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UP chairman arrested

Nilphamari, Oct 9: Joint Forces arrested a UP chairman and five members for black marketing rice allocated under VGF(Vulnerable Group Feeding) card in Dhimla upazila here Monday. The arrested were-chairman of Nautara union parishad Mosharref Hossain Mintu and UP members-Abdur Salam, Tahidul Islam, Abdur Sattar, Asiruddin and Salehin.

Sources said the UP chairman and members distributed 8 kgs of rice instead of 10 kg per person among 2500 poor people under VGF card on Sunday, reports UNB.

One sentenced to death

Panchagarh, Oct 9: A court here has sentenced a man to death for killing his wife about 12 years ago. The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court also fined the condemned convict, Chan Mia, Tk 20,000, in absentee. According to the prosecution, Chan Mia of Kaukhali village in Boda upazila strangled his wife and dumped the body under the sands of a river on March 15, 1996 as she failed to meet his dowry demand. After the killing Chan Mia went into hiding.

Later, the victim's father filed a case with the respective police station, reports UNB.

One hacked to death

Narsingdi, Oct 9: Armed robbers hacked a man to death while committing robbery in a house at Ghoradia village in Sadar upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sawdagar Mia, 60. Local sources said a group of robbers, numbering 20/25, stormed the house of Sawdager Mia by breaking open the door at about 1am and tied up the inmates. They also severely beat up the inmates and started looting valuables. As Sawdager Mia tried to resist them, the bandits hacked him indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot. The gang then left the house with Tk 50,000 in cash, gold ornaments and other valuables. On their way, the dacoits stormed the house of Jhantu Mia in the same village and looted valuables over Tk 1 lakh. Police recovered the body on Tuesday morning and sent it to morgue for autopsy, reports UNB.

BDR-BSF exchanges gunfire

Satkhira, Oct 9: Indian Border Security Force(BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles exchanged gunfire on Taluigaccha frontier in sadar upazila Monday midnight. BDR sources said as BSF members of Tarali camp fired 10 rounds of bullet towards Bangladesh border without any provocation near main pillar no-13/3 BDR members retaliated with 10 rounds. None was injured during the exchange of fire. Tension has been prevailing along the border, reports UNB.

UP chairman in Netrakona arrested

Netrakona, Oct 9: The detective branch police of the district arrested a union parishad chairman and his two associates from Rouha area under Sadar upazila on October 10 on charges of selling relief rice in black market. Police said, acting on a secret information, a team of plain clothed BD men cordoned off Rouha union parisahd office and caught chairman Makbul Hussain and his two associates red-handed while they were selling relief rice. The associates were identified as Debdulal Sarker and Zitendra Sarker. Later, they were handed over to the Netrakona Model Police. A case also field in this connection.