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Amu arrested in the capital

The Detective Branch of police yesterday arrested former industries minister and Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu in the capital.

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Amu arrested in the capital
He faces 15 cases over murder, other offences

The Detective Branch of police yesterday arrested former industries minister and Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu in the capital.

He was held from a house in the West Dhanmondi area around 1:30pm, said Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Police said Amu stands accused in at least 15 cases on various charges, including murder.

Amu, also the coordinator of the AL-led 14-party alliance, was elected member of parliament six times from Jhalokathi-2 constituency.

Like many other AL leaders, Amu had been in hiding since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5.

The next day, a joint team of army and police recovered Tk 5 crore in local and foreign currencies from Amu's house in Jhalokathi after a mob set the house on fire.

The money was discovered when firefighters went there to extinguish the blaze. They informed the army and police, who then arrived at the scene and found several pieces of luggage stashed with money.

On August 17, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit instructed all banks to freeze accounts of Amu and his daughter Sumaiya Hossain.

It also asked the banks to block all transactions through the accounts they maintain.​

 

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AL MP Dhirendra Shambhu arrested in Uttara

Former Awami League MP of Barguna-1 Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of police in the capital's Uttara tonight

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AL MP Dhirendra Shambhu arrested in Uttara

Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu

Former Awami League MP of Barguna-1 Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of police in the capital's Uttara tonight.

Mohammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media and public relations) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed this to The Daily Star.

There are multiple cases filed against Shambhu over attacks on protesters during the July-August student-led mass uprising.

The DB official could not specify under which case Shambhu was shown arrested.​

 

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Ex-SCBA secy Momtaz, ex-DNCC mayor Atiqul remanded

A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Wednesday allowed the police to take Supreme Court Bar Association’s former secretary Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehedi and Dhaka North City Corporation’s former mayor Atiqul Islam in custody for interrogation in separate murder cases...

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Ex-SCBA secy Momtaz, ex-DNCC mayor Atiqul remanded
Staff Correspondent 14 November, 2024, 00:39

A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Wednesday allowed the police to take Supreme Court Bar Association’s former secretary Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehedi and Dhaka North City Corporation’s former mayor Atiqul Islam in custody for interrogation in separate murder cases.

Besides, the same court on Wednesday placed former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid on three-day fresh remand in a case lodged with the Uttara West police station under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947.

The court of Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury placed former SCBA secretary Momtaz on three-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising.

The court passed the order as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on seven-day remand in the case.

Mehedi was arrested at his Uttara Sector 9 house on November 10.

Alamgir Hossain, 34, a driver of Raida Paribahan, was gunned down in Uttara’s Azampur area on August 5 during the student-led mass uprising that eventually ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Victim’s mother Aleya Begum filed the case on October 6, against 288 people including Hasina.

The same court placed former DNCC mayor Atiqul on five-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of one Bokul Miah with the Uttara East police station on July 18.

The police arrested Atiqul in the capital’s Mohakhali DOHS area on October 16. The court sent him to jail the next day, showing him arrested in three separate murder cases.

Bokul Miah was shot at in his head and succumbed to his injuries the next day.

Later, his wife Monika Akter filed the case with the police station.

The same court on Wednesday placed former minister Abdus Shahid on three-day fresh remand in a case lodged with the Uttara West police station under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947.

The case was filed under section 23 (1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947.

Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury passed the order as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on seven-day remand.

On October 30, the court placed him on four-day remand in a case lodged over bus driver Alamgir Hossain’s murder.

The former minister was arrested at his residence at Uttara in the early hours of October 30, where Tk 3.20 crore, $1,953, and other currencies were recovered from the house.​

 

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Ex-MP Ali Azam Mukul arrested in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday night arrested former lawmaker from Bhola-2 constituency Ali Azam Mukul from capital’s Hazaribagh area. A short message from the battalion confirmed the arrest, reports BSS. Mukul was wanted in a number of criminal cases including murder and attack

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Ex-MP Ali Azam Mukul arrested in Dhaka
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Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday night arrested former lawmaker from Bhola-2 constituency Ali Azam Mukul from capital’s Hazaribagh area.

A short message from the battalion confirmed the arrest, reports BSS.

Mukul was wanted in a number of criminal cases including murder and attack on the recent Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

He would be produced before the court on Thursday.​

 

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Freeze accounts of NRBC Bank chairman

Banks have been asked to freeze all personal and private company accounts of three top former and current officials of NRBC Bank

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Freeze accounts of NRBC Bank chairman
BFIU asks banks

Banks have been asked to freeze all personal and private company accounts of three top former and current officials of NRBC Bank

They are Parvez Tamal, chairman; Mohammad Adnan Imam, former executive committee chairman; and Md Jafar Iqbal Howlader, vice president of the financial administration division.

Yesterday, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) through a letter ordered banks to keep their personal and private company accounts frozen for 30 days in the first phase.

