CROSSFIRE-Outlaw leader killed
KUSHTIA, Mar 1: An outlawed party leader was killed in a shootout between police and their accomplices at Charmilpara area in the town early today (Tuesday), reports UNB. | Wonderful, I was beginning to have "crossfire" withdrawl |
Police said acting on secret information they raided Ratulpara village in sadar upazila and arrested the leader of outlawed Gono Muktifouja and military commander of local ''Kota Bahini'' Ijjat Ali,38 on Monday. According to his confession when police reached the spot for recovering arms at about 5am, the cohorts of Ijjat opened fire on them in a bid to snatch him, forcing police to fire back. Ijjat was caught in the shootout when he tried to flee and died on the spot.| Covered all the talking points in two sentences; confession, recovering arms, 5am, the Dread Cohorts of Ijjat, shootout, attemped fleeing, crossfire, dead suspect. |
Several rounds of bullet were recovered from the scene. Ijjat was an accused of eight cases including murder, police said.
RAB arrest Chittagong top terror Nasir
Nasir, a most wanted criminal of Chittagong, was nabbed by elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Jatrabari area in Dhaka city Monday night, reports BDNEWS. A notorious criminal Nasir, widely known as Gittu Nasir, is accused in over a dozen of criminal cases including murders. An Islami Chhatra Shibir cadre, Nasir, was wanted in a case for killing eight Chhatra League activists by brushfire. He is also an accused in a case involving the killing of a ward commissioner in the port city. Acting on a tip off, a team of RAB-7, deployed in Chittagong region, apprehended Nasir from a house at Dholaikhal in the capital. Later, the black strikers took him to Chittagong to catch his (Nasir) accomplices and recover deadly weapons in his custody.| "Come with us Nasir, we're going to get your guns" "Uh oh, you gonna kill me?" "Don't know, you'll have to check tomorrows paper" |
Colonel Chowdhury Fazlul Bari, second-in-command of RAB, confirmed the arrest.
Dacoity case against four babies in Chittagong
The High Court on Tuesday issued rule suo moto upon government officials to explain in two weeks why the dacoity case against four infants should not be quashed and direction given for punishment of the prosecutors, reports UNB. When some lawyers drew attention of the court to newspaper reports on Tuesday with photograph of four babies in parents' laps appearing before the CMM court of Chittagong on Monday, it issued the rule against nine people including Home Secretary, IGP, DC, CMM of Chittagong and police officers concerned. Bench comprising Justice AK Badrul Huq and Justice M Fazlur Rahman also ordered OC of Kotwali thana, Chittagong, investigation officer, complainant and informant of the case to appear before them in person on March 8. On perusal of the report the judges were apparently surprised and annoyed. | "You arrested who? They're how old? WTF, over?" |
The lawyers submitted that the police officials prosecuted the babies by abusing power and they deserve punishment and the victims should be compensated. UNB Chittagong correspondent reports that Hajee Samiruddin of Golap Singh Road in the city filed a dacoity case on February 7 accusing ten neighbours including four babies Sagar (2), Riday (4 months), Durjoy (1) and Bijoy (3 months). Police prosecuted them along with their parents. | "Hey Sarge, we supposed to arrest the babies too?" "Yeah, that's what the paperwork sez. It don't make no sense to me, but orders is orders" |
The magistrate granted them bail when they were produced before the court on Monday. The high-ups in the Law Ministry told UNB Tuesday night that they have taken up the matter seriously. "We are equally surprised. We are looking into the mater to find out who abused or misused the power. Minors are immune from prosecution under the law guaranteed by the Constitution," said a senior official. |