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Inter-dist dacoit gang held in Comilla

COMILLA, Aug 26: Police arrested nine members of inter-district dacoit gang from Paranpur school in Monohorganj upazila Friday early morning. Police said a gang of 15/20 robbers looted valuables from various houses of Eosia, Baupur and Bhanghar villages Thursday night. When the robbers entered into nearby Paranpur school for changing dress a patrol team of police went there and arrested nine of them. Police also recovered some looted valuables. The arrested dacoits are - Salahuddin, Md Hasan, Rezaul Karim, Siraj, Jahangir, Mahfuz, Shohag, Siraj and Mintoo, reports UNB.

Trader stabbed to death in Khulna

KHULNA, Aug 26: A trader was stabbed to death by some terrorists in Amtola area of the city Thursday night. The dead was identified as Gobinda Saha, 30, son of Nikhil Saha of city's Kalibari area. Police said when Gobinda was returning home from his biscuit factory some terrorists swooped on him and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him seriously injured. Local people rushed him to a nearby clinic where the attending doctors declared him dead. The reason behind the killing could not be known immediately. A case was filed, reports UNB.

9 arrested for trying to pilfer oil in B'baria

BRAHMANBARIA, Aug 26: Nine persons were arrested for attempting to steal condensate oil from the pipeline of the national grid at a beel at Chandura in Sadar upazila on Tuesday. Police said security guards with the help of villagers caught them when they went to the beel by a boat with different tools for pilfering oil. Seven of the arrested were identified as Mamun, Khairul Islam, Delwar Hossain, Jasimuddin, Mizan, Kausar and boatman Ershad, reports UNB.

Cases filed against go vehicles in Faridpur

FARIDPUR, Aug 26: Officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) filed cases against 40 vehicles in the district on various charges in last three days till Thursday. Sources said BRTA, as per the government decision, started the drive from Gangabdhi on Dhaka-Khulna highway in cooperation with joint forces and police. The cases have been filed against the vehicles for lack of fitness certificate and for running on the road with high speed, reports UNB.

Indian cloths worth Tk 14 lakh seized in Benapole

BENAPOLE, Aug 26: BDR members seized Indian cloths worth 14 lakh at Benapole Bazaar Thursday. BDR sources said some smugglers were taking the Indian sari and three-piece sets to Jessore. Sensing BDR presence at Benapole Bazaar the smugglers fled away abandoning the cloths. The seized cloths were deposited to local customs house. A case was filed, reports UNB.

Two day-labourers electrocuted in Munshiganj

MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 26: Two day-labourers were electrocuted at Lotufdi Goyatala village in Sirajdikhan upazila on Thursday afternoon. Local people said Nazrul, 25, and Suman, 22, hailed from Barguna district came in contact with a live electric wire when they were passing a canal by a sand-laden trawler. Police on information recovered the bodies, reports UNB.

One beaten to death in Dinajpur

DINAJPUR, Aug 26: A man was beaten to death at Ramnagar village in Sadar upazila Wednesday night. The dead was identified as Mokarram Hossain Tipu, 40, of Shankerpur village in the upazila. Police said some terrorists called Tipu out of his house Wednesday at dead of night, hanged him from a tree and beat him to death. They later fled away leaving the body at nearby Ramnagar village. On information police recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy. A case was filed. The motive behind the killing could not be known, reports UNB.