The intelligence unit also sought an update on the details of their personal and company accounts within five working days.

There are several allegations of corruption related to money laundering and recruitment business against a number of board members of the bank, including Tamal and some top management officials.

A central bank report found that the bank outsourced various services at higher rates from the companies of the board members of NRBC and provided them with loans, violating banking rules.

Despite being the chairman, Tamal behaved like the managing director of the bank and made the one responsible for the post a puppet, industry insiders said.

NRBC official sources said Tamal did not go to the bank's head office regularly in the last two months, which he used to do before the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 this year.​

 

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Unable to open LCs, seven S Alam factories shut down

An inability to open letters of credit (LCs) since the political changeover on August 5 has resulted in the closure of at least seven enterprises owned by the S Alam Group, including its sugar and edible oil refineries and steel factory.

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Unable to open LCs, seven S Alam factories shut down

An inability to open letters of credit (LCs) since the political changeover on August 5 has resulted in the closure of at least seven enterprises owned by the S Alam Group, including its sugar and edible oil refineries and steel factory.

The chairman of the conglomerate, Mohammad Saiful Alam, is alleged to have weaponised his political affiliations to influence the banking sector during the previous Awami League government.

Using such means, S Alam and his cohorts became involved in the ownership of seven banks.

In late August, weeks after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government, S Alam came under the scanner of various government agencies. This included the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which launched an investigation into allegations that S Alam had laundered over Tk 100,000 crore (around $11 billion).

The seven enterprises that faced closures include its sugar and edible oil refineries and steel factory

One government agency that cracked down on the S Alam Group before the changeover was the National Board of Revenue (NBR), which filed three separate cases from May to September this year against eight companies under the group's umbrella for value-added tax (VAT) and duty evasion amounting to Tk 5,199 crore.

According to officials of the group, a majority of S Alam's family members have rushed to Singapore since the political changeover on August 5.

They further said that all of the group's business accounts as well as the bank accounts of owners were frozen following the change of government, adding that no entity affiliated with the S Alam Group has been permitted to open new LCs with banks.

As a result, the operations of several businesses ceased and the group was compelled to shut down plants that produced steel coils, sugar and edible oil, they claimed.

However, an official of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) said that none of the business accounts of the S Alam Group had been frozen.

Husne Ara Shikha, executive director and spokesperson of the central bank, also said that the Bangladesh Bank did not freeze any bank accounts related to the companies.

According to NBR data, the S Alam Group's imports have decreased since August 5. Although some of the goods procured under previous LCs were released in August, no new products have arrived.

Since August 5, no new import permit has been obtained from the Bond Commissionerate. There is no import history on the NBR's servers either.

According to NBR data, about 4.15 lakh tonnes of raw sugar, worth over Tk 2,738 crore, were imported from the beginning of July to November 14 this year. Of that, sugar mills under the S Alam Group imported 60,500 tonnes in July. Since then, the group has not recorded any other imports.

The situation is the same for imports of unrefined edible oil and refined palm oil, with no import history since August 10, as per NBR data.

Subrata Kumar Bhowmik, executive director of the S Alam Group, claimed several of their factories that produced sugar, soybean oil and steel have already been closed due to raw material shortages.

He told The Daily Star: "For a long time, we used to open LCs to import products in Janata Bank, Islami Bank and Exim Bank. But since August 5, we have been unable to open any new LCs. They have even cancelled old LCs. According to the rules, banks cannot cancel LCs unilaterally."

Bhowmik added that they were forced to shut down some steel factories due to a shortage of chemical products.

"For example, 11 chemical ingredients are required alongside raw materials to keep a steel factory running. Our steel factories were closed due to an inability to import chemical ingredients for the past three months."

He claimed that S Alam Group's concerns in sugar, edible oil, and cold rolled steel were now closed alongside Infinity CR Strips and Chemon Ispat Ltd.

S Alam Group's Admin and HR Department Officer Mohammad Hossain told The Daily Star that 30,000 workers are directly and indirectly employed in its import-dependent industries.

Ashish Kumar Nath, deputy manager of the Accounts Department of the S Alam Group, told The Daily Star that S Alam Vegetable Oil and S Alam Refined Sugar Mill have been closed for the past 15 days due to an inability to open LCs.​

 

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Ex-lawmaker Tipu sent to jail

A Dhaka court today sent Jatiya Party presidium member and former lawmaker from Barishal-3 Golam Kibria Tipu to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed over the attack on motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Moghbazar in 2018

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Ex-lawmaker Tipu sent to jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sent former lawmaker from Barishal-3 Golam Kibria Tipu to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed over the attack on motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Moghbazar on February 8, 2018.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sharifur Rahman passed the order after investigation officer Foyad Ahmed, a sub-inspector of Hatirjheel Police Station, produced Tipu before the court with an application to detain him until the investigation is completed.

