Former BNP lawmaker in Narail
sent to jail in extortion case
Our Correspondent . Narail
A DISTRICT court on Sunday sent former BNP lawmaker Dherendranath Saha, his son and nine others to jail when they appeared before the court for bail in an extortion case filed by a local Awami League leader.
The chief judicial magistrate Mahammad Mossarof Hossain rejected the bail petition after hearing and sent them to jail.
Dherendranath’s son Sukesh Kumar Saha alias Ananda Saha, 35, principal of Simulia College in the district headquarters, Kalia upazila BNP president Nawabul Alam, 58, Kalia upazila BNP’s former secretary SM Wahiduzzaman Milu were among the 10 others accused sent to jail. Out of the 22 other accused 12 were absent in court.
Krishna Pada Ghosh, organising secretary of Kalia upazila Awami League and also a local businessman, filed the case with Kalia police station accusing Dherendranath and 22 others for extortion and robbery case on February 27.
According to the prosecution, Dherendranath and his 22 followers claimed Tk 2 lakh as extortion from Krishna Ghosh over mobile phone in 2001.
When he refused to pay Saha with his musclemen on May 28, 2002 stormed into the house of Krishna with sharp weapons and looted money, ornaments, furniture and other valuables worth Tk 4 lakh.
Dherendranath on March 10 appeared before the High Court seeking bail and the court in reply asked him to surrender in the lower court by three weeks.
Smuggled fabrics worth
Tk 1cr seized
Our Correspondent . Comilla
THE law enforcers seized smuggled fabrics worth Tk 1cr in separate drives on Monday and Saturday.
The Bangladesh Rifles seized a covered van loaded with smuggled fabrics worth over Tk 60 lakh in the Chowara Border side area in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla early Monday.
Tipped off, a BDR team seized the van with 1,558 pieces of Indian sari, 916 pieces of three-piece set and 50 metres of cloth.
But sensing the presence of the law enforcers, smugglers and covered van driver fled away from the scene.
BDR sources said the smugglers were carrying the cloths from Comilla border to the capital.
A case was filed with the Chauddagram police station.
In another incident, the Detective Branch of police seized a covered van loaded with Indian saris worth over Tk 35 lakh in the Suyagazi area under Sadar Dakshin upazila early Saturday.
The police arrested four persons in this connection.
They were Sazzad Khan, 27, of village Shurpara in Munshiganj, Alamgir Hossain, 23, and Kabir Hossain, 28, of Lalpur in Comilla and Nurul Islam, 29, of village Kiyadulkhali in Bagerhat.
Tipped off, a team of DB police seized the van loaded with 1,126 pieces of Indian saris and arrested four smugglers.
But the van driver fled away sensing the presence of the police.
The police suspected that the smugglers were also carrying the saris to Dhaka. A case was lodged with the police.
Two teenaged boys killed
Our Correspondent . Cox’s Bazar
TWO teenaged boys were killed in Cox’s Bazar and Dinajpur on Saturday night.
A boy was stabbed to death at village South Larabag in the Cox’s Bazar district headquarters.
The deceased was Zahirul Islam Sahed, 18.
The police said unidentified assailants stabbed him on a rubber dam on the River Eadgong when he was returning home from Eadgong Bazar at about 8:00pm. Later, local people rescued him in unconscious condition and took him to a local health centre where doctors declared him death.
The police recovered the body and sent it to the Cox’s Bazar General Hospital morgue for a post-mortem examination.
A case was filed with the sadar police station.
In Dinajpur, according to a UNB report, 18-year-old Hamidul Islam, son of Noor Alam, was beaten to death by his friends over a trifling matter at Fakirpara Moholla in the district town.
Local people said Hamidul had an altercation with his friends over playing carom at about 9:00pm. At one stage, they severely beat up Hamidul, leaving him seriously injured.
Hamidul was taken to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
A murder case was recorded with the Kotwali police station.
Six die, 33 injured in
road accidents
Our Correspondents . Comilla and Jessore
AT LEAST six persons were killed and 33 others injured in separate road accidents in Comilla, Jessore and Bhola on Sunday and Monday.
In Comilla, a man was killed and 10 others were injured on the Nabinagar–Shreekai Road in the Jhatrapur area under Muradnagar upazila on Monday morning.
The deceased was Md Shah Alam, 22, of village Kulobari under the upazila.
The police said Alam died on the spot and 10 others injured after a collision between a sand-laden truck and a three-wheeler.
The body was sent to the Comilla Medical College Hospital morgue for a post-mortem examination while the injured were admitted to Muradnagar Upazila Health Complex. A case was filed with the Muradnagar police.
In Jessore, three small traders were killed and three others injured on the Jessore–Benapole Highway at Sharsha Sunday morning.
The deceased were Sirajul Islam, 40, his uncle Hazrat Ali, 45, and Abdul Matin, 35, of village Kanaidah of the upazila.
Locals said a bus hit a human hauler with six passengers at about 8:30am injuring all of them when they were going to sell fish to the district town. They were taken to Jessore General Hospital where the three died.
Others injured were taken to a nearby hospital.
In Bhola, according to a UNB report, two persons were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents on the same day.
The police said Munia Begum, HSC student of Dashmina College, was killed when she was learning motorcycle driving and was run over by a truck at village Shashibhusan under Charfasson upazila.
In another incident, Rashed, 12, was crushed under the wheels of a truck in the Bhelu Miah area under sadar upazila.
Besides, 20 others were injured when a bus plunged into a roadside pond at Udoypur crossing at about 3:00pm.
One arrested, urea seized
in Sirajganj
Our Correspondent . Sirajganj
THE police arrested a man on charge of selling urea fertiliser illegally at village Naogan under Tarash upazila of Sirajganj on Sunday.
Tipped off, a team of police arrested Nurul Islam, 35, and seized seven sacks of urea when he was trying to sell the agri-input to farmers illegally at about 3:00pm.
A case was registered with the local police station.
Bidi factory burnt, 3 hurt
Our Correspondent . Rangpur
A FIRE burned down a house and a bidi factory leaving three persons injured in the Chandkuti area in the Rangpur district headquarters on Sunday.
Fire-fighters and the locals said the fire had originated from an electric short circuit in a house adjacent to the Mamun Bidi factory and soon engulfed the house and the bidi factory with cash of Tk 7 lakh.
The injured persons are Swarthy Begun, 60, Jasim, 14, and Shahina 18.
Affected people claimed valuables worth over Tk 19 lakh were gutted in the fire.
MAIN PAGE | TOP
