e_Paper, Tuesday, December 7, 2016

News 7
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016
Ivy, Sakhawat busy electioneering
DT
• Tanveer Hossain, Narayangan
An appeal
for help
• Tribune Desk
Rownak Israk Sami, a five-yearold
boy, has been diagnosed with
advanced stage complex congenital
heart disease. This is a problem in
the structure of heart that is present
at birth. Doctors says only successful
operation can save his life. They
have advised to take Rownak abroad
as Bangladesh lacks adequate treatment
facility for the disease.
His parents already spent around
Tk 4 lakh which they had collected by
borrowing. More Tk 8-10 lakh would
be needed if she was taken to India
for operation, which Rownak parents
cannot afford. But the collective
efforts by all of us can save the life
of this little boy. Rownak’s father
Aminur Rahman Rasel and mother
Umme Jahan appeal to all people of
the society to extend their hands.
Financial supports can be
deposited to this account: A/C
name: Umme Jahan. A/C no: 164 152
42852. Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd. •
Awami League mayoral candidate for NCC polls Selina Hayat Ivy makes fun with children during her election campaign. The
photo was taken yesterday from Godnail area in the city
DHAKA TRIBUNE
Awami League-backed mayoral candidate
and outgoing mayor Selina
Hayat Ivy and Bangladesh Nationalist
Party (BNP)-backed candidate
Sakhawat Hossain Khan are passing
very busy time touching base with
voters across the city for the mayoral
battle in Narayanganj City Corporation
(THE NCC) poll, scheduled to
be held on December 22.
According to the THE NCC election
scheduled, election campaign
time started from December 5 and
will end on December 20.
Though Ivy and Sakhawat had
started their election campaigns
unofficially after getting nodes from
parties, now they start campaigns
with full strength. They are trying
their level best to attract the voters.
During her campaign, Ivy visited
several areas in the city yesterday.
Our local correspondent said,
Ivy started her campaign around
9am in the morning.
In the morning, she visited at
Pathantuli area first with a small
team comprising seven or eight
AL leader killed
• Mohammed Afzal Hossain,
Tangail
A local Awami League leader was
reportedly killed at Bharaigram village
in Bhuapur upazila of the district
yesterday.
The deceased was Rafiqul Islam
Farid, 55, former AL organizing
secretary of the upazila unit.
Liza Begum, wife of Rafiqul said
her husband worked as manager
at a mill under Kagmaripara in the
upazila. On Monday morning, he
went to the mill and did not return
home.
Locals found the silted body of
Rafiqul on Tuesday morning in a
people. When she arrived there,
hundreds of local voters run to
her and chanting slogans ‘Ivy apa,
Nouka, Nouka’ with joy.
Later, she visited Godnail, Enayetnagar,
Prodhanbazar, Ayilpara,
Chowdhurybari, Tatkhana. In
pond near his house and informed
police.
The police recovered the body
and sent it to Tangail Medical College
Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Officer-in-Charge of Bhuapur
police station Mostofa Kamal said
miscreants killed Rafiqul anywhere
at night and later dumped the body
in the pond.
A knife was recovered from the
spot, the OC added.
Liza demanded exemplary punishment
to the killers of her husband.
The OC told the Dhaka Tribune
that the police were trying to arrest
the miscreants. •
1 held for torturing minor boy
• Noor Uddin, Habiganj
Police arrested a person in connection
with torture of a minor boy at
Chhoysree village, Chunarughat
upazila, Habiganj on Tuesday.
Officer-in-Charge of Chunarghat
police station Nirmulendu
Chakraborty said police filed a
case after arresting Sohel Mia from
Asampara area of Habiganj around
12:30pm.
Local sources said Ashik Mia, 11,
son of Manik Mia, and a student of
class III at a local government primary
school, borrowed Tk100 from
Sohel around a month back.
Ashik promised Sohel, aged 25
years, to pay it back at five phases.
According to that, the boy paid
Tk40 at two phases about two
weeks ago.
On the day, Sohel demanded the
rest of the money, but Ashik failed
to meet the demand.
Sohel Mia, son of Lebas
Ullah of the village, tied Ashik
Mia of the same village to a stake
of his house and beat him up,
as he could not pay off his debt to
Sohel.
Later, the villagers and local union
parishad member Safikur Rahman
Sapu rescued the boy. •
every place where she arrived, people
from all walk of life run to her
and welcomed her campaign team.
In some places this correspondent
has found that hundreds of people
were waiting with flowers to welcome
Ivy. While she reached to them,
Apparel worker
found dead
• Anwar Hussain, Chittagong
Police have recovered the dead
body of an apparel worker from a
drain at Monsurabad area under
Double Mooring police station in
Chittagong yesterday.
The deceased Mizanur Rahman,
45, used to work for a garment factory
at Muradpur area in the city
and resided at Tigerpass railway
colony with his family.
He left his home after he received
a call on his cellphone on
Monday night.
Kamruzzaman, sub-inspector of
Double Mooring police station said:
“The body has injury marks on the
back inflicted by a sharp weapon.
However, the mobile phone of the
deceased could not be found.”
The body was sent to Chitta-gong
Medical College morgue
for autopsy. •
locals expressed their gratitude to
Ivy where some uphold their demands
to Ivy. During her campaign,
Ivy talked with journalists about her
campaign strategies for upcoming
battle. She said: “I do not want waste
time. I want to contact with all the
voters and people in my city.”
On the other hand, Ivy’s main
opposition BNP-backed mayoral
candidate also was passing a busy
day to attract the voters.
He started his campaign yesterday
early morning. At first he arrived
at Khanpur Hospital Road around
6am. Later, he visited Chashara,
Khanpur railway areas. In this time,
local and top leaders of BNP district
and city units were present with him.
During his campaign, he took his
breakfast at historical ‘Bosh Cabin’
around 8am. Later he arrived in DIT
area in the city around 11am. He campaigned
at 2 no. rail gate, Grindlage
Bank Mor on the Bangabandhu road.
In this time, BNP central leader
Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, BNP Joint
Secretary General Syed Moazzem
Hossain Alal, Khairul Khokon, District
BNP President Taimur Alam
Khandaker and other leaders were
present with him. •
3 ‘robbers’
killed in
‘gunfight’
• Ashraful Islam, Meherpur
Three suspected robbers were
killed in a gunfight with police at
Motmura village, Gangni upazila,
in the early hours of Tuesday.
The deceased could not be identified
immediately.
Acting on a secret information, a
team of police conducted the drive
near a brick field at the village in
early hours of the day.
Sensing the presence of police,
the robbers opened fire at them,
prompting a retaliation that triggered
a gunfight, leaving the trio
dead on the spot.
Police also recovered one pistol,
one LG shooter gun, two rounds
of bullets, two machetes and two
hand bombs from the spot. •