The defence, however, argued that their client was not involved in the incident and was implicated in the case solely to harass him.

On November 8 this year, the case was filed against 65 people, including Jatiyo Party Chairman GM Quader and Tipu, with Hatirjheel Police Station.

Tipu, who was elected as an MP for the Barishal-3 constituency in 2008 on a JP ticket, later joined the Awami League.​

 

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Jubo League leader whose conversation with ex-PM went viral arrested

Police arrested Jahangir Alam, office secretary of Gaibandha's Gobindganj Jubo League unit, in Naogaon's Manda upazila in a vandalism case on November 15

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Jubo League leader whose conversation with ex-PM went viral arrested

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Police arrested Jahangir Alam, office secretary of Gaibandha's Gobindganj Jubo League unit, in Naogaon's Manda upazila in a vandalism case on November 15.

He was sent to jail through a court the next day, said police.

Bulbul Islam, officer-in-charge of the Gobindaganj Police Station, said Jahangir was arrested for vandalising the BNP's Gobindaganj office on August 3.

Faridul Islam, a BNP leader, filed the case against 89 Awami League leaders including former parliamentarian Abul Kalam Azad and Jahangir on November 7.

Mentionable, a phone conversation between Jahangir and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina went viral on social media on November 7.​

 

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Ex-food minister Qamrul held in Dhaka

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained former food minister Qamrul Islam from the capital's Uttara last night

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Ex-food minister Qamrul held in Dhaka

Qamrul Islam

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained former food minister Qamrul Islam from the capital's Uttara last night.

Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of the DMP, confirmed the arrest of the Awami League leader.

Qamrul, former lawmaker for Dhaka-2 constituency, has been accused in several cases with various police stations after the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5 over attacks on the student-led mass uprising.

He served as the food minister from 2014 to 2018.​

 

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Ex-panel mayor of Barishal City Corporation Kohinoor arrested

Police have arrested Kohinoor Begum, former panel mayor of Barishal City Corporation (BCC) and general secretary of Barishal Metropolitan Mohila Awami League

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Ex-panel mayor of Barishal City Corporation Kohinoor arrested

Police have arrested Kohinoor Begum, former panel mayor of Barishal City Corporation (BCC) and general secretary of Barishal Metropolitan Mohila Awami League.

She was arrested from her house in the Bhatikhana area of the city this afternoon, said Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mizanur Rahman.

Police sources said Kohinoor Begum is accused in four cases, including attack, vandalism, and arson at the BNP party office on August 4.

It is also being investigated whether there are any other cases against her.

Kohinoor was a councillor in the reserved wards 7, 8 and 9 of BCC several times.

She was the panel mayor of the council of Abul Khair Abdullah Khokon Serniabat, the cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former mayor of Barishal City Corporation, in the last Awami League government.​

 

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Murder attempt case filed against Hasina, aides

An attempt to murder case was filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 60 others with the Siddhirganj police station in Narayanganj district on Friday.

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Murder attempt case filed against Hasina, aides
Our Correspondent . Narayanganj 23 November, 2024, 00:14

Sheikh Hasina

An attempt to murder case was filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 60 others with the Siddhirganj police station in Narayanganj district on Friday.

About 150-200 unnamed people were also made accused in the case filed over trying to kill Mursalin Alam, 22, during the student-mass movement on July 18.

Siddhirganj police station officer-in-charge Al Mamun said that the case was recorded on Friday afternoon following the court’s directive.

‘Victim’s father Md Shah Alam filed a complaint with a Narayanganj court and the court asked us to record the case,’ the OC added.

The other prominent accused in the case include former Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former jute and textile minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, AL joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, former AL lawmaker Shamim Osman and his elder brother and former Jatiya Party lawmaker AKM Salim Osman and former Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch chief Harun Or Rashid.

According to the case document, victim Mursalin Alam sustained bullet injury in the waist and two legs during the protest. Later, he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and gradually recovered.

Sheikh Hasina, also Awami League president, resigned as prime minister and fled to India on August 5 amid the student-led mass uprising.​

 

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Abductiion: Ex-SP among 13 sued in Jashore

A Jashore businessman sued 13 policemen, including former superintendent of police Anisur Rahman, on Sunday night for allegedly abducting him, and attempting to kill him in 2014.

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Abduction: Ex-SP among 13 sued in Jashore

Anisur Rahman

A Jashore businessman sued 13 policemen, including former superintendent of police Anisur Rahman, on Sunday night for allegedly abducting him, and attempting to kill him in 2014.

Masudur Rahman Nannu, the businessman, lodged the case with a court. The accused include former officers and constables, among them Milu Mia Biswas, then assistant superintendent of police, and several others.

