Police arrested Burichang upazila vice-chairman and Jamaat leader Saiful Islam from the city’s Race Course area early Tuesday.Officer-in-charge of Comilla Kotwali Model Police Station Khorshed Alam said a team of police conducted a raid in the house of Saiful Islam at Race Course around 3.00am and arrested him.The arrestee was produced before a court at noon. Earlier, an arrest warrant was issued against Saiful for a criminal case....
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Police recovered the body of a young man with the throat slashed from Mokimpur in Brahmanpara upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Abul Miah, 18, son of Tajel Miah, a resident of the upazila.Deceased’s family sources said Abul, a conductor of microbus, had remained missing since Monday afternoon.Locals noticed the body of Abul, with the throat slit and intestines bulging out, lying on a street at Burigang in the upazila and informed police.A team of...
Police arrested the car driver of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case, from a village in Chandina upazila early Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Zubayer Hossain, 33.Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive at the house of Abdur Razzak, father-in-law of Zubayer, at Belashwar village in the upazila around 3am and arrested Zubayer from the house, said Mohammad Ayub, inspector (investigation) of Chandina Police Station.Zubayer Hossain took shelter at the house to avoid police arrest...
A doctor of Comilla Medical College Hospital (CMCH) was found dead in a dormitory at the hospital compound on Saturday. Police recovered the decomposed body of Hasibul Hoque Hasan, 37, son of Abdul Hamid of the capital, around 7am.Hospital sources said, Hasibul, along with three of his colleagues, had been residing in a dormitory on the CHCH campus. After works, all his roommates went to their respective village homes on Thursday.On their return to the dormitory, they smelt odour coming...
At least 13 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out in Municipality Market area of Daudkandi upazila early Tuesday.Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric shot circuit at a shop in the market at about 4:00am and soon engulfed 12 other adjoining shops.On information, one firefighting unit from the upazila headquarters rushed in and doused the blaze after one hour of frantic efforts with the help of locals.The affected shop owners claimed that the extent...
At least five policemen were injured in a gunfight with an alleged gang of armed terrorists in Kaliajuri area of the city on Tuesday night.Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Detective Branch (DB) of police, said a team of DB police launched a drive in the area to arrest terrorists and recover firearms at about 9:00 pm.Sensing the presence of police, a group of armed men fired gunshots at the law enforcers, triggering a gunfight that left five policemen injured with bullets.Police...
A union parishad member who was abducted from his house on Saturday was found dead near Laxmipur bridge in Chouddagram upazila on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Nurul Alam,40, son of Shamsul Alam of Dekra village. Family sources said coming in a microbus some masked miscreants picked up Nurul Alma from the house early Saturday morning.Chouddagram thana officer-in-charge Uttam Kumer Chakravarty said after getting complaints they launched drive in different places in search of Alam and found his body lying...
A case was filed on Sunday against five RAB personnel, including former commanding officer of RAB-11 Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, in connection with the abduction of two BNP leaders in Comilla.The two BNP leaders-Saiful Islam Hiru, a former MP and president of Laksham upazila unit BNP and Humayun Kabir Pervez, president of Laksham municipality unit BNP, remained missing since November 27, 2013.Humayun Kabir’s father, Rangu Mia, filed the case with Comilla No 6 Judicial Magistrate Court on Sunday.The other...
An elderly woman and her son were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Noyabazar area in Chauddagram upazila on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Halima Begum, 60, wife of Kuddus Ali of Samuganj under Kotwali thana in Mymensingh, and the couple’s son Mustafa, 35.Shoilen Chakma, assistant superintendent of highway police (eastern), said the accident took place in the area around 7:25am when a Chittagong-bound speeding truck mistakenly hit a covered van from behind because of poor...