2 expats’ houses looted by robbers
Our Correspondent . Comilla
A BAND of armed robbers looted over Tk 4 lakh in cash and gold ornaments from the house two expatriates at village Tarashail under Chauddagram upazila in Comilla early Thursday.
The police and locals said the robbers raided the village, entered the two houses of the two Saudi expatriates, K Islam and his cousin Shafiqul Islam, one after another and looted cash and valuables.
The robbers, while fleeing with the booty, came under attack by the villagers who managed to catch hold of one the criminals.
After beating the local people handed the unidentified criminal over to the police.
A case was recorded but the police could neither recover the looted goods nor could they arrest the other robbers.
Kidnapped college girl
rescued, 1 held
United News of Bangladesh . Jhalakati
A COLLEGE girl was rescued from a bus on Jhalakati-Barisal road in the Amirabad area in Jhalakati on Tuesday night seven days after abduction.
Humayun Kabir and his accomplices abducted the 18-year-old girl, a student of Jhalakati Girls College, when she was going to the college from their house at village Losneykati under Nalchity upazila on July 3.
On July 7, an abduction case was filed with the police.
Later, on Tuesday night, the police on secret information searched a bus on the road and rescued the girl from it and arrested co-villager Humayun.
When produced on Wednesday the court sent Humayun to jail custody rejecting his bail prayer. The court also ordered for a medical test of the victim.
Four killed in three districts
Our Correspondents . Jessore, Netrakona and Kurigram
THREE persons were killed in separate incidents in Jessore, Netrakona and Kurigram on Wednesday and Tuesday.
In Jessore, two persons including a minor girl were killed early Wednesday.
The deceased were Tania, 5, daughter of one Shariful Islam of village Shyamnagar under Monirampur upazila, and Arman Ali, 28, of village Goaldah on the outskirt of district town.
Tania was strangulated allegedly by her mother Asma Begum over family feud while Arman was hacked to death by a group of criminals near his residence at Goaldah, local people and the police said.
The police arrested Tania’s mother Asma for her alleged involvement with the killing of her daughter.
The bodies were sent to hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations. Separate cases were recorded with the police.
In Netrakona, a six-year-old boy was found dead at village Nagpara under Mohanganj upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was Emon, 6, son of Abul Hossain of Nagpara.
The police, quoting family members, said Emon came out of his house for searching chicken at about 7:00pm on Tuesday but did not return home. The villagers found his body in a paddy field on Wednesday morning and informed it to the police.
The police suspected that Emon was strangled.
A murder case was filed.
In Kurigram, a young man was found dead hanging from a tree at village Arajee Polasbari under sadar upazila early Wednesday.
The police said Apel, 20, son of Abbas Ali of the village, was killed by some unidentified criminals. The cause behind the killing could not be known immediately.
A case was filed.
Meanwhile, a UNB report from Bagerhat adds: The decomposed body of a college girl was found at village Chitra under Rampal upazila Wednesday, 11 days after she went missing.
The deceased was Bornali Ghosh Shimul, 21, an honours first year student of accounting department of Khulna Azam Khan Commerce College.
According to a GD filed by Shimul’s uncle with the Rampal police on July 3, Shimul had come out of her house at about 9:00pm on June 30 after she received a phone call. Since then, she was missing.
RAB recovers idol worth Tk 5 crore
Staff Correspondent . Khulna
A TEAM of the Rapid Action Battalion recovered a touchstone-made idol of god Krishna worth about Tk 5 crore from a house in the Nirala Sabuj Palli area under Baitaghata upazila in Khulna on Wednesday.
They also arrested three persons, identified as Bahauddin Baharam, Md Jalal Shikdar and Khondokar Azadur Rahman Azad, at the house for their alleged involvement of smuggling out the idol.
RAB sources said tipped off, the team raided the house of one Baharam and recovered the costly Krishna idol weighting five kilogram.
Poly bags seized
Our Correspondent . Gopalganj
A MOBILE court seized a huge volume of poly bags and polythene worth about Tk 5 lakh from the Puratan Bazar area in Gopalganj town on Wednesday night.
According to the district administration, tipped off, the mobile team led by first class magistrate Md Mostafa Zaman raided the Al-Mansur Packaging Centre and seized the banned products.
The court filed a case against the owner of that packaging centre, Mansur Mridha, who managed to get away.
Boy dies in road mishap
Our Correspondent . Rajshahi
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy was killed and three were injured in a road accident at Paba upazila in Rajshahi on Wednesday.
The dead was Mofazzal Hossain alias Mithu, 8, son of one Mehar Ali of Khamargram. Golam Mostofa, Shahin and auto-rickshaw driver Ismail were also injured when the auto-rickshaw carrying them rammed into a truck in the Kalupara area at about 10:00am. Mithu died on the spot.
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