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Former public admin minister Farhad arrested

Former Public Administration minister Farhad Hossain was arrested from Dhaka's Eskaton area

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Former public admin minister Farhad arrested

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Former Public Administration minister Farhad Hossain was arrested in Dhaka's Eskaton area last night.

A Rab team arrested and handed him over to police, said Adabar Police Station OC Mahfuz Imtiaz.

Farhad was arrested in a murder case filed for killing garment worker Rubel during the student-led mass uprising, the OC added.

On August 22, Rafiqul Islam, father of the victim, filed the case with Adabor Police Station against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 147 others.

The complainant alleged that some of the accused, as per instruction, directly or indirectly, took part in the attack on hundreds of students on Ring Road at Adabor on August 5.

Rubel was shot and he died after two days.​

 

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Former home minister's son faces interrogation over attempted murder

Safi Muddaser Khan Joty, the son of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, has been remanded in custody for questioning in an attempted murder case filed with Ashulia Police Station. Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate M Saiful Islam placed him on a four-day remand following a hearing on Saturday rep

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Former home minister's son faces interrogation over attempted murder
Published :
Sep 14, 2024 22:23
Updated :
Sep 14, 2024 22:23

Safi Muddaser Khan Joty, the son of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, has been remanded in custody for questioning in an attempted murder case filed with Ashulia Police Station.

Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate M Saiful Islam placed him on a four-day remand following a hearing on Saturday reports bdnews24.com.

Police had requested a seven-day remand for questioning, according to Sub-Inspector Abu Taher Miah of Ashulia Police Station, who is investigating the case.

Joty's lawyer, Morshed Hossain, argued against the remand request, arguing that although his client is the son of a former home minister, he has no political connections or positions.

Morshed told the court that Joty had been advised by the doctor to stay home due to illness on the day of the alleged incident.

“If a police officer who is a friend of his committed any wrongdoing, it does not justify implicating my client. This case was filed to harass him because of his family background," the lawyer added.

Joty was arrested in Dhaka on Friday night in connection with the attempted murder case filed on Sept 11 by Robiul Sani.

The case lists 30 accused, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, with Joti as the fourth accused.

Other notable figures charged include Asaduzzaman, former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel, Ferdous Zaman, former secretary of the University Grants Commission, or UGC, and several others.

Joty is the only son of Asaduzzaman and oversees the family business, Savar Refractories Limited.

Since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on Aug 5, several former ministers and leaders of the Awami League have been arrested, but Asaduzzaman has remained out of public view.

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, or BFIU, has frozen the bank accounts of the former member of parliament, his wife Lutful Tahmina Khan and their children.

They are also under a travel ban.

The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has launched an investigation into allegations that Asaduzzaman and his associates took millions of takas in bribes through job appointments, transfers, and postings.

According to the complaint submitted to the ACC, the former minister allegedly took large sums of money from police, the Department of Narcotics Control, and the Fire Service during his time as home minister.​

 

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Former lawmakers Asaduzzaman Noor, Mahbub Ali arrested

DB arrested Asaduzzaman Noor at 11:00pm from Nawratan colony on Bailey Road, while, Mahbub Ali was arrested from Segunbagicha area

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Former lawmakers Asaduzzaman Noor, Mahbub Ali arrested
DB arrested Asaduzzaman Noor at 11:00pm from Nawratan colony on Bailey Road, while, Mahbub Ali was arrested from Segunbagicha area.

Asaduzzaman Noor, left, and M Mahbub Ali

Former minister for cultural affairs Asaduzzaman Noor and former state minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali were arrested from different locations of the city last night.

A team of Detective Branch (DB) arrested Asaduzzaman Noor at 11:00pm from Nawratan colony on Bailey Road. He was accused in a case filed with Mirpur Police Station, an official from DMP media wing said.

Noor, a prominent theatre activist, was a former lawmaker of Nilphamari -2 constituency.

Meanwhile, Mahbub Ali was arrested from Segunbagicha area.

Detectives arrested him from a house there in a case filed with Jatrabari Police Station, Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner of Detective Branch of DMP, told The Daily Star.

DB officials said they will be produced before a Dhaka court today.​

 

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Hasina sued over threats to Yunus, Khaleda

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was accused in an attempt to murder case in Chattogram yesterday for allegedly issuing death threats to Prof Muhammad Yunus and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

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Hasina sued over threats to Yunus, Khaleda

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: Reuters/File

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was accused in an attempt to murder case in Chattogram yesterday for allegedly issuing death threats to Prof Muhammad Yunus and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Sourav Priyo Pal, former vice-president of Chhatra Dal's Chattogram Metropolitan unit, filed the case with the court of Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Deb.

According to the case statement, on May 18, 2022, during a press conference, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina said that Khaleda Zia should be thrown off the Padma Bridge and that Dr Yunus, who allegedly tried to stop funding for the bridge, should be given dunked in the Padma River.

The case statement further claimed that through the comments, Sheikh Hasina had expressed her secret desire to kill Khaleda and Yunus and defamed them.

It also said by publicly threatening them, Hasina incited workers of Awami League and its affiliated organisations to carry out these acts.

Taking the case into cognisance, the court directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to conduct an inquiry and submit its findings within 30 days.

