Bombs found in graveyard

Our Correspondent, Kushtia

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 10 bombs from a graveyard at Bujruk Gorgori village in Sadar upazila of Chuadanga district on Saturday. Assistant police superintendent Tanvir Ahmed of Rab-6 said on secret information, a team raided the area at about 10:30pm and recovered the bombs, wrapped in a bag, in an abandoned condition. However, none was arrested. Meanwhile, criminals blasted several bombs in Kushtia and Meherpur on Saturday night. In Meherpur, the gang exploded three bombs at Bamundi village in Gangni upazila at around 11:00pm. Anisur Rahman, sub-inspector of Bamundi police camp, said criminals blasted the bombs in front of Nazril tower at Bamundi Bazar. In Kushtia, unknown gang blasted two bombs in front of Bangabandhu Hall of Islamic University at around 8:30pm.

Students besiege clinic

Our Correspondent, Dinajpur

Students of Dinajpur Polytechnic Institute besieged a clinic in the town following death of a female student of the institute due to alleged wrong treatment at the clinic on Saturday night. The dead, Mukta Rani Roy, 17, daughter of Ulen Chandra Roy of Daulatpur village under Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, was a student of computer science department of the institute. Mukta had been living in a female students' mess in Nimnagar Balubari area in the town. She was admitted to Janata Clinic at Mohajanpara under the municipality with severe headache and abdominal pain at around 7:00pm on Saturday. Mukta's roommates, who took her to the clinic, alleged that her condition deteriorated after a nurse gave her (Mukta) an injection. She died at around 9:00pm, they said, adding that wrong treatment led to her death. Doctors, nurses and other staff of the clinic left the hospital soon after the incident. Hearing the news, several hundred students of Dinajpur Polytechnic institute rushed to Mohajanpara and besieged the clinic. They lifted the siege at midnight at the request of law enforcers. Despite repeated attempts, this correspondent could not contact the doctors of the clinic as their cellphones remained switched off.