Category: Judicial

Police arrested 13, 942 people and filed 9,821 cases in the capital city during an eight-month special drive against illegal narcotics until August 30, a senior official said on Sunday.

Teams from city’s police stations were joined by detectives from Dhaka Metropolitan Police conducted the drive, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of the DMP Iftekhairul Islam quoting from statistics.

The crackdown saw the recovery of different types of drugs, including 5,898 kgs hemp, 61.66kg heroin, 31,67,723 pieces contraband yaba pills, 44,426 cans bear, 40,554 bottles of phensidyle,13746 ample injections,3746 bottles foreign wine, 6,718 litres of local wine, opium 10 kg, snake venom four pounds and other contraband drugs and items during the period from January 1 this year, Iftekhairul said.

He said the highest number of 2192 people were nabbed in January, while lowest 1333 people were arrested in April.

The highest number of cases, 1532, was recorded in January, while the lowest came in April with 947 cases were filed at different police stations.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.

Trump’s attorneys on Friday filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Miami seeking a preliminary injunction against Twitter and its CEO, Jack Dorsey. They argue that Twitter is censoring Trump in violation of his First Amendment rights, according to the motion.

Twitter declined to comment Saturday on Trump’s filing.

The company permanently banned Trump from its platform days after his followers violently stormed the Capitol building to try to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential win. Twitter cited concerns that Trump would incite further violence. Prior to the ban, Trump had roughly 89 million followers on Twitter.

Trump was also suspended from Facebook and Google’s YouTube over similar concerns that he would provoke violence. Facebook’s ban will last two years, until Jan. 7, 2023, after which the company will review his suspension. YouTube’s ban is indefinite.

In July, Trump filed lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against all three tech companies and their CEOs, claiming that he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored. The motion for a preliminary injunction was filed as part of Trump’s case against Twitter.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

India’s narcotics control authority has detained Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan in connection with a high-profile rave party that it busted on Saturday night on board a cruise ship in the Arabian Sea off the coast of the city of Mumbai.

“Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is questioning Aryan Khan in connection with the rave party. Aryan Khan has not been booked on any charges, neither has he been arrested so far,” Sameer Wankhede, NCB zonal head, told the media.

The drug bust came on a tip-off. NCB sleuths boarded ‘Empress’ that departed Mumbai for the state of Goa. The ship was carrying celebrities from Bollywood and the fashion industry. As soon as the rave party began, the sleuths swing into action and forced the ship to return.

“Not only Aryan (23), many others have been detained in connection with the rave party. Drugs and banned substances have been seized from their possession,” another NCB official said.

Aryan’s father Shah Rukh is considered the most talented Bollywood star. Popularly called the “King Khan”, he has acted in over 80 films in a career spanning over 25 years.

Shah Rukh, in fact, rose to prominence after starring in 1995 romantic film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, the longest-running blockbuster in the history of Indian cinema. The film was shot in India and Europe.

Some of his other blockbusters include ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ (1997) and ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ (1998). Shah Rukh was also widely praised for his superb performance in 2002 film ‘Devdas’, where he played an alcoholic.

The 55-year-old has also anchored many TV shows, and owns production company Red Chillies Entertainment and Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders.

Shah Rukh has a net worth of USD 700 million. The superstar is married to interior designer Gauri Chibber, a Punjabi Hindu. Apart from Suhana, they have two sons.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

India’s narcotics police Sunday arrested Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan after hours of grilling in connection with a rave party it busted on board a cruise ship near Mumbai.

Acting on a tip-off, some 30 sleuths of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), disguised as passengers, boarded ‘Empress’ Saturday evening, which departed Mumbai for the neighbouring state of Goa late at night.

The ship was carrying mostly celebrities from Bollywood and the fashion industry. As soon as the rave party began, the NCB sleuths swung into action and caught red-handed those consuming drugs.

“Aryan, his close friend Arbaaz, and eight others were soon detained with drugs. The cruise ship was forced to return to the port of Mumbai. While two of the detainees were freed after questioning, Aryan and seven others have been arrested,” an official said.

Aryan’s father Shah Rukh is considered the most talented Bollywood star. Popularly called the “King Khan”, he has acted in over 80 films in a career spanning over 25 years.

Shah Rukh, in fact, rose to prominence after starring in 1995 romantic film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, the longest-running blockbuster in the history of Indian cinema. The film was shot in India and Europe.

