Intruder held with arms
A Correspondent,Meherpur
Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested an Indian national and recovered a pistol, four bullets, two shot guns, 20 cartidges and three kilograms of bomb making cxpio sives from a bordering village in Gangni upazila. The arrested intruder was identified as Nazrul Islam,32, son of Chandu Mian of village Tentulbaria under Krimpur Police Station of Nadia district in West Bengal. Only a week ago, Rab arrested a woman with gun powder and other explosives from the same area.
Fire at Rangamati kills one
Our Correspondent, Rangamati
A devastating fire at Reserve Bazar in the hill town yesterday morning killed one Ramzan Ali, 50, when he was trying to extinguish the fire and injured Rubel Dey of the locality. Shaheed Abdul Ali Academy, a junior high school and four shops were gutted in the fire. Most of the furniture of the academy was destroyed. The fire originated from an oven of a tea stall. Fire fighters rushed to the spot and doused the fire after fighting for one and a half hours
Robber beaten to death
A CORRESPODENT, Jessore
A robber was beaten to death and three others were injured by a mob when they were trying to flee away after committing a robbery in Bejpara area in the town. Three policemen were also injured as the robbers hurled bombs at them. Police said, at about 4 am 10 to 12 robbers broke into Sajib Store, a grocery shop at Bejpara. As a police patrol van rushed to the spot, the robbers threw four bombs at them to flee away. Police and local people chased and caught four robbers while others managed to flee. Robber Oliur died in hospital after mob beating. Police recovered two bombs, four sharp weapons, masks and some bomb making material from the robbers.
Pond water poisoned
A Correspondent, Camilla
Miscreants poisoned water of a pond belonging to one Abul Kashem and killed fish worth Tk 15 lakh at village Syedpur under Sadar upazila yesterday morning. Kashem leased a one acre pond and started fish cultivation a few months ago. But hired criminals poisoned the fish due to previous enmity. The victim filed a case accusing three people of his village.
Khulna jute workers agitate
Staff Correspondent, Ktiuina
Workers of state-owned Aleem Jute Mills in Atra industrial belt put up a barricade for two hours on Khulna-Jessore highway to press their demands including allocation of fund for purchasing raw jute and payment of arrears. Production in the mills iqmained.suspended a& over- a thousand workers and mean-, bers of their families took part in the agitation. The barricade also disrupted transport services between Khulna and Jessore for two hours. Later, a rally was held in front of mill gate where speakers asked the BJMC authorities to meet their demands by May 20 or face a tougher agitation thereafter.
Shaheb Bazar normal
RU Correspondent
Cloth traders and jewellers reopened their shops and resumed normal business activities at Rajshahi Shaheb Bazar yesterday. On Sunday, cloth traders at the market observed hartal protesting Saturday's attack allegedly by jewellers while jewellers kept their business shut fearing reprisal. A violent clash between cloth traders and jewelers on Saturday left at least 50 people, including traders, policemen and journalist, injured. Witnesses said the clash erupted when two cloth traders assaulted a jeweler at his shop over selling a gold chain. The news prompted the jewelers to retaliate and they ransacked 30 cloth shops and damaged furniture and other properties. The cloth traders at a meting yesterday demanded compensation for the damaged goods and punishment to the jewellers responsible for ransacking their shops.