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2 held with

fake notes

Dinajpur, Mar 14: Police arrested two people along with fake notes of Tk 25,000 from Gazipur village in Nababganj upazila Thursday. The arrested were identified as Laisur Rahman, 40, and Wahedur Rahman, 38. Police said acting on a secret information they intercepted Laisur and Wahedur and recovered 55 notes of Tk 100 and 39 notes of Tk 500 denominations after searching their bodies. A case was filed, reports UNB.

125 houses gutted

by fire in Thakurgaon

Thakurgaon, Mar 14: Some 125 dwelling houses of 70 families were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at Jasaipara village in Peerganj upazila of the district Thursday afternoon. Witnesses said the fire originated from the kitchen of Mansur Ali at about 2pm and soon engulfed the nearby houses. Firefighters from Peerganj extinguished the fire after three hours of hectic efforts with the help of local people. The fire brigade sources estimated the loss from fire at about 15 lakh. The affected families are passing their days under the sky, reports UNB.

Dacoits lynched

Gazipur, Mar 14: Two suspected robbers were beaten to death and two others injured critically by angry mob in river Sitalakkhya in Sreepur upazila here Thursday night. Local people said a gang of robbers came by a trawler to Singhasree area on the bank of the river under Kapasia upazila at midnight and tried to commit robbery there. As the locals started shouting, hundreds of nearby people came to the spot and chased the robbers. Sensing danger when the bandits were trying to flee by the trawler the chasing people caught four of them. They later gave them a mass beating leaving two of them dead and two others seriously injured, reports UNB.

Prisoner dies in Dinajpur jail

Dinajpur, Mar 14 (UNB)- A prisoner died of cardiac arrest at district jail here Thursday, jail sources said.

Jail authority said Dulal Chakravarty fell unconscious while taking bath in a pond in the jail compound. He was taken to jail hospital immediately. Later, he was rushed to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital where the attending doctors declared him dead. Dulal hailed from Rajbati Gunjobari area of Sadar upazila. He was arrested seven days ago under Narcotics Control Act. Family sources claimed that Dulal died due to torture in the jail.

Touchstone made statue recovered in Madaripur

Madaripur, Mar 14: RAB members recovered a touchstone made statue of Lord Krishna worth about Tk 10 million from Bakshakhola village in Moksudpur upazila of Gopalganj district Thursday. A team of RAB-8 of Madaripur camp went to the house of Bazlu Sheikh in the guise of buyers and arrested Bazlu's son Khokon Sheikh along with the statue when they were trying to sell it. A case was filed, reports UNB.