Some of his other blockbusters include ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ (1997) and ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ (1998). Shah Rukh was also widely praised for his superb performance in 2002 film ‘Devdas’, where he played an alcoholic.

The 55-year-old has also anchored many TV shows, and owns production company Red Chillies Entertainment and Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders.

Shah Rukh has a net worth of USD 700 million. The superstar is married to interior designer Gauri Chibber, a Punjabi Hindu. Apart from Suhana, they have two sons.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

A Dhaka court has set October 12 to deliver its verdict in the case of rape of two private university students at a hotel in Dhaka’s posh Banani area four years ago on completion of prosecution and defense arguments.

Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 Judge Begum Kamrunnahar also cancelled the bail of five accused and directed to send them to jail after hearing both sides, said the plaintiff’s lawyer Faruque Ahmed.

On June 7, 2017, investigation officer of the case Inspector Ismot Ara submitted a charge sheet to the court against the five accused.

On June 19, the same year the tribunal accepted the charge sheet.

Rape charges was pressed against accused Safat Ahmed and Nayeem Ashraf while charges for assisting in rape was pressed against Safat’s friend Sadman Sakif, Shafat’s driver Billal Hossain and bodyguard Rahmat Ali.

On May 6, 2017, one of the two abused girls filed the case with Banani Police Station against five persons including Shafat and Shadman Sakif.

According to the case statement, Safat and Nayeem raped the plaintiff and her friend on March 28 at The Raintree Dhaka in the capital’s Banani area while the three others assisted them.

The victims were acquainted with Safat through Sadman two weeks before the incident and they were tricked in attending a grand program at the hotel on that day, said the statement.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Bangladesh has expressed concern over the increased crimes, human and drug trafficking and unrest in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar as their stay in Bangladesh is prolonging.

Bangladesh urged Myanmar as well as the international community to take effective steps to sustainably repatriate the Rohingyas to Myanmar at the earliest, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday.

Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen condemned the murder of Mohib Ullah, who was a widely recognized leader of the Rohingyas staying in Bangladesh.

Mohib Uullah was an avowed supporter of the repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar, according to a message shared by the MoFA on its verified Facebook page.

The government of Bangladesh is committed to investigating the heinous crime and bringing the killers to justice, the message reads.

Earlier in the morning, the Foreign Minister vowed to bring the killers of Mohib Ullah to justice soon, in his first remarks since the Rohingya leader’s murder sparked global condemnation.

Dr Momen said a vested quarter killed Mohib as he wanted to return to Myanmar, his homeland.

“The government will take stern action against those who were involved in the killing. Nobody will be spared,” he said.

On Thursday night, police registered a murder case in connection with the killing of Mohib Ullah at Ukhiya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday night.

The FIR for murder was filed against unknown persons at the Ukhiya police station on a complaint from Mohib Ullah’s brother Habib Ullah, officer-in-charge Sanjur Morshed had said.

Unknown assailants gunned down the 44-year-old on Wednesday night. He was first rushed to a local medical facility and later shifted to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

He was buried in Lambashia camp-1 in Ukhiya upazila on Thursday afternoon after his namaz-e-janaza, which was attended by a large number of Rohingya refugees from camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas.

Formerly a teacher in Myanmar, the slain human rights activist was popularly known as Master Mohib Ullah among the Rohingya refugees.

He was the head of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) at Kutupalong camp.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Three 12th-grade girls left their homes in the capital’s Pallabi Thursday taking cash and gold, and have gone missing.

The missing students belong to different institutions and are good friends.

One of their guardians said each of the three girls left home at around the same time yesterday, and their phones were switched off. Her daughter took Tk6 lakh with her, she said, when she left the house her two friends Tk75,000 and gold ornaments.

The same guardian filed a complaint at Pallabi Police Station Friday accusing three persons – Tariqul, Rakibul and Zinia. It is alleged that they lured the students with promises of sending them abroad.

Inspector (Investigation) of Pallabi Police Station Abu Sayed Al Mamun said there is an investigation going on, and interrogating a person of interest in the case.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Police have arrested a young woman from a Dhaka-bound bus at Mirsharai in Chattogram on Friday night along with crystal methamphetamine or Ice.

The arrestee is Nusrat Fatema, 21, hailing from Manikganj district.

Tipped off, police searched a Dhaka bound Shyamoli Paribahan bus near Sonapahar area at Jorarganj union and recovered 95 gram of the drug wrapped in a polythene bag.

