Roughed-up ‘robber’ dies in hospitalA suspected robber, who was beaten up by a mob in front of the Chittagong Shopping Complex Saturday morning, died in Chittagong Medical College Hospital early Sunday.
The police said a gang of four riding in an auto-rickshaw swooped on Abul Bashar, a businessman, and robbed Tk 7 lakh, as he came out of a bank at about 11:30am.
| Somehow, it just doesn't inspire the same amount of fear as jumping out of a SUV |
| "Ouchouchouchouch.....rosebud!" |
| Rushed him to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital Level One Trauma Center......where he croaked |
Alleged criminal stabbed to death in city
A listed criminal was stabbed to death by his close accomplices at the city’s Kafrul area on Saturday late night. According to the sources Abbas Ali (35), son of Somed Ali, resident of 5/1 Damal Court Bazar under Kafrul police station received fatal injuries when he was severely stabbed by his accomplices at a stage of their altercation at Saberalitek area at about 10 pm.
| I'm guessing it was the last stage |
Later, being informed by the local sources, the police recovered the body at about 11 pm.
| "Kafrul Police Department, how may we assist you? Body in the street? He alive? No?....ok, we'll schedule a pickup." |
| "Don't bogart that loot, my friend....." |
Sagir Murder-Slain suspect's parents, sister held, quizzed
The police arrested the parents and a sister of Shaon, one of the suspected slain assailants of Jubo Dal leader Sagir Ahmed, at their Dhaleswari house in Keraniganj Saturday night. Members of the Special Branch (SB) of the police are quizzing them at its office to squeeze information about Shaon, called Geshu by the family. However, Geshu's relatives could not give the police any clue to his criminal activities and the gang he is tied to, the police said.
Geshu's father Altaf Uddin, mother Amirunnesa and sister Maksuda could only tell the police that they threw Geshu out of the house some four years ago after he had taken to criminal activities. They said since then they had no contact with him. They also said they knew that Geshu had married and has a child but could not say where they lived.
| "Kicked him out, we did. Always causing trouble, ain't seen him in ages" |
However, other sources said Geshu had been involved with a gang patronised by the brother of a ruling BNP lawmaker from the old part of the city. Meanwhile, Sagir's brother Syed Ahmed filed a case with Sutrapur Police Station late Saturday night, where he mentioned that four to five unidentified criminals gunned down his brother. He, however, did not cite any reason for the killing.
Assailants gunned down Sagir, general secretary of Dhaka City (south) Jubo Dal near his Nasir Uddin Sarder Lane house Friday. The law-enforcers intercepted the killers while they were fleeing off and shot dead Shaon after the gang had allegedly shot and wounded a police havilder.
| So Shaon was gunned down by the cops for gunning down Sagir. |
New police version
The Police Headquarters in a press statement yesterday, meanwhile, said Shaon was fatally wounded after he had taken a bullet fired by his associates when they were fleeing on being chased by a mob and members of the police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
| Oh, so he was killed in a "crossfire"? Why didn't you say so, I'd have given him top billing. |
It maintained that Havilder Rafiqul Islam of a police patrol caught Shaon, who managed to break free by shooting and wounding Rafiqul. As the locals, police and Rab chased the killers, they fired indiscriminately and Shaon received the bullet during the shooting. The mob eventually got hold of him and beat him up.
| Shot in a "crossfire" then beaten by a mob. Not having a good day, was he. |
| Ah, so maybe that story of him shooting Sagir doesn't hold water |
| "He's dead, Jim. Orderly, just stack him over in the corner with the other witnesses" |
| That was after his "gang" had allegedly shot Sagir. They all got away, leaving poor Shaon behind |
A few thousand leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) took out a silent procession organised on Dhaka University campus yesterday to mourn Sagir. Before the procession, the JCD held a brief rally at the foot of Aparajeyo Bangla and demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment to the killers.