son in Sylhet
A man was hacked to death allegedly by his son in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila on Saturday over a silly matter.
The deceased was identified as Sadhu Patro, 60, resident of the upazila’s Ahmed Nagar Kalichari Chakanagul Cha-Bagan area.
According to locals, there was an argument between the man and his son Chaitanya Patro, 22, and at one stage the son hacked his father with a sharp weapon.
Locals rushed him to the Sylhet M.A.G. Osmani Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries later that night.
On information, police conducted a drive in the area and detained him, said Omar Faruque, officer-in-charge of Jaintapur Model Police Station.
A case was filed in this regard, he said.
Woman’s throat-slit body recovered in Dhaka’s Tejgaon, 1 detained
The throat-slit body of a woman was recovered from the room of a security guard in the capital’s Tejgaon area early Sunday.
Hailing from Mymensingh, 37-year-old Julekha used to work as housemaid in different houses in the city.
Shah Alam, an inspector (investigation) of Tejgaon police station, said Julekha came to the security guard of ‘Zaman Tower’ in Tejkunipara a couple of days back in search of a job.
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Being informed by locals, police recovered the body from Siraj’s room early Sunday, he said adding that police detained security guard Siraj in this connection.
The body was sent to Surawardhy Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, he said, adding that legal action will be taken after getting the autopsy report.
3 more held over Cumilla Jubo League leader murder
Police arrested three more people in connection with the murder of a Jubo League leader in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila.
The arrestees are Md. Robi of Jiarkandi area of Titas upazila of Comilla district, Md. Shahparan of the same area and Sumon Hossain of Lalpur area.
Police conducted a drive in Narayanganj's Madanpur area on Sunday night and arrested them, Cumilla District Superintendent of Police Abdul Mannan said in a press conference on Monday.
The law enforcers have arrested six people so far in connection with the murder of Hubo leader Jamal Hussain.
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Earlier, RAB arrested Ismail Hossain, 36, Shahinul Islam Sohel Sikder, 46 and Shah Alam, 38 from Chattogram and Dhaka on Saturday night. They are all named as accused in the case filed over the murder.
Ismail was arrested from Agrabad in Chattogram and the other two were from Rayerbagh and Kalshi in Dhaka, Lieutenant Colonel Tanveer Mohammad Pasha, the company commander of RAB-11 CPC-1, said during a press conference on Sunday.
The arrested accused said that there was a dispute between them and the slain Jubo League leader for many days, he added.
Jamal Hossain, 38, the joint convener of Titas Upazila Jubo League and a businessman of Gauripur market, was shot dead at Gouripur Bazar in Daudkandi of Cumilla on Sunday (30 April).
Later, a case was filed at Daudkandi police station following a complaint lodged by the deceased's wife Popi Akter on Tuesday.
Two stabbed to death in separate incidents in Jashore
Two persons were stabbed to death in separate incidents in Jashore on Friday.
Yunus (22) was stabbed to death, allegedly by his younger brother, at Ghurulia village in Jashore Sadar upazila around 9 pm last night. Meanwhile, a teenager named Nahid Hasan (17) was stabbed to death by members of a youth gang in Barandi Nathpara of Jashore city, said Jashore Police’s spokesman OC DB Rupan Kumar Sarker.
"Initially, it was learned that the elder brother (Yunus) was stabbed to death by his younger brother Yusuf in Ghurulia over a family dispute,” said the OC.
On the other hand, Nahid Hasan was murdered in Barandi Nathpara of Jashore city over a dispute with a youth gang, the DB official also said.
Nahid used to work with his elder brother at a motorparts shop on RN Road in the city. At around 9:45 pm yesterday, he was chatting with an acquaintance in the Barandi Nathpara area. At the time, they had a dispute with a juvenile gang, according to locals.
During the dispute, the youth gang members stabbed Nahid and his friend and fled the scene, they said.
Later, locals rescued them and took them to Jashore 250-bed General Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared Nahid dead.
The bodies of the two deceased have been sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy. Police have launched a manhunt to investigate the incidents and arrest those involved, said OC Rupan.
2 arrested over murder of SSC examinees in Patuakhali
Two teenaged boys have been arrested in a case filed in connection with the murder of two students in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali.
The arrestees are Sifat, 14 of Indrakul village of Suryamoni union of the upazila and Saikat, 14, from Kalaiya port, police said on Friday.
Victim Nafees' mother Nargis Begum filed the case with Bauphal Police Station.
A police operation is underway to arrest others involved in the murder, said Bauphal Officer-in-Charge Al Mamun.
