From Our Correspondent KISHOREGANJ, Feb 1: The dacolts looted gold ornaments, other valuables and injured seven persons at batrish. most densely populated areas of Kishoreganj pbura town re-^rendy.

According to reports, the dacoits numbering about 12 and armed with weapon entered the house of Babul Raxmit by breaking open the door at dead of night and looted ornaments, wrist-watch and other valuables at daggers point.

The neighbours, after heaving hue and cry rushed to the spot and tried to resist the da-colts. The dacoits indiscriminately stabbed the people and hit them with iron rods leaving seven persons injured. Of the Injured persons Rabi Datta was later sent to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in a critical condition while Nayan. Chayan. Alok and Mostafa Kamal were admitted into Kishoreganj Sadar Hospital. Two others were released after first-aid.

Eye camp

A 10-day long eye camp was inaugurated at the Bhairab M P Girls' High School by M A Hannan. TNO Bhairab recently.

On the opening day 2000 eye patients from Narslngdi, Brahmanbaria and Kishoreganj districts enlisted their names for treatment. The specialists of Mymensingh unit of the National Blind Welfare Samity volunteer their service and the eye camps.

This is the 18th eye camp being held under the sponsor-y ship of the Bhairab Blind Welfare Committee on local contribution

Dacoitheld

Zahor Alt (341 an alleged pi rate was nabbed recently by the Bhairab police from Mendipur village of Aganagore union

He was involved in a number of river dacoities In Bhairab. Kuliarchar and Austagram thanas and has been absconding.

Tk 10 lakh goods guttfd

Three Jute godowns and one oil mill were burnt to ashes following a devastating fire that broke out recently at Bela lx > Bazar

The damage was estimated to be over Taka 10 lakh

The fire brigade from Narslngdi rushed to the spot and managed to extinguish the fire after an efforts of two hours.

The cause of the fire could not be ascertained immedr atriy

4 students get stipend

The Karpur Nessa Founds lion of Bhairab riverport town awarded stipends to four students of Haji Asmat College and Bhairab Rafiqul Islam Girls College lor the academic year 1993-94 on the basis of mer

■ The recipients of the stipends are Dilruba Afroz Haji Asmat College Taka 3000. Rahima Akhtar. Haji Asmat College Taka 2400 Sohrab Ahmed Chowdhury Haji Asmat College. Taka 1200 and Haaina Begum. Rafiqul Islam Girl s College Taka 1200

The stipend money was dis tributed by ex-commander A Rouf President Karpur Nessa Foundation at a simple function which was attended by the teachers, guardians and stu dents

One killed in road mishap

One Jamal Udding (30) of village Lakshimpur under Kuliarchar thana of the district was’ crushed to death under the wheels of a passenger bus (Dhaka Metra-Ja 5192) at Shambupur railgate of Bhairab on January 17 last.

Police and witnesses said the bus was bound for Dhaka from Bhagalpur under Bajitpur thana The accident occurred when he was getting down from the bus

Police seized the bus but the driver and conductor escaped from the place

A esse was registered with Bhairab Police Station In this connection.