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2 killed as makeshift lift falls Our Correspondent, Bogura Our Correspondent, Bogura
Two workers of a poultry farm in Bogura s Shajahanpur upazila were killed as a locally made lift at the factory fell free from the sixth floor yesterday.
The dead are Narayan Chandra, 22, of Kamarbania village, and Rashidul Islam, 20, of Buribandha village, in Panchagarh s Boda upazila.
Both of them were workers of a poultry farm named Tamim Agro-industries, said police.
Abdur Razzak, sub-inspector of Shajahanpur Police Station, said the workers were using a lift that was made locally without following proper guidelines.
Around 6:30am yesterday, the duo was going to the seventh floor of the factory with several sacks of poultry feed. However, the lift cables broke and it fell free, he said.
ACC sues SI for amassing illegal wealth Our Correspondent, Bogura Our Correspondent, Bogura
The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against a police sub-inspector over acquiring properties worth Tk 39.13 lakh illegally.
The accused is Md Alamgir Hossain, 43, an SI at Sonatala Police Station of Bogura. He hails from Shoulisbala village in Sirajganj s Raiganj upazila.
Sudip Kumar Chowdhury, ACC deputy assistant director in Bogura, filed the case on Sunday.
According to the case statement, Alamgir joined police service as a constable of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in 1997. Later, he was promoted as sub-inspector.
He served at Bogura s Shajahanpur Police Station from 2013 to 2015 and at the Detective Branch of Bogura police from 2015 to 2018.