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Irregularities in relief work

PATUAKHALI, Dec 01: Around 200 people Thursday staged a demonstration at Galachipa upazila headquarters in protest against alleged irregularities in relief distribution in Dakua union. Local sources said the cyclone-affected people thronged the office premises of the Upazila Nirbahi Officer at about 11 AM, chanting slogans against UP Chairman Gazi Nesar Uddin. They alleged "nepotism" in relief distribution. The UNO, Abul Kashem Mohiuddin, pacified the protestors by allocating 4 metric tones of rice for them. "Most of them (protestors) are not affected. All of the affected people have already got relief smoothly," said the UNO, reports UNB.

Youth killed

NATORE, Dec 1: A young man died at Sadar Hospital here Wednesday, suspected to have been drugged by the members of 'Aggyan' (doping) party when he was travelling by a bus. The deceased was identified as Naresh, 30, of Hapania village of Naldanga thana. Police said local people found Naresh unconscious on Natore-Naldanga road in the evening and sent him to Sadar hospital where he died. Four other people who were also suspected to have been drugged by the members of 'Aggyan' party were recovered in unconscious condition from rail station and bus stand in the town and admitted to Sadar hospital, reports UNB.

Tragic indeed!

GAIBANDHA, Dec 1: A man slaughtered his own daughter to implicate his rivals in a murder case at Boali village in Sundarganj upazila Wednesday morning. Police said Selim Miah slaughtered his seven-year-old daughter Sheuli taking her to a nearby paddy field at about 9 AM. On information, police rushed to the spot and arrested Selim Miah, his wife Morsheda Begum and brother Nurul Islam. There had been a long conflict between Selim Miah and Amirul Miah over a disputed land and Selim Miah might have killed his daughter to implicate Amirul Miah in the murder case, police said, reports UNB.

Old man succumbs to injuries

NARSIGNDI, Dec 1: A septuagenarian man, who was injured in a harpoon attack during a clash at Nekjanpur village in Sadar upazila, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. Police said supporters of local UP chairman Abdur Razzak attacked the house of Bachchu Member with sharp weapon following establishing supremacy over the village on September 22, leaving 25 people injured. Of the injured, eight people, including Najat Ali, 70, were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital while the rests to Sadar Hospital. But doctors released Najat Ali from DMCH on Tuesday as there was no improvement in his health condition, reports UNB.

Two gets life in Chuadanga

CHITTAGONG, Dec 1: A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for hurling acid on his wife for dowry. The court also fined Sarawar Hossain Mridha, Tk 20,000. According to the prosecution, the convict threw acid on his wife Ayesha Akhter Moyna in their rented house at Kalsidighirpar in Bandor thana on August 21, 2006 following a family feud over dowry, leaving her critically injured. Later, the victim filed a case with the police, reports UNB.

Indian timber seized

NETROKONA, Dec 1: Police seized smuggled Indian timber worth about Tk 5 lakh from a trawler in Kangsha river in Durgapur Upazila Monday. Police also arrested four people-Moti Rahman, 22, Hussain Ali, 30, Arif Hussain, 45 and Rafiq Miah, 40. Acting on a secret information, police seized 600 cubic feet timber from the trawler and arrested the four smugglers. A case was filed with Durgapur police station, reports UNB.