On March 20, students of class 9 and 10 of Indrakul Secondary School got involved in a dispute over a foot injury. On Wednesday afternoon, after the farewell ceremony of Class 10 students at the school, Nafees, Maruf and Siam, were returning home when several people, including Raihan, 2 Nayeem, Hasibul, who were already on the bridge, attacked and stabbed them.
Locals rescued them and took them to Bauphal Hospital. After primary treatment, Nafees and Maruf were taken to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctors declared them dead. Siam is undergoing treatment at Bauphal Hospital.
The deceased were buried at their village home on Thursday (March 23) afternoon after autopsy.
Slain Hong Kong model’s in-laws, ex-husband appear in court
The ex-husband and former in-laws of a slain Hong Kong model and influencer appeared in court Monday on a joint murder charge after police found her body parts in a refrigerator.
The ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong were charged with murdering model Abby Choi. His mother Jenny Li faces one count of perverting the course of justice. The four were placed in custody without bail.
Choi, 28, was a model and influencer who shared her glamorous life of photo shoots and fashion shows with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram. Dressed in a tulle floor-length gown, she had just attended a Dior show at Paris Fashion Week.
Her last post was more than a week ago, featuring a photoshoot she had done with L’Officiel Monaco, a fashion publication.
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Choi had financial disputes involving tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars with her ex-husband and his family, police said earlier, adding that “some people” were unhappy with how Choi handled her financial assets.
Her friend, Bernard Cheng, said she has four children: two sons ages 10 and 3 and two daughters ages 8 and 6. The elder two were with Kwong, 28, and the younger children were with her current husband, Chris Tam.
Tam said he was very thankful to have had Choi in his life and praised her for being supportive, friend Pao Jo-yee relayed in a Facebook post.
“When Abby was alive, she’s a very kind person and always wanted to help people,” he was quoted in the post. “I feel anyone who could be her family and friends are blessed.”
Pao, who is married to Cheng, told The Associated Press that she has known Choi for over seven years and Choi treated people around her well.
“She is that type of person that wouldn’t have enemies,” she said.
Cheng said Choi had very good relationships with her family members and would travel with the families of her current and former husbands together.
Choi had been missing for several days when police found her dismembered body and documents Friday, including her legs in a refrigerator, in the house in Lung Mei Tsuen, a suburban part of Hong Kong about a 30-minute drive from the border with mainland China.
The gruesome killing of Choi has gripped many in Hong Kong as the southern Chinese city is widely considered safe with a very low level of violent crime. Across the border in mainland China, online discussion over her case went viral on social media.
On Sunday, authorities discovered a young woman’s skull believed to be Choi’s in one of the cooking pots that was seized. Officials believe that a hole on the right rear of the skull is where the fatal attack struck her.
The hearing of the murder case was adjourned to May.
3 to die for murder in Kishoreganj
A Kishoreganj court on Tuesday sentenced three people to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2013.
The condemned convicts are Furkan Bhuiya, 49, Shahed Bhuiya, 39 and Engu Bhuiya, 59 of Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj district.
The lifer is Mostafa Bhuiya, 41. The court also fined him Tk one lakh, in default, to suffer two months more rigorous imprisonment.
Kishoreganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Jannatul Ferdous Ibne Haque pronounced the judgment.
According to the prosecution, Rafiqul Islam alias Ratan Bhuiya was stabbed to death by the convicts on August 29, 2013.
A case was filed in this connection.
Police submitted chargesheet against five people. Of the chargesheeted accused Jamshed Bhuiya died during the trial proceedings.
Missing man found dead in Chandpur; 2 held
Police on Sunday recovered the body of a man from Sakdirampur village in Chandpur's Faridganj upazila, four days after he went missing.
The deceased was identified as Sohel Bepari, 30, son of Fazlu Bepari of the Dokanghar area of Chandpur Sadar upazila.
Abdur Rashid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Model Police Station, said Sohel Bepari went missing on Wednesday night.
His wife Josna Begum lodged a general diary at Chandpur Model Police Station on Sunday (February 5).
Later, police detained Sohel's friends Shahadat Hossain, 30, and Zakir Hossain, 42, in this connection.
Based on the information given by the detainees, police recovered the body of Sohel from a bush behind the Baropatwari house in Sakdirampur village this afternoon, added the OC.
An investigation into how he ended up there continues.
Man's throat-slit body found in Gaibandha
Police recovered the throat-slit body of a man from Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Surat Ali, of Puran Lakshipur village in the upazila.
Family members said Surat went to a local market on Friday evening but did not return at night.
On Saturday morning, locals spotted his body lying under the Collegepara Ghaghat Bridge and informed police.
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On information, police recovered the body and sent it to a hospital morgue for an autopsy, said Enayet Kabir, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadullapur Police Station.
Police suspected that miscreants might have killed him over previous enmity.