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TV personality Abdul Alim dies

UNB, Mymensingh

TV personality and comedian ASM Abdul Alim popularly known as Lalu died of old age complications at his Brahmma Palli residence in the district town at noon yesterday. He was 76.

He left behind wife, six sons, one daughter and a host of friends and admirers to mourn the death.

His namaj-e-janaza was held at the Jamia Islamia Madrasa after the Asr prayer and later buried in Bhatikasar graveyard in the town.

Body found in city

UNB, Dhaka

The body of a middle aged man was recovered from city's Mirpur area Sunday night. The dead was identified as Delwar Hossain Mintu,40, an employee of a buying house of Banani area. He hailed from Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat district.

Family sources said Mintu went to his working place from his Mirpur residence at about 8am but did not return home at night.

Mirpur thana police recovered Mintu's body from a road near Pikepara government staff quarter at about 10 pm and sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital Morgue for autopsy early Monday.

Mintu's body bore some injury marks but the motive behind the killing could not be ascertained immediately.

A case was filed.

Four to die for housewife murder in Chuadanga

UNB, Chuadanga

A special tribunal here yesterday sentenced four members of a family to death in a murder case.

The condemned convicts are : Bablu, his parents Abdus Sattar and Khadiza Begum and brother Bakul, of Joyrampur Mallikpara in Damurhuda upazila.

The tribunal also fined them Tk 20,000 each.

According to the prosecution, Bablu and his family members set fire to his wife Papiya Sultana on June 7, 2006 due to dowry demand.

Papiya was critically admitted to hospital where she died the following day.

Later, the victim's brother filed a murder case with the respective police station.

After examining the records and witnesses, Judge Motahar Hossain handed down the judgment.

4 brothers among 10 get 10 yrs RI for murder

Chittagong Correspondent

The court of District and Sessions Judge here in the port city yesterday convicted four brothers among 10 murderers and ordered them to serve rigorous imprisonment for 10 years.

Each of the convicts has also been slapped Taka 50 thousand as penalty failure in paying it would require defaulter to serve an additional year of imprisonment.

The convicted brothers were identified as Selim Hosssain, Zakir Hossain, Anwar Hossain and Monir Hossain while three of the six convicts were Rezaul Karim, Golam Morshed and M Rafique. Three absconding convicts were Forkan Ali, Jalal Ahmed and Saber Ahmed.

Additional District and Sessions Judge-2 Ekramul Haq Chowdhury pronounced the verdict at a jam-packed courtroom this afternoon.

Public prosecutor said that Sultan Ahmed backed by his five sons and their fellows attacked Jtiyatabadi Jubo Dal (JJD) leader Farid Ahmed on March 23, 1996. The attackers killed him by lethal weapons when Farid attempted to resist an illegal move to build a wall at Dobapara in Halishahar.

Police after thorough investigation prepared the charge sheet accusing 12 people of the killing and subsequently submitted it to the court on June 30, 1996.

The main accused on the charge sheet Sultan Ahmmed died of cardiac failure while under custody in 2001 and his elder son Delwar in 2005.

6 snatchers, merchant father & son held in Ctg

Chittagong Correspondent

Police in a series of drives across the city arrested six members of organized snatching groups branded as 'Tana Party' and a businessman along with his son.

A team led by Assistant Commissioner (Kotwali Zone) Babul Akhter under a special assignment conducted the daylong drive that ended Monday morning.

Police sources said that the arrested snatchers had long been engaged in stanching, especially at city's busiest spots. The snatchers used to leave the spot quickly after successful operation through motorbike and CNG-driven auto-rickshaw, which branded them as 'Tana Party.'

The arrested snatchers are Mohammad Absar (29), son of Najir Ahmed, Emon Hossain (25), son of Ali Abbas, Abdul Quader (29), son of Ali Abbas, Mohammad Nazim (23), son Abdur Sabur, Mohammad Kamal Uddin (30), son of late Kala Mia, Mohammad Jashim (28), son of Tajur Molluk, trader Haji Foyez Ahmed Chowdhury (52), son of late Haji Shaleh Ahmed and his son Mohammad Saifuddin.

The arrested businessman was identified as Haji Foyez Ahmed (52) and his son Mohammad Moinuddin (26). Police recovered two single-barrel rifles from his (businessman) possession.

Assistant Commissioner Babul Akhter who led the drive, told the reporters that they had seized a motorbike, two firearms, a chopper and four cell-phone sets from the possession of arrested snatchers.

He said that they would examine the call lists of cell-phones, which will help to identify their (snatchers) fellows.

Babul Akhter, after questioning the snatchers primarily, told the reporters that the snatchers took part in snatching dividing into three groups and they usually gave priority to dark places, bus terminals and busy spots.

He has also informed that Tana Party has expert driver (CNG-Auto and motorbike) including motor mechanics so that they can hurriedly leave the spot after snatching.

Police said that they arrested leader of Tana Party Mohammad Absar who has been wanted in dozens of snatching cases, from his Bahaddarhat area along with a single-barrel rifle and a Light Gun (LG) on Sunday morning.

Soon after arrest, he (Absar) has been placed under questioning. Following his confessional statement, the special team arrested his five fellows - Emon Hossain (25), Kader (29), Mohammad Nadim (23), Kamal Uddin (30) and Jashim Uddin (28) from different parts of the city in nightlong drive. They also recovered three guns and a Light Gun (LG) from their possession.

Based on the statement of Absar, police also arrested trader Haji Foyez Ahmed and his son Mainuddin Ahmed from city's Pahartali area at about 5:00 a.m. on Monday on charge of buying two looted firearms from Absar.

Trader Foyez Ahmed, however, claimed that he bought the firearms for his personal security. Separate cases were filed with Kotwali police station in these connections.

251 DU teachers condemn Indian aggression

DU Correspondent

Two hundred and fifty one teachers of the Dhaka University said a conspiracy against the national security, Independence and Sovereignty of Bangladesh was being hatched by a regional dominant power.

At a statement, they also said the power was trying to make Bangladesh as subjugated country by the indiscriminate killing of the Bangladeshi innocent farmers and BDR men intruding into Bangladeshi areas.

The statement was signed by Prof Dr Sadrul Amin, president of Dhaka University Teacher Association (DUTA) on behalf of the teachers.

Prof Dr Aminur Rahman Majumder, Prof Dr Sirajul Islam, Prof Dr Tazmery SA Islam, Prof Kamrul Ahsan Chowdhury, Prof Dr Mabubullah, Prof Dr Akhter Hossain Khan, Prof Ferdous Hossain and Prof Dr Sukomal Barua were among those who gave the statement.