Cox's Bazar
Three youths accused of raping 5-year-old boy in Cox’s Bazar
Three youths allegedly raped a 5-year-old boy in Moheshkhali upazila in Cox’s Bazar and recorded the video of the crime, that they later shared using Facebook messenger.
The accused are Salah Uddin, 22, son of Saber Ahmed, Md Mamun, 16, son of Md Kasim, and Nezam Uddin,17, son of Tunu Mia.
On Sunday, a case was filled at Moheshkhali police station in this regard, followed by a complaint lodged by the victim's father, said Md Abdul Hai, Officer-in-Charge of Moheshkhali police station.
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According to the complaint, on March 20, around 3 pm the accused took the child to an abandoned shop in Matarbari union in the upazila and raped him. They recorded a video of the incident and shared it among some of their acquaintances using messenger.
Locals recently got informed of the video as it spread and they got agitated.
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OC Abdul Hai said several teams of police are conducting operations to arrest the accused after the case filing.
Dead dolphin, loads of fish wash ashore at Cox’s Bazar beach
A dead dolphin washed ashore at Patuartek beach in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday just after a day of loads of dead fish found at Darianagar point of the beach.
The dolphin carcass washed ashore with high tide around 10 am and got stuck on the sand, said the local fishermen.
Earlier on Saturday evening hundreds of small fish, locally known as Chamila fish, floated ashore near Darianagar point of Cox’s Bazar sea beach.
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3 brothers to hang for killing uncle in Cox’s Bazar
A Chattogram court on Sunday sentenced three brothers to death in a case filed over abducting and then killing their uncle by slitting his throat in Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
The court sentenced another brother to life imprisonment and acquitted one more accused from charges during the hearing.
Chattogram divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Mozammel Haque passed the verdict during a hearing.
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The death row convicts are Abu Bakkar Siddique, Yunus Manik, and Ibrahim Mostafa Kaiyum, sons of Nurul Ajiz from Maganpara village in Badarkhali union of the upazila.
The lifer is their brother Md Sohayet.
The court also fined Tk 50,000 each to the death row convicts and Tk 10,000 to the lifer.
Except Abu Bakkar Siddique, all the others were sentenced in absentia, said Public Prosecutor of the court Ayub Khan.
On June 30, 2016, victim Nurul Huda, then president of the union faction of Awami League, was at a tea stall in Badarkhali Bazar and commented, “All the war criminals will get hanged one by one”.
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Abu Bakkar got into an argument with Huda over the comment, and abducted his uncle later assisted by other accused in an auto-rickshaw and killed him.
On July 2, 2016, a case was filed at Chakaria police station following a complaint by Nurul Huda’s son Mohammad Shahjahan.
Illegal arms factory unearthed in Cox's Bazar
An illegal arms factory being run out of a dense forest area in Cox's Bazar was unearthed by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Thursday.
The tip-off about the factory in Pekua upazila came from an illegal arms supplier who was detained by members of the elite force earlier in the day.
The detainee has been identified as Delwar Hossain Delu, son of Ali Chan from the Gudikata area in the south of Toitong union in the upazila.
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In fact, a Rab-15 team conducted a drive in the Cheptamura forest area in Toitong union and first arrested Delu, Lt Colonel Khairul Islam, its commander, told reporters.
During questioning, he disclosed the location of the factory and it was raided. Five firearms and some gun-making were seized, the commander said.
An accomplice of Delu, however, managed to flee during the raid, he added. Delu was wanted in at least seven cases of murder, robbery and land grabbing.
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Cox's Bazar road tragedy: Another brother dies of injuries at Ctg hospital
After fighting for his life for nearly a fortnight, another victim of the Cox's Bazar horrific road tragedy died at a hospital on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Raktim Shil, 33. Five of his brothers died two weeks back when a pick-up van ploughed into a group of nine siblings walking back home from a temple in Cox's Bazar last week.
Read: 4 brothers killed in Cox’s Bazar road crash, 5 injured
Raktim breathed his last at 10.30am in the intensive care unit of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).
"He was shifted to this government facility five days ago from a private hospital where he was initially admitted. This was after his condition worsened," said Harunur Rashid, a doctor at CMCH.
The other deceased were Anupam Shil, 47, Nirupam Shil, 45, Dipak Shil, 40 Champak Shil, 30, and Smaran Sushil, 32, sons of late Suresh Chandra Shil of Dulahazra union in Chakaria upazila.
The fatal accident occurred around 5am on February 8 near Memorial Christian Hospital in the Malumghat area of Chakaria when the nine siblings were crossing a road, according to eye-witnesses.
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The nine, all Hindus, had gone to a nearby temple to offer prayers for their father who was killed a day before.
