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Hilsa ban: 5 injured in attack during drive in Bhola
Five people, including an officer of local Fisheries and Livestock Department, were injured in an attack by fishermen at Ilisha Bongerchar in Bhola early Wednesday during a drive to protect mother hilsa.
Feni court orders probe into case against 11 cops
A Feni court on Tuesday ordered the district’s police chief to investigate a case filed against 11 policemen, including the former officer-in-charge of Chhagalnaiya Police Station, and two informants.
They allegedly tried to kill a pickup driver and implicate him in a false drug case last year. The victim had lost a leg during the incident and has been living an inhuman life since then.
Feni Judicial Magistrate Quamrul Hasan took the case into cognisance and ordered the police superintendent to conduct an investigation by an additional superintendent level police officer and submit the report within 15 days.
Gias Uddin Dulal filed the case on Tuesday at Feni Judicial Magistrate Court against former Chhagalnaiya Police Station in-charge SM Murshed and 10 others for implicating him in a Yaba case and attempting to kill him, said Giasuddin Nannu, a counsel of the plaintiff.
The other accused are— sub-inspectors Shahidul Islam, Delwar Hossain, Khorshed Alam, assistant sub-inspectors Firoz Alam and Mahbubul Alam Sarkar, constables Sukanta Barua, Main Uddin, Nurul Amin, Sirajul Islam, Nurul Amin and informers Abul Hashem and Abul Khayer.
The police officers are now posted at different police stations.
Man, 65, arrested for 'raping' domestic help in Chattogram
Police arrested a 65-year-old man on Saturday night for allegedly raping his domestic help in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram .
The arrestee was identified as Hazi Fazal Karim, a resident of Charkhijirpur Satghariapara in Boalkhali.
After getting complaints from the victim, police conducted a drive and arrested the man from his residence, said Abdul Karim, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station.
According to the case statement, the man raped his domestic help on October 30.
Police sent the victim to a local hospital for medical test.
Kushtia man gets life imprisonment for rape
A tribunal in Kushtia on Sunday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a woman in 2019.
3 die after ‘drinking bootleg liquor’ in Kushtia
Three men died at the Kushtia General Hospital early Wednesday after reportedly drinking copious amounts of locally distilled liquor.
17 detained from Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 17 Bangladeshi nationals while going to India illegally from Maheshpur bordering area in Jhenaidah on Saturday night.
Youth’s body recovered from septic tank in Feni
Police recovered the body of a young man from a septic tank at Pathanbari in Feni district town early Sunday.
Indigenous man shot dead in Rangamati
An indigenous man was shot dead by miscreants at Raikhali Karigarpara in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati on Sunday.
Illegal sand lifting endangers vast track of farmland
Illegal sand lifting in Bilkenduai village in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila is going on unabated, posing threat to a vast track of farmland.
Intern doctor killed in Sirajganj road accident
An intern of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital was killed in a road accident in Sirajganj Sadar upazila on Friday.