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SNAPS AND SNIPPETS
Wild elephants kill boy
Our Correspondent, Bandarban
A boy was killed when a herd of wild elephants attacked border village Bonpur Para under Lama upazila in the district on Wednesday night. Rassel, 12, son of Lutfur Rahaman was killed while he was going to the Bonpura bazar. Witnesses said six wild elephants from across the border entered Bonpura and chased him. Rassel ran for life but the elephants killed him on the spot. The elephants also damaged houses and huge quantities of paddy in die fields.
Students block highway
Our Correspondent, sirajganj
Students of Chandaikona Haji Mariam Degree College blocked the Dhaka-Bogra Highway near Chandaikona bus terminal in Raiganj upazila yesterday protesting assault on a student and a teacher of the college by some bus workers. Police and college sources said, a group of bus workers assaulted teacher Haider /Mi and student Sujon following an altercation over bus fare. Hearing the news, the students rushed to the area and put up road barricade for about an hour. The students also vandalised two buses on the spot.
Suspected Indian held
Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar
Moulvibazar Sadar police on Wednesday night arrested one Anwar Hussain and recovered 20 bullets and drugs. Police suspect that he is an Indian national and professional arms and drug trader. Anwar was arrested when police were checking the vehicles plying on Moulvibazar-Dhaka highway. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the police station said Anwar claimed that he resides near Indian border in Kanaighat upazila. But police suspect him as an Indian national, he said.
UP chairman arrested
Our Correspondent, Bandarban
Faruque Ahmed, chairman of Bashari Union Parishad under Naikhongchhari upazila was arrested again on Tuesday on charge of misappropriation of relief goods. Police'said Faruque was arrested earlier on October 10 last in a case of rice misappropriation. Locals said Faruque was caught red-handed by the villagers while he was removing two bags of rice from UP godown on Monday night. The villagers also seized five more bags of rice from three other places. Following allegation of locals police checked the stock and found seven bags of rice missing from the godown.
Extortion case against 3 journos
Our Correspondent, Faridpur
Three more journalists of Boalmari upazila of the district were sued on charge of extortion. The journos are correspondents of three national dailies. They are Rezaul Haque, Nazmul Haque and Amirul Chowdhury. One Mosaddek Hossain of Boalmari upazila filed the case accusing 15 of extortion, of which three are journalists. With this a total of six journalists of the district face extortion cases in last few days. Meanwhile, journalists of the district condemned filing of fabricated' case and have called a protest meeting at Faridpur Press Club tomorrow to protest the filing of 'false' cases and demanded their unconditional withdrawal.
Robbers kill householder
Staff Correspondent, syihet
Armed robbers killed a householder and injured his wife and son at village Bagha in Golapganj upazila on Wednesday. They decamped with gold ornaments and cash worth Tk 5 lakh. Police and locals said, the robbers numbering about 10 to 12 entered the house of Manoranjan Dev in the early hours and hit him with a rod. As his son Tipu Dev came to his rescue, they chopped him with a machete. Manoranjan died on the spot. The gang also beat up wives of Manoranjan's brothers-Milu Deb and Ranjan Dev. They tied the other inmates like Manoranjan's wife Minu Bala Dev and daughter Rumi Rani Dev with ropes and beat them mercilessly.
Elderly man murdered
Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon
An elderly man was stabbed to death at Islamnagar village under Sadar upazila onThursday afternoon. Police and locals said Khar Ali, 70, went to Manik Hossain's shop and locked in an altercation over a disputed land. At one stage Manik came out of his shop and stabbed Khar with a sharp weapon leaving him seriously injured. Locals took him to Thakurgaon Sadar I iospital where the on-duty doctor declared him death. No case was filed and none was arrested till fibngof this report at 7:30 pm.
13 shops gutted in Comilla
A Correspondent, Camilla
At least 13 shops were gutted in a fire at Aserparbazar In Monharpur upazila Thursday morning. Shop owners estimated the damage at Tk 80 lakh but fire service officials put the figure at Tk 50 lakh. Locals said, the fire originated from electric short circuit at a laundry shop at about 5.00am.