On February 11, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained the driver of the pick-up van from Dhaka's Mohammadpur area.
Rohingya refugee held with Tk 5.7cr worth Yaba tablets in Cox's Bazar
Armed Police Battalion (AAP) Thursday claimed to have detained a Rohingya refugee with Yaba tablets worth Tk 5.7 crore in Cox's Bazar.
The accused has been identified as Sadek Hossain, 25, son of Mir Ahmed.
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Tipped off, a team of AAP raided the house of Sadek in the Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhia in Wednesday and seized 1.69 lakh pieces of the banned narcotics, additional SP of AAP, Kamran Hossain, told UNB.
"Sadek has been detained for questioning. The market value of the seized Yaba tablets is Tk 5.7 crore," he added.
Rohingya boatman hacked to death in Cox's Bazar
A Rohingya boatman was hacked to death in a clash between two groups of Rohingyas over an internal dispute at Ukhiya camp in Cox's Bazar on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, a resident of Kutupalong Camp-2.
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SP Naimul Haque, commander of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn), said Abul Kalam was hacked in a clash between two groups of Rohingyas at Kutupalong Camp-2 on Sunday morning. Two other Rohingyas Md Amin and Md Zafar were injured in the clash.
On information, a team from Balurmath police camp rushed Abul Kalam to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Legal action will be taken after investigating those involved in the incident, said SP Naimul.
RAB detains driver of pick-up van that killed 5 brothers in Cox's Bazar
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Saturday detained the driver of a pick-up van that ploughed into a group of nine siblings walking back home from a temple in Cox's Bazar last week.
Tuesday's horrific accident on the Cox’s Bazar-Chattogram highway in Chakaria upazila left five brothers dead on the spot. Four other siblings were also injured in the accident.
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Acting on a tip-off, a Rab-15 team raided Dhaka's Mohammadpur area this morning and detained the van driver, Shahidul Islam alias Saiful, 22, sources told UNB.
During primary interrogation, Saiful confessed to his guilt, said RAB.
Saiful has no driving license and has been driving pick-up van, ‘Chander Gari’ and mini truck for the last two years.
On a fateful day, Saiful along with his nephew Rabiul and Tarek, son of the pick-up van owner, was heading towards Cox’s Bazar for delivering vegetables.
Saiful could not see the victims standing in the area for crossing the road due to poor visibility caused by fog and high speed of the vehicle and the driver lost control over steering, said RAB.
Tuesday's accident occurred around 5am near Memorial Christian Hospital in the Malumghat area of Chakaria when the nine siblings were crossing a road.
Read: 3 killed in Cox's Bazar road accident
The nine had gone to a nearby temple to offer prayers for their father who was killed a day before.
Plaban Sushil, another brother lodged a complaint with Chakaria Police.
718 more Rohingyas leave for Bhasan Char
As many as 718 Rohingya refugees left Ukhia camps in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday in the 10th phase of relocation on Bhasan Char island in Noakhali.
The Rohingya men, women and children left for Chattogram on 13 buses from the Ukhia Degree College field at 1 am.
Shamsuddauja, additional refugee relief and repatriation commissioner in Cox's Bazar said, these Rohingya refugees are being relocated on the 10th phase and process is on to send more who agreed to go to Bhasan Char.
The 718 Rohingyas will reach Bhasan Char by Monday noon, he said.
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Jahirul Islam,Camp-Incharge in Bhasan Char said exact number of refugees to be located on the tenth phase is yet to be known.
“We’ve made preparations to send them to their respective centres after reaching here,” he said.
In nine phases, over 20,000 Rohingyas have been shifted to Bhasan Char from December 2020.
Another batch of 306 Rohingya refugees were sent to Bhasan Char in May, 2020 after rescuing them from the sea while illegally migrating to Malaysia, according to officials.
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Bangladesh is currently hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas in camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. Most of them came since August 25, 2017, when the Myanmar military launched a brutal offensive targeting the Muslim ethnic minorities.
Ice worth Tk 5cr seized in Cox's Bazar, 2 detained
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday detained two suspected drug smugglers in Cox's Bazar and seized one kg of crystal meth or ice worth Tk 5 crore from their possession.
The detainees have been identified as Syedul Amin, 34, son of Foyez Ahmed, and a teenager hailing from Ukhia upazila.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB-30 raided the West Goalia area of the district's Ramu upazila and stopped a CNG-run auto-rickshaw around 5:45 pm for checking, said Mahmudul Hasan of BGB.
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Being challenged by the BGB members, three occupants of the auto, including its driver, jumped into a nearby pond in a bid to escape.
Later, the BGB men detained two of them and seized ice worth Tk 5 crore from their possession. The detainees were later handed over to the local police.
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