11-05-2022

Two electrocuted
to death in Natore
NATORE : Two people were
electrocuted to death in
Natore on Monday.
The deceased were
identified as Ratan Ali, 32, a
resident of Hamlaikola
village, and Milon Hossain,
28, of Khacchop Bazar area
in Gurudaspur upazila.
Mizanur Rahman Suja,
Biaghat Union Parishad
chairman, confirmed the
deaths of the two locals on
Tuesday.
"Ratan was electrocuted
while trying to plug an
electrical line in his litchi
orchard," he said.
"Milon, on the other hand,
got an electric shock while
repairing a paddy harvesting
machine at a shop in Singra
upazila. He died on the
spot," Mizanur said.
Ahmed Kaysher
received Civic
Award in Leeds
DHAKA : Asghar Khan, the
Lord mayor of Leeds Council
and Councilor, has
conferred Leeds Civic Award
to the director and cofounder
of Saudha society of
poetry and Indian music and
RadhaRaman Folk Festival
poet Ahmed Kaysher on
Saturday.
The reception programme
was held at the Ark Royal
Room of the Leeds Civic
Hall, a press release said.
Member of Parliament for
Leeds North East and the
shadow minister for peace
and disarmament Fabian
Hamilton attended as the
guest speaker, along with a
few community leaders and
performing artists, in the
brief civic reception
arranged by the Lord Mayor
office of Leeds city council,
the release added.
Organizing Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League and National Parliament whip Abu Sayeed
Al Mahmud Swapon MP inaugurated the Dialysis Center of Joypurhat Modern District Hospital
yesterday.
Photo : Masrakul Alam
Statement recording
deferred in Sylhet
custodial death case
SYLHET : A trial court in Sylhet on Tuesday
deferred till Wednesday the recording of
statement in the case of custodial death of a
34-year-old man in 2020.
On October 10, 2020, Rayhan Ahmed, a
resident of Akhalia in Sylhet city, was
allegedly brutally tortured at Bandar Bazar
police outpost. He died the next day at Sylhet
MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital.
"The trial procedure was deferred as a writ
petition has been filed in the High Court,
seeking quashing of the FIR filed in the case
against the accused-five cops and a local
journalist," said Nowshad Ahmed
Chowdhury, the public prosecutor at Sylhet
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court.
The five accused cops, including former incharge
of Bandar Bazar police outpost subinspector
Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, were
produced in the court on Tuesday amid tight
security. On May 5, 2021, Awlad Hossain,
inspector of Police Bureau of Investigation
(PBI) and investigating officer in the case,
submitted a chargesheet in this case against
the six accused.
On April 18, this year the court framed
charges against all the accused. The five
policemen are currently in jail but the sixth
accused is on the run.
The accused in this case are suspended SI
Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, SI Hasan Uddin,
ASI Asheq Elahi, and constables Titu
Chandra Das and Harunur Rashid, and
Abdullah Al Noman, a journalist who
allegedly deleted the CCTV footage of the
incident.
The case was filed against the accused
following a complaint from Rayhan's wife
Tahmina Akter Tanni at Kotwali Police
Station the next day.
Police had initially rejected the allegation
and claimed that Rayhan was caught by
locals in the Kastghar area during a robbery
attempt and was lynched.
2 crushed
under trains
in B'baria
BRAHMANBARIA : Two
people were crushed under
the wheels of separate trains
at Alamnagar and Jatrapur
areas in Ashuganj upazila of
Barhmanbaria district on
Tuesday.
One of the deceased was
identified as Kaiyum, 55, of
Sylhet district while identity
of another deceased could
not be known.
In Jatrapur, a 25-year-old
unidentified youth was
killed after being hit by
Chattogram-bound
'Mahanagar Prabhati' train
while crossing the rail tracks
in the morning, said Sub-
Inspector (SI) Salauddin
Khan Noman, in-charge of
Brahmanbaria railway
station police outpost.
In Alamnagar, Kaiyum
was killed after being hit by
another train around 9:30
am while crossing the rail
tracks, said the SI.
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Triple murder in Kushtia
3 sentenced to jail unto death
KUSHTIA : A Kushita court on Tuesday
sentenced three people to jail unto death while
eight others to life imprisonment in a case
filed in connection with killing three people in
2009.
Those who got jail term unto death are-
Faruk Sardar, son of Askar Ali of Putladanga
village, Kalu alias Kafil Uddin, son of Ishak Ali
Master of Paschim Abdullahpur village and
Rohan, son of Kalo Majnu of Aryapara in
Sadar upazila.
The lifers are-Faruk Mandal, son of
Khorshed Mandal, Liakat Ali, son of Jabed Ali,
Liakat Sheikh, son of Jalil Sheikh, Monowar
Sheikh, son of Esem Sheikh, Akam uddin, son
of Ansar Sheikh, Jamir Uddin, son of Wahed
Ali, Nural alias Nurul, son of Abu Bakkar and
Khakchar Mandal, son of Ommad Mandal. All
of them were members of different outlawed
parties. The court also fined them Tk 25,000
each. All of them were tried in absentia.
According to the prosecution, police recovered
the severed heads of three people-
Shamsuzzoha, Quaiyum and Ayub- from DC
Court area of Kushtia district town on August
10, 2009.
Later, police recovered the beheaded bodies
of the trio from a field of Sonadanga village in
Sadar upazila on the following day.
Quaiyum's brother lodged a complaint
against some unidentified people with
Kushtia Islamic University Police and police
registered an FIR after getting the complaint.
Investigation officer of the case submitted a
chargesheet against 22 people. They were
killed over grabbing a tender of a project of
LGED involving Tk 18 crore . After examining
the records and witnesses, Kushtia Additional
District and Sessions Judge Tajul Islam
handed down the judgment.
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