Speaking to The Daily Star, the plaintiff's lawyer, Adv Rezaul Islam, said, "The case was filed against Sheikh Hasina as the sole accused, as she had issued death threats against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus."​

 

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Former railways minister Sujan arrested

The police arrested former railway minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Monday in connection with a case filed with Jatrabari police station over the killing of student Imran Hossain in the capital during the student-led mass uprising.

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Former railways minister Sujan arrested
Staff Correspondent 17 September, 2024, 00:38

Nurul Islam Sujan | Collected photo

The police arrested former railways minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Monday in connection with a case filed with Jatrabari police station over the killing of student Imran Hossain in the capital during the student-led mass uprising.

He was handed over to Demra police station.

Sujan’s lawyer, Motaher Hossain Saju, told New Age that Sujan had been under police surveillance while receiving treatment at a specialized hospital in Shyamoli, Dhaka.

Saju also said that he had filed a pre-arrest bail petition on Sujan’s behalf, but the High Court refused to hear the request on Sunday due to Sujan’s absence at the hearing.

The court deferred the bail hearing until Tuesday.

Sujan is one of 295 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her ex-cabinet members, and several journalists, named in a murder case over the killing of student Imran Hossain at Kutubkhali Bou Bazar in Jatrabari on August 5, the day Hasina’s government fell.

Imran’s mother, Kohinur Akhter, filed the case with Jatrabari police station on September 1.

Several dozen high-profile politicians, former ministers and senior police officials have been arrested till date in connection with the killings of multiple students during the protests between July 16 and August 5.​

 

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Journalists Mozammel Babu, Shyamal Dutta detained near Bangladesh-India border

Four people, including managing director of Ekattor TV, Mozammel Babu, and editor of Bhorer Kagoj, Shyamal Dutta, were apprehended by locals while attempting to cross the border into India through the Dhobaura border in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

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Journalists Mozammel Babu, Shyamal Dutta detained near Bangladesh-India border
United News of Bangladesh . Mymensingh 16 September, 2024, 11:23

From left, Mozammel Babu, Shyamal Dutta | UNB photo

Four people, including managing director of Ekattor TV, Mozammel Babu, and editor of Bhorer Kagoj, Shyamal Dutta, were apprehended by locals while attempting to cross the border into India through the Dhobaura border in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Locals apprehended them in the border area and handed them over to the Dhobaura police station on Sunday night. Dhobaura police station Officer-in-Charge Chan Mia confirmed the matter.

Police reported that they arrived at the Dhobaura border in a private car at night with the intent of illegally crossing the border. Upon realizing this, the locals held four individuals, including Ekattor TV’s managing director Mozammel Haque Babu, Bhorer Kagoj newspaper editor Shyamal Dutta, senior reporter of Ekattor TV Mahbubur Rahman, and the private car’s driver Selim.

Earlier, on August 6, Shyamal Dutta, along with his wife and daughter, was sent back from the immigration while trying to enter India through Akhaura in Brahmanbaria.​

 

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Ex-president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Shahriar Kabir detained

Shahriar Kabir, former president of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, was detained yesterday (16 September). Officers of the Banani Police Station detained Shahriar from his residence, Tejgaon Police Station OC Md Mobarak Hossen confirmed the matter. Shahriar will be arrested in a...

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Ex-president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Shahriar Kabir detained

Shahriar Kabir. Photo: Collected

Shahriar Kabir, former president of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, was detained yesterday (16 September).

Officers of the Banani Police Station detained Shahriar from his residence, Tejgaon Police Station OC Md Mobarak Hossen confirmed the matter.

Shahriar will be arrested in a murder case filed with the Banani Police Station, he added.

The Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee is a pressure group founded to demand the trial of war criminals from the Bangladesh Liberation War. It advocates for secularism in Bangladesh.

Shariar Kabir was elected president of the committee in 2017 till 2024.​

 

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Asaduzzaman Noor accused in BNP leader’s 2014 murder
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Published :
Sep 17, 2024 21:48
Updated :
Sep 17, 2024 21:48

A murder case has been filed in court against former State Minister for Cultural Affairs Asaduzzaman Noor, nearly a decade after the killing of Golam Rabbani, the organising secretary of the BNP’s Tupamari Union unit in Nilphamari Sadar Upazila.

The case was filed by the deceased’s wife, Shahinaz Begum, on Sunday afternoon at the Nilphamari Sadar Amli Court, reports UNB.

The case names 41 individuals, with former State Minister for Cultural Affairs and Member of Parliament for Nilphamari-2, Asaduzzaman Noor, as the primary accused. Also named are Nilphamari Sadar Police Station’s former OC Babul Akhtar and SI Mostafizur Rahman.

According to the case, on December 14, 2013, under the leadership of Asaduzzaman Noor, over a hundred activists attacked, vandalized, and set fire to Golam Rabbani’s house. The attackers reportedly threatened to kill Rabbani in the crossfire if they found him.

A few days later, Golam Rabbani was taken away by police in a microbus. On January 18, 2014, his body was found in a bamboo grove near the Nilphamari-Domar Road, with multiple injuries and gunshot wounds.

M.R. Sayed, Inspector of Nilphamari Sadar Police Station, confirmed that Judge Shaheen Kabir of the Nilphamari Amli Court has taken the case into account and has ordered the Nilphamari Sadar Police Station to record the case and submit a report to the court within seven working days.​