'Outlaw' held with arms

UNB, H^bari ______

Police arrested a suspected outlaw along with a firearm and bullets from Harinbaria area in Pangsha upazlla on Monday night. Arrestee Mobarak Hossain, 32, is son of Abdul Khalcque of Char Bamannagar village. Acting on a tip-off. a police team led by Pangsha police station officer-in charge (OC) Fazlur Rahman, raided the area at about 9:15prn and arrested Mobarak. A shutter gun and two bullets were recovered from his possession. Police said there are a number of allegations against Mobarak with the police station.

Man jailed in arms case

UNB, Rangamati

A court here on Monday sentenced one person to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in an arms case. The District and Sessions Judge Court also fined convict Mohd Elias Tk 2,000, in default, to suffer six months more RI. According to the prosecution, Elias was caught red-handed with arms in 1995 while committing robbery in Chandraghona. A case was filed with the respective police station later. After examining the records and witnesses, Judge Dudu Miah Sarker handed down the verdict.

Robbers loot Tk 6 lakh

UNB, Sunamganj

Armed robbers looted valuables worth Tk 6 lakh from a house at Alipara in the district town on Monday. Locals said, a gang numbering 7-8, stormed into the house of Maulana Ali Nur at about 12:00 noon. They kept the house inmates hostage at gunpoint and took away 15 tolas of gold ornaments, 1,500 pound sterling and Ik 6,000 in cash and four mobile phone sets. A case was filed.

Man to die for murder

UNB, Kishoreganj

A court here yesterday convicted a man and sentenced him to death in a murder case. The convict is M l^lamuddin, 30, son of Mohammad Ali of Charparatala village in Pakundia upazlla. He was tried in absentia. According to the prosecution. Islamuddin stabbed his neighbour Rafiqul Islam to death at Charparatala Madyapara village on June 29,2005 over a previous enmity. After examining the records and witnesses, Additional Sessions Judge Tabassum Islam handed down the verdict in a crowded courtroom.

50 kg hemp seized

UNB, Camilla

Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) seized a microbus and recovered 50 kgs of hemp from Bagra bus stand in Brahmanpara upazila on Monday. Acting on a tip-off. a BDR team, led by nayek suberdar of the Saida River BOP M Nurul Kabir Majumdar, conducted a drive in the area and recovered the Indian hemp from the microbus. None was arrested in this connection.

Tahsil office staff killed

UNB, Laxmipur

An employee of Bhabaniganj tahsil office in Sadar upazila was murdered on Monday night. Family sources said, a gang picked up Abu Taher, 40, a peon of the tahsil office, while returning home from Bhabaniganj Bazar at night. They took Taher to an abandoned shop near his house and killed him. Later, police recovered the body that bore several injury marks.

Four jailed for killing 2

Our Correspondent, Manikganj

A court here yesterday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment and two to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for killing Amirul Islam and Abdul Jabbar. The court also acquitted 10 others as allegations against them could not be proved beyond doubt. The lifers are Nurul Islam and Nurul Haque and those who got 10 years RI are Habubulla and Zohirul. Additional district and sessions judge Md Bozlur Rahman delivered the verdict in presence of the convicts. According to prosecution story, two villagers engaged in a clash over a disputed land at Keshti village under Manikganj Sadar police station on November 7,2005. At one stage of the dispute, Aminul and Jabbar of the same village were killed on the spot by the aforesaid convicts.