During primary interrogation, Fatema confessed to carrying the drugs, said Jorarganj police.

Sub-Inspector of Jorarganj police station Md Saiful Islam said the arrestee was taking the drugs to Dhaka.

A case was filed against Fatema under the Narcotics Control Act, said SI Saiful Islam.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Sub Inspector Rocky Mandal, in-charge of the Hasadah police outpost in Jibannagar upazila, and assistant sub-inspector, or ASI Sahajul Islam, were withdrawn to Chuadanga police lines on the instructions of the Superintendent of Police.

According to sources, Rocky and Sahajul detained four local youths Wednesday night on narcotics charges and later let them go after taking Tk 20,000 each from their families.

Shariful Islam, Sajal, Shafi and Rana claimed that they were framed by the police.

When the information created a buzz on Thursday, Rocky and Mandal returned the money to the families that night.

However, they were withdrawn to Chuadanga police line from their position at Hasdah police outpost after senior police officers came to know about the allegations.

Although Jibannagar police station officer in charge (OC) Abdul Khaleq confirmed the withdrawal, he said,” Why they were withdrawn is still not known.”

Chuadanga Superintendent of Police Jahidul Islam said the two policemen had been withdrawn because they were being ‘unprofessional’.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

The High Court on Wednesday rejected a writ petition seeking an immediate probe into leaked telephonic conversations.

The petition was dismissed by a division bench of justices M Enayetur Rahim and Md Mostafizur Rahman.

Advocate Mohamamd Shishir Monir appeared for the petitioner while attorney general AM Amin Uddin and advocate Khandaker Reza-e-Rakib represented the state and the Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC), respectively.

On August 10, a group of 10 Supreme Court lawyers filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking an investigation into leaked telephonic conversations.

Posts and Telecommunications department Secretary, Information and Communications department Secretary, Telecommunications and Information Technology Secretary, and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission chairman were made respondents to the petition.

UNB has learnt that the petitioners cited 20 high-profile instances of leaked telephonic conversations between 2013 and 2021 in their petition.

Conversations between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and then Opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia, between General Secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader and BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, between late senior lawyer Barrister Moudud Ahmed and Assistant Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Nazmul Hasan were some of the notable instances cited by the petitioners.

Privacy of personal communications has been guaranteed under Article 43 of the Bangladeshi Constitution and it is a fundamental right of the citizens, according to the Supreme Court lawyers.

Besides, Section 30 (f) of the Telecommunications Regulation Act, 2001, ensures privacy of phone conversations, they had pointed out. And according to Section 71 of the same act, “phone tapping is a punishable offence”.

A person convicted of this crime can be sentenced to a maximum of two years in jail or fined Tk 5 crore.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Jhumon Das walked out of Sunamganj District Jail on Tuesday evening after spending nearly six months following his arrest in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Jail superintendent Nurshed Ahmed Via said Jhumon left the premises around 6.30 pm, hours after the High Court’s bail order, issued on Thursday, reached the jail.

Jhumon expressed his gratitude for all who have supported him, after walking out of jail.

On September 23, the High Court granted interim bail for a year to Jhumon in the case.

Jhumon had been in judicial custody since March 22, when he was arrested for posting defamatory remarks about then Hefazat leader Mamunul Haque on his Facebook page.

In fact, on March 17, a group of miscreants carried out an attack on the houses of a minority community in Noagaon village of Shalla upazila over his Facebook post.

On March 16, police detained Jhumon and produced him in court the very next day, showing his arrest in a case filed under Section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The court subsequently sent him to judicial custody.

But on March 22, police filed a case against him under DSA at the Shalla police station in Sunamganj and Jhumon was again shown as arrested a day later.

On March 30, he was taken on a two-day police remand in the case. On July 18, a magistrate’s court rejected the bail petition of Jhumon.

Nearly a month later, Jhumon moved the High Court for bail in the case.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

The chief operating officer of e-commerce platform Dhamaka Shopping’ and two other persons have been arrested in Dhaka on charges of fraud.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) nabbed the trio — including Dhamaka COO Sirajul Islam Rana — in the capital on Tuesday night, ASP (media) at RAB HQ, Imran Khan, told UNB on Wednesday. Earlier, a case was filed against the e-commerce platform at Gazipur’s Tongi West Police Station for fraud and embezzlement, on a complaint from a customer.

The story is developing…

Source: United News of Bangladesh