According to the complaint, Nannu was abducted on May 31, 2014, near Manihar Cinema Hall following Anisur Rahman's orders.

He was taken to Chanchra Police Outpost, tortured, and threatened with "crossfire" unless Tk 25 lakh was paid. His brother managed to pay Tk 10 lakh, securing his release. However, the accused shot Nannu in the leg before admitting him to Jashore General Hospital.

An arms case was filed against Nannu, who was later transferred to a Dhaka hospital under police custody and eventually sent to prison.

Nannu alleges he was unable to seek justice earlier due to the accused's influence. He now feels the conditions are favourable for legal action.​

 

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Cops release Munni Saha on condition

Journalist Munni Saha, who is accused in a July mass uprising case, was released conditionally in the wee hours after being taken to Tejgaon Police Station last night for security reasons, police have said.

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Cops release Munni Saha on condition
People had handed her over to police

Journalist Munni Saha, who is accused in a July mass uprising case, was released conditionally in the wee hours after being taken to Tejgaon Police Station last night for security reasons, police have said.

"Police did not detain her. People detained her and then handed her over to the police," Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told The Daily Star.

"The Tejgaon police first took her to the police station. She was moved to the DB police compound for security reasons," he said.

"Munni Saha had a panic attack and fell ill. Considering her condition and that she is a female journalist, we released her under section 497 of the Criminal Procedure Code," Mallick said.

She was handed over to her family on bond and she must appear in court to seek bail and comply with future police summons, he added.

Section 497 of the CrPC allows the release on bail of any person under the age of 16 years or any woman or any sick or infirm person accused of an offence punishable with death.

Earlier, around 9:20pm, a group of people blocked Munni Saha when she was leaving a media office at Janata Tower in the capital's Kawran Bazar by car.

Video footage of the incident on social media showed people accusing Munni Saha of spreading misinformation during the BDR mutiny in 2009 through her reporting.

Mobarak Hossain, officer-in-charge of the Tejgaon Police Station, told The Daily Star at that time, "Munni Saha was wanted in a case filed earlier. She was arrested after police rescued her from locals in the capital's Kawran Bazar area."

The case against Munni Saha, six other journalists and another 185 individuals was filed on July 22 over the death of 17-year-old student Nayeem Howlader in the capital's Jatrabari on July 19 during the quota reform protests.​

 

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Suborna Mustafa prevented from leaving the country

Suborna Mustafa has been actively involved in Awami League politics for many years. She served as a Member of Parliament representing a reserved women’s seat, nominated by the Awami League. She held the position from 2019 to 2024.

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Suborna Mustafa prevented from leaving the country

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On her way to Bangkok for medical treatment, veteran actress and former Member of Parliament Suborna Mustafa was prevented from leaving Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport this morning, Saturday. A family source close to Suborna Mustafa confirmed the information to Prothom Alo.

According to the reliable source, Suborna Mustafa was accompanied by her husband, playwright and filmmaker Badrul Anam Saud. Upon arriving at the airport, the couple completed check-in and immigration formalities. They were waiting in the lounge to board their flight when, just five minutes before boarding, an immigration police officer approached them. The officer informed them that Suborna Mustafa was under observation by the National Security Intelligence (NSI) and, as a result, she would not be allowed to leave the country.

A close associate of Suborna and Saud mentioned that the couple felt embarrassed when the police informed them of the decision. The source asserted that Suborna was travelling to Bangkok solely for medical purposes and had an appointment scheduled with her doctor on December 3.

Suborna Mustafa has been actively involved in Awami League politics for many years. She served as a Member of Parliament representing a reserved women's seat, nominated by the Awami League. She held the position from 2019 to 2024.​

 

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Former-minister Asaduzzaman Noor assaulted at BSMMU

Former minister Asaduzzaman Noor was assaulted by injured students of July-August movement when he was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from jail for treatment...

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Former-minister Asaduzzaman Noor assaulted at BSMMU
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka 30 November, 2024, 13:46

Asaduzzaman Noor. | UNB Photo

Former minister Asaduzzaman Noor was assaulted by injured students of July-August movement when he was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from jail for treatment.

Some injured victims of the movement attacked Noor when he was taken there for treatment in the afternoon, witnesses said.

Bulbul Ahmed, an injured victim, alleged that the students were taken to director Brigadier General Rezaur Rahman’s room after the incident and the director seized the mobile phone set of the students.

The director could not be reached over phone for comments.

The former cultural affairs minister was arrested from Nawraton Colony on Bailey Road on September 16 and sent to jail in a murder case after the fall of Awami League government.

Noor had represented the Awami League in Parliament since 2001. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Nilphamari-2 in the most recent 12th National Parliament elections.

He assumed the role of cultural affairs minister on January 13, 2014, following the Awami League’s victory in the 10th National Parliament elections held on January 5, 2013, and continued his full term till January 7, 2019.​