Tag: Police

8 policemen including OC pay the price for sleeping while guarding a temple, stealing bullets

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Desk Report: 8 policemen including OC pay the price for sleeping while guarding a temple, stealing bullets 30 rounds of bullets were stolen from the Sri Sri Mahadev Ashram and Kali Mandir of Nimtala in Badda, the capital, along with the belongings of the police and Ansar members. The incident took place early Tuesday (September 30) when they were sleeping. Later, the 30 rounds of bullets were recovered. In this incident, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Badda Police Station Md. Saiful Islam has been withdrawn and seven people, including an SI…

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Hannan Masud, who had bailed out the rabbi, was arrested again on charges of extortion

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Desk Report: The army has arrested five people on charges of extortion at a private clinic in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. They were arrested from the Bashila Housing City area on Sunday night and taken to Mohammadpur Police Station. The arrested are Saiful Islam Rabbi (28), Hasibur Rahman Farhad (31), Abdur Rahman Manik (37), Abu Sufian (29) and Md. Shahin (38). Mohammadpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kazi Rafiq confirmed their arrest to Fast Bangla this Monday morning. Rabbi was earlier arrested in the Dhanmondi area on charges of creating a…

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Sohel Taj wanted to go to the US, but was turned away from the airport

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Desk Report: Tajuddin Ahmed’s son and former State Minister for Home Affairs Tanzim Ahmed Sohel Taj was stopped at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on his way to the United States. He was turned back by immigration last Wednesday. A senior officer of the Special Branch (SB) of the police confirmed the matter on Friday night. Sohel Taj was elected as a Member of Parliament from Gazipur-4 (Kapasia) constituency in the 2001 elections during the previous Awami League government. He was re-elected from the same constituency in 2008 and took charge…

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Anti-discrimination leader Mamun rescued after five days, admitted to hospital

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Desk Report: Police have rescued Maulana Mamunur Rashid, the former joint convener of the anti-discrimination student movement and an active activist of the July Movement, after he was missing for five days. Police from Turag Police Station rescued him in an ill condition from a mosque in Sector 1 of Purbachal in the capital around 2 pm on Friday. Turag Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Monirul Islam Monir said, “Upon receiving the news, the police went to the spot and rescued Mamun and admitted him to Kuwait Friendship Hospital. The family…

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Behind the scenes of the Ladakh movement is the Phunsukh Wangru from ‘Three Idiots’!

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Desk Report: Four people were killed and over 70 injured in clashes between protesters and police in Ladakh‘s Leh town on Wednesday (September 25). The protests, which initially began in solidarity with an ongoing hunger strike, turned violent when protesters attempted to attack and set fire to the local BJP office and the Leh Hill Council secretariat. Several vehicles were also set on fire in addition to the BJP office. Protesters burned furniture and documents in the office. Additional forces later reached the spot and were able to bring the…

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Chhatra League procession in front of Police Commissioner’s office in Chittagong

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Desk Report: The banned organization Chhatra League held a quick procession with a banner in front of the Police Commissioner’s office in Chittagong city. Leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliate organizations were also present at the time. This quick procession was held in front of the Police Lines and CMP offices in Dampara in the city at around 10:30 am on Wednesday. A 48-second video of the procession was later shared on various social media platforms including the Awami League’s Facebook page. Eyewitnesses to the incident…

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Protests demanding separate state and quotas in jobs in Ladakh, Kashmir, 4 killed in violence

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Desk Report: At least four people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes with police in Ladakh, demanding a separate state and job quotas for locals, two local sources confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s government in 2019 separated Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir and declared it a union territory. Since then, it has been directly administered by Delhi. Led by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, the protesters have long been demanding special status for Ladakh. On Tuesday, two hunger strikers who were with her fell ill…

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Two men fight over a woman claiming her as their wife, ending in prison for all three

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Desk Report: Two men in their forties are arguing over a woman wearing an orange salwar kameez. Both of them are demanding that the woman be their wife. At one point, a fight breaks out. This scene was seen at Charkhamba intersection in Jessore city on Tuesday afternoon. And so, a crowd of curious people gathered to watch. On receiving the news, the police took the three to the police station. Once there, the tension increased. Several rounds of arguments and fights broke out in the police station premises. To…

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57 percent new faces in extortion

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Desk Report: More than 57 percent of those arrested recently on charges of extortion and illegal occupation are new faces. That is, more than half of the people caught by the police had no previous charges of such crimes. This information was obtained from the police authorities. The police have identified 6 reasons behind the involvement in extortion and illegal occupation, including the tendency of dishonest new people to take advantage of the vacuum and instability created by the fall of the Awami League government. According to the police headquarters,…

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If we protested against the government, we would have been labeled as ‘Razakar’ and justice would have been destroyed: Nahid

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Desk Report: National Citizens Party (NCP) convener Nahid Islam said, “On the night of July 14 last year, Sheikh Hasina called the protesters the children and grandchildren of Razakars and took a stand in favor of the quota system in a press conference. Basically, this statement gave legitimacy to the attack on the protesters. Because, we have always seen that if any legitimate movement was held against the government, the legitimacy of the movement was undermined by calling them Razakars. That night, students of Dhaka University and other educational institutions…

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