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Murders on rise in city

158 killed over last six months

By Shaikh Nazrul Islam
A total ot 154 people were murdered in the city in the first six months of this year, sources said quoting DMP records.
Of them, 19 were murdered in January, 26 in February'. 24 in March. 26 in April, 29 in May and 30 in June.
Last year. 134 people were killed in the city in the first six months and 153 in the last six months.
Of the total, 18 were murdered in January. 20 In February. 27 in March. 15 in April, 26 in May and 28 in June. 27 in July, 31 in August, 28 in September, 19 In October, 25 In November and 23 in December, According to DMP records.
Those murdered this year included a Joint secretary.
schoolboys, housemaids, students. housewives and policemen.
Two brothers were called out from their residence at Mo-hammadpur and killed within a span of 10 minutes.
I'he accused in most of the murder cases are still at large. Police officials say many of them fled the country.
Nikunja Debnath, 55. Joint Secretary of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Ministry , was stabbed to death by muggers on the Dhaka University campus on January 12 for not having more than Tk 100 w(th him.’
Police Havilder Delwar Hossain. 42. was stabbed to death by unidentified people in the
Civil Aviation Authority's garden at Zia International Airport on February’ 7.
A young man was shot dead during a raid" by Detective Branch of police at a house at Kariinullahbad at about 3 30 am on February 8
A British citizen. Abdul Mannan. 35. was murdered by muggers at Baida Garden in the old part of the city while he was returning to a hotel after meeting his relatives at Sadarghat on February 13.
Habibur Rahman Zahid. 23. a student leader of Tejgaon Polvtechnic Institute, was shot dead by an armed gang in Tejgaon area on March 31
Three young men — Chowd-
hury Zahir. Selim and Russel were gunned down at Rasulbagh hi Gulshan thana on April 5.
A retired police man. Abdul Kader. 40. was shot dead in front of his Saterkul residence in Badda area on April 15.
Police constable Abdul Mo-taleb was gunned down by an armed gang at Keshab Banerjee Road in Sutrapur when he boarded a tempo on way to Gulistan on April 17.
A 12-year-old school student, Bayazid Mohammed Mu-mit. was beaten to death allegedly by fellow students just on the plea that he had taken away some mangoes from their dormitory at Madhubagh in Ramna thana on May 18
ffiekber Ahmed Shipu. 38,
owner of a mobile phone shop at (JAE at Banani. was shot dead by three young men on May 24.
A pregnant housewife - Ak-llma Begum. 19. was strangled allegedly by her husband at their residence at East Goran in Khllgaon area on May 26.
Asaduzarnan Khan. 35. owner of a hotel at Fakirerpool. was shot dead in front of a hotel at Topkhana on June 5.
Two brothers — Ashfaq Hossain Jewel. 28 and Mohammed All Rebel. 24 — were shot dead allegedly by a professional killer. Kamal Pasha, In Mo-hammedpur area on May 5.
Three people — Kamal Hossain. 32. Tota Mian. 35 and Farnq — were killed when an armed gang attacked a bus at DayaganJ on June 11.
A 13-year-old domestic help. Rashid. 13. was beaten to death by two boys after they suspected him of stealing Tk 600 from their house on June 22.
A Juba Dal leader was shot dead by a gang at East Goran in Khllgaon area on June 29.