2 cops, bandit leader bullet-hit in gunfight
Two policemen and a ringleader of inter-district bandits were injured in a gunfight at Kala Laxmipur on the Magura-Jhenidah highway on Tuesday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team arrested alleged bandit gang leader Anwar Hossain, 35, of Aryanarayanpur village in Jhenidah Sadar from Amolsar village in Magura district on Monday night. | "Evening, Anwar. You're coming with us." |
The police team was returning to Jhenidah Sadar thana along with Anwar, an accused in five cases including some for murder. As they reached Kala-Laxmipur in Jhenidah Sadar upazila, Anwar's accomplices fired on the law enforcers, who also returned shots, said Jhenidah Police Superintendent. | "It's the Accomplices of Anwar, open fire!" |
Anwar was bullet-hit and critically injured when he attempted to flee from the police van. | "Feet don't fail...Ouch, ouch..dammit...rosebud, Hey, I'm not dead!" |
Havildar Abdus Salam and Constable Mizan were also bullet-hit in the gunfight. Police recovered a shutter-gun and four bullets from the spot. The injured persons including the policemen were admitted to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital.
Madrasa teacher held for torturing 2 boys
The Rajpara thana police arrested a teacher of Al Chaotul Quran Academy Hafezia Madrasa under Rajpara thana on charge of injuring two madrasa boys by beating. The arrested was identified as Muhibullah. Informed sources said a mobile phone set belonging to brother-in-law of Muhibullah was stolen six months ago and the latter held two students of the madrasha Samiul Islam Sabuj (12) and Mahfuzur Rahman Raqib (12) for stealing the phone set and demanded the return of the same. | "Hey punks, where's the damm phone?" |
When the students expressed their ignorance about the theft of the phone set, Muhibullah kept the two students in a room of the madrasha on March 27, tied up their hands and legs with ropes and beat them severely with rods. He inflicted the torture on them the whole night. | And I'm sure he enjoyed it |
Muhibullah in this way realised confessional statements of the boys about the stealing of the mobile phone set and recorded their statements. The recorded statements were communicated to the fathers of the boys, who informed the confinement and torture of their sons of the police. Police rushed to the spot, rescued the boys and arrested Muhibulllah.
2 dacoits held
Mar 30: Police held two highway dacoits with arms after exchange of gunfire at Majidpur in the early hours of today. Five dacoits in a cab were passing by Pakija at about 2-30am. Police asked to halt the cab when dacoits fired upon them. Police returned the fire in which Tapash Talukder (28) was injured. Tapash and his accomplices Khalilur Rahman (30) were arrested from the spot while others managed to flee. Later they told the police that their accomplices Helal, Paran and Al Amin fled leaving them behind. | "Them bastards left us and saved their own.....Say, you're not thinking of taking us to look for them, are you?" |
They are all residents of Sabujbag.
Husband sued for torturing his wife
Mar 30: A case has been filed against a person for torturing a housewife for dowry. Mostari Begum filed the case with Sudharam thana against her husband Zia Uddin on March 26 under Children and Women Repression Act. The case stated that Ziauddin, presidernt of Hatia Upazila Chhatra League married Mostari Begum on December 19, 1999. Some times after the marriage, Zia Uddin pressed Mosari Begum to bring Tk.two lakh as dowry from her father. Zia Uddin grew infuriated as Mostari Begum expressed her inability to comply with the demand. He at one stage started torturing her in different ways. At one stage, he set fire on Mostari from the cigarette lighter. At the screams of Mostaria, the neighbouring people rushed to the spot and rescued Mostari. Zia Uddin went into hiding after the incident. | Women, can't live with them, can't set them on fire |
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