Journalist assaulted by BGB members
‘Implicated’ in drug case in Lalmonirhat
With his hands tied with a rope held by a BGB man, injured reporter Jahangir Alam Shahin is sitting on a chair at Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station yesterday. Shahin alleges that he was tortured by BGB men before he was handed to police. Photo: S DILIP ROY
BGB men led by a camp commander allegedly assaulted a reporter in Lalmonirhat Thursday night and accused him of possessing illegal drugs in a case filed with Sadar Police Station.
Jahangir Alam Shahin, who works for Janatkantha and BSS, is being treated at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital with injuries that according to him are from the torture at Kulaghat BGB Camp.
Truck hit 2 policemen to death in Lalmonirhat
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truck hit their running motorcycle at Khan Bazar point on the Lalmonirhat-
Burimari highway under Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat district today.
“The accident occurred when the policemen were returning to Hatibandha
Police Station after completing an investigation at Fakirpara union in the
upazila at 3 pm,” Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Hatibandha Police Station
Ershadul Alam told BSS.
District Special Branch (DSB) hailing from Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram
district and its Constable Majibul Haque, 50, hailing from Gangachara upazila
in Rangpur district.
SI Matin and Constable Majibul went to Fakirpara Union Parishad (UP)
office riding on a motorcycle and collected information on the next union
A seven-year-old child died of his injuries at a local hospital on Sunday night, hours after part of an under-construction boundary wall of a mosque fell on him in Megharam village of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila. The victim, Akash Islam, was a resident of the same village. Mogholhat Union Parishad Chairman Habibur Rahman said Akash, along with some other children, was playing
Bangladeshi man shot dead by BSF at Lalmonirhat border
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The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam Azad, 32, son of Joynul Abedin from Srirampur union.
Humayun Kabir, brother-in-law of the deceased, has filed a murder case with Patgram police station accusing unidentified individuals.
Sumon Kumar Mohant, officer-in-charge (OC) of Patgram police station, confirmed the matter to Banglanews.
According to local sources, Abul Kalam with four to five others went to fetch cows from Indian cattle traders near sub pillar 6-7 of main pillar 848 at Jhalangi border on early Friday.
A patrol team of Indian Kochbihar 140 BSF Battalion shot at the cattle rustlers, leaving Abul Kalam with critical injures. He was rescued by his companions but died on the way to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital.