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Abdul Mannan	Abdul Mannan	Jamaatul Mujahideen	Afghanistan/South Asia	20050829
Maulvi Abdul Mannan	Maulvi Abdul Mannan	Taliban	India-Pakistan	20040126
Maulvi Abdul Mannan Khawajazai	Maulvi Abdul Mannan Khawajazai	Taliban	India-Pakistan	20040124
	Maulvi Abdul Mannan Khawajazai	Taliban	Afghanistan	20040125
Mullah Abdul Mannan Khawajazai	Mullah Abdul Mannan Khawajazai	Taliban	Afghanistan-Pak-India	20051110	Link

India-Pakistan

Online recruitment of Muslims: Why the radicalisation scenario in Bengal is worrisome

2021-11-06

[OneIndia] The National Investigation Agency earlier this week arrested a suspected terrorist of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
The JMB is said to be the youth front of Al Mujahideen, the parent organization that began working toward establishing Bangladesh as an Islamic state in the mid 1990s, which remains obscure and probably defunct today. Other organizations, such as Jama'atul Jihad, JMB, Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), Hizbut Tawhid, Tawhidi Janata, Islami Jubo Shangha, Islami Shangha, Al Falah A'am Unnayan Shanstha and Shahadat-e al Hiqma are believed to be part of the Al Mujahideen network. The JMB at its peak was reported to contain at least 100,000 members, and an alleged 2,000-man suicide brigade, few of whom actually exploded. JMB allegedly received financial assistance from individual donors in Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Libya. Reports have claimed that funding of JMB by international NGOs like Kuwait based Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage (RIHS) and Doulatul Kuwait, Saudi Arabia based Al Haramaine Islamic Institute and Rabita Al Alam Al Islami, Qatar Charitable Society and UAE-based Al Fuzaira and Khairul Ansar Al Khairia. The top leadership of JMB was captured in 2005 and hung in 2007, which pretty much shot their bolt.
from West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.

The NIA personnel conducted a search operation while acting on a tip-off. The search was conducted in the Subhasgram area following which the JMB terrorist hailing from Bangladesh was arrested. The arrested persons has been identified as Abdul Mannan Bachu.

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Afghanistan

Herat: Taliban splinter group’s prominent commander injured, left in a coma

2021-05-13

[KhaamaPress] Mullah Abdul Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
led by Mullah Rasul, was maimed in a clash in western Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province on Tuesday evening, sources said.

Deputy leader of splinter group Mullah Abdul Mannan Niazi was injured in a skirmish in western Herat province on Tuesday.

This group of the Taliban is led by Mullah Rasul, the incident reportedly happened at around 10 pm local time in the Guzara district of Herat province.

According to reports, Tahrik-e-Taliban (Pakistain-based Taliban) affiliates attacked the group’s splinter branch in Duzara district where "Niazi" used to live.

Niazi suffered injuries on his head and is under treatment at a regional hospital, the concussion left him in coma.

Local reports indicate three of his men were killed and four others were maimed during the skirmish.

The cause of the festivities between the two Taliban groups has not yet been determined.

The Taliban faction group had previously opposed Mullah Akhtar Mansour as Mullah Mohammad Blinky Omar

...a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality. Died of an unspecified ailment in a Pak hospital...
’s successor, Mansour was later killed in a US ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
<del>Arclight</del> airstrike

...KABOOM!...
back in 2016.

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Afghanistan

Conflicts Displace Thousands of Families in Kunduz

2020-08-24

[ToloNews] At least 5,000 families have been displaced in the northern province of Kunduz following heavy festivities on the outskirts of Kunduz city and some districts of the province.

Earlier this week, four bases of Afghan forces fell to the Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
along the road that connects Kunduz city with Khan Abad district to the north of the province.

According to officials, the government forces manning the Kunduz city gates were on alert on Saturday evening following the fall of the four army bases.

"At least 5,000 families have been displaced in Khan Abad and Imam Sahib districts and the center and the outskirts of Kunduz city," said Yusuf Ayubi, head of the Kunduz Provincial Council.

Some of the displaced persons said they want more attention from the government to the Kunduz situation.

"The festivities have been ongoing in our village for the last 15 days. Our village and seven mosques are under threat. You will hear the sound of mortars, rockets and Kalashnikov guns every day," said Abdul Fatah, a displaced person in Kunduz.

"We neither oppose the Taliban nor the government forces. We have been stuck between the two and are burning like wood," said a displaced person.

On Saturday, a large number of Kunduz residents held a protest in Kunduz city, criticizing what they called the government institutions’ inattention to the threats the province faces. The protesters said the inattention has increased the influence of the Taliban in the province.

"I visited all security belts of the city. The situation is fully under our control," Kunduz governor Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal said.

Kunduz residents said the performance of the security forces in the province is questionable.

"There is no more than 1,500 Taliban fighters in Kunduz, but on this side, there are army corps, police headquarters, the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
, vehicles and equipment, but they carry bricks on these vehicles" said Abdul Mannan Zafarzoi, a Kunduz resident, blaming security agencies for lack of action against the Taliban.

"We travel through agricultural lands instead of roads due to fear from mines," said Ghani, a Kunduz resident.

This comes as violence has increased around the country amid peace efforts by the Afghan government. At least 10 civilians, including women and kiddies, were killed in two explosions in Ghazni and Jawzjan provinces on Sunday, according to local officials.

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Bangladesh

Man jailed for 14 years for torturing wife over dowry

2018-08-14

[Dhaka Tribune] A Chandpur court has sentenced a man to 14 years imprisonmentin absentiafor torturing his wife in the district’s Faridganj upazila in 2009.

Judge Md Abdul Mannan of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict on Monday, reportsUNB.

The court alsofined the convict, 35-year-old Awlad Hossain,Tk25,000. He has been on the run since 2009.

According to the case details, since the couple got married,Awlad had been torturing his wife Selina Begum, 30, for dowry.

On May 28, 2009, he poured hot water ona sleeping Selina and left her severely injured.

Later, Selina’ssisterSwapna Begum filed the case with theFaridganj cop shoppe against Awlad.

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Bangladesh

War on Drugs: Three more killed in three districts

2018-06-09

[Dhaka Tribune] Three suspected drug peddlers have been killed in separate incidents of "shootouts" across three districts in the early hours of Friday.

So far, about 140 people, mostly alleged drug pushers, have been killed and scores of others placed in durance vile
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
since the drives began a month ago.

In Thakurgaon, suspected drug peddler Shamim Hossain, 42, was killed in a "shootout" with police in the Nekmord area of Ranisankail Upazila. Shamim was the son of late Abdul Sattar.

Two coppers were also injured in the incident, which took place around 1:30am.

Ranisankail cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge (OC), Abdul Mannan, said: "Acting on a tip-off,
[RING!]
Cop shoppe! Sergeant Shafiq speaking!
Lissen! Dis is Mahmoud da Weasel! I got a tip for youse...
a patrol team conducted a raid in the Bhadreshwari area."

"Sensing police presence, a gang of drug peddlers started shooting, forcing law enforcement to retaliate. Shamim was killed on the spot in the ensuing shootout."

Police later sent the body to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital morgue.

The OC said 300 pieces of Yaba tablets were seized from the scene. Shamim was accused in a number of cases in the Ranisankail cop shoppe.

In Dinajpur, a suspected drug peddler was killed in a "shootout" between two groups of drug pushers in the Kharipara area of Uthrail Union in the early hours of Friday.

Dinajpur Kotwali cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge (OC) told the Dhaka Tribune: "On a tip off, police visited the scene of a shootout that occurred between two groups of drug pushers. We found one well perforated carcass on the scene."

Police also seized 100 bottles of the banned drug Phensedyl, one locally made gun, and a heavy cleaver.

The suspect’s body has been sent to the Dinajpur M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital Morgue. The identity of the dear departed could not be confirmed at the filing of this report.

In Rangpur, a suspected drug pusher by the name of Abu Musa, 27, has been killed in a "shootout" with police in the Kukrul area of the city, early Friday morning.

Rangpur Additional Superintendent of Police, Saiful Islam, confirmed the matter to the correspondent.

According to police sources, law enforcement conducted a drive in the Kukrul area, on a tip off that a gang of drug peddlers had gathered there.

As a police team reached the spot, the suspected drug pushers started shooting at them, triggering a reported shootout. Abu Musa, alias Bishkhali, died in the incident.

Police found 102 Yaba tablets, 47 bottles of Phensedyl, and a pistol at the scene.

The dear departed was the son of Abdul Kuddus, and he hailed from the Hunumantola area of Rangpur. He was accused in 11 cases, said the police.

Musa’s body has been sent to the Rangpur Medical College Hospital morgue.

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Bangladesh

Militants using secured messaging apps to dodge cops

2017-10-02

[Dhaka Tribune] Members of different Lion of Islam outfits have apparently smartened up and become tech-savvy as they are now using encrypted communications applications or apps more and more to maintain communications online, making it harder for the law enforcement agencies to trace them.

Encrypting the messages while chatting via these or other social media app is also making it tougher for police to recover the conversations most of the time from electronic devices seized from enjugged
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
Lion of Islams.

Police’s Anti-Terrorism Unit officials said the gunnies initially had used popular apps like Facebook and its Messenger, and Google Hangouts to communicate. But recently they have started using instant, but encrypted messaging apps such as Threema, Telegram and Wickr to keep their chats more secret.

At present, officials said, gunnies also use WhatsApp, Viber, Tango, Hike and several other similar apps as most of them have the encryption facilities, but they rapidly switch platforms to avoid detection.

Monirul Islam, chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, in several earlier instances claimed that they had succeeded in weakening the existing Lion of Islam outfits in Bangladesh after the Gulshan cafe attack in July last year.

"We have broken most of the Lion of Islam networks. But they are trying to remain active on the internet. We are tracking their online activities through regular monitoring and working on preventing them by conducting raids," he said.

CTTC’s Additional Deputy Commissioner Abdul Mannan told the Dhaka Tribune: "The Lion of Islam groups have started giving technology-related training to their new recruits so that they can avoid our online traps."

"Militants now also prefer students with a science or IT background while recruiting as their network and communications are now fully internet-based. Every Lion of Islam group now has its own IT wing and they prefer online chats than talking over mobile phones."

Making their case, Sherlocks also said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States had examined 30 phones seized from Holey Artisan Bakery after the July 1, 2016, attack, and found that the attackers had used encrypted messaging app Threema to communicate with the gunnies outside.

A police inspector of the CTTC, requesting anonymity, somewhat confessed to the Dhaka Tribune: "It’s becoming harder for us to infiltrate their secret online network as the gunnies are now using updated apps.

"They may also use Silent Circle, Signal, Chat Secure, OS Tel or Red Phone, which are highly advanced and more privacy-conscious messaging apps, in the future. If they do that, it will become more challenging to trace their secret and online networks."

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh sentences 10 to death for plot to kill PM Hasina

2017-08-21

[DAWN] A Bangladesh court sentenced 10 bully boyz to death on Sunday over a failed plot to assassinate Prime Minister ~~the loathesome~~ Sheikh Hasina

...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
by detonating a huge bomb at one of her rallies in 2000.

"The men were sentenced to death by a firing squad for planting a huge explosive near where Hasina was scheduled to speak during her first term as prime minister in 2000," prosecutor Shamsul Haq Badol told AFP.

"The bomb was planted in an attempt to kill Sheikh Hasina, high-ranking leaders of the (ruling) Awami League party and dignitaries," Badol said.

The 76-kilogram explosive was detected and defused, sparking a manhunt for those responsible for the liquidation attempt on Hasina, who is now in her third term as leader of Bangladesh's government.

Police allege the operation was led by Mufti Abdul Hannan, the late leader of murderous Moslem group Harakat ul Jihad Al Islami, which perpetrated a string of attacks across Bangladesh in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Hannan, the main accused in the failed bomb plot, was hanged in April for orchestrating a grenade attack on Britannia's envoy to Bangladesh in 2004.

The accused in this latest case wanted to kill Hasina because "they said she was not a Moslem, and an agent of India, and Islam can be established (in Bangladesh) only by killing her," Badol claimed.

He said another large explosive was found three days later at a helipad where Hasina was scheduled to land.

A separate prosecutor, Khandaker Abdul Mannan, said those sentenced to death were also implicated in other assaults, including a deadly bombing at a church and a secular festival.

Defence lawyer Faruque Ahmed said the defendants would lodge an appeal through the jail authorities.

"There are a lot of questions about this case. The defendants said they did not get justice," he told AFP. Hannan tried to kill Hasina in a separate grenade attack at a rally in the capital Dhaka in August 2004, in which 22 people were killed, Badol said.

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Bangladesh

Explosion, gunfire kills militant in Panthapath hotel

2017-08-16

[Dhaka Tribune] 3:00pm- Saiful used the nom de guerre "Khairul" when registering at the hotel on August 13, but signed with his original name, says OC Atikur Rahman.

2:20pm- New Market cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Atikur Rahman tells the Dhaka Tribune: "We first conducted a block raid in the area. We entered Olio International around 2:45am.

"The hotel manager informed us that 13 of the rooms were occupied."

He continues: "When knocking on room 301, a voice from inside said it was too late at night, and that they would talk in the morning."

After switching a light on from the outside, police could see someone with a black trolley bag coming towards the door.

Immediately they dive on the floor and call for backup to conduct the raid.

IGP Shahidul Hoque says: "Saiful was a member of Chhatra Shibir before joining New JMB"

12:20pm- CTTC says the bad boy had planned to attack processions to Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on the National Mourning Day. The police have also found leaflets containing militancy propaganda among the dear departed’s belongings.

12:00pm- CTTC has confirmed that Monirul Islam, head of the unit, will brief the media at 12:15pm at Dhanmondi Road 32 about the raid.

11:50am- Three more kabooms go off as the BDU neutralises them. Our staffs inside the office are ducking and taking cover. Our staffs on the ground have confirmed more may follow.

11:30am- Law enforcement agencies are saying there could be more murderous Moslems inside or around the hotel. The Bomb Disposal Unit has found several bags filled with explosives.

11:15am- A security guard at the al-Arafah Bank branch near the hotel has been found bleeding after the initial skirmish. He is being taken to Square Hospital for emergency treatment. One of our news hounds overhears on the police scanner that he has been hit in the head. It has not been ascertained whether he has been shot or was struck by debris.

11:05am- CTTC has called off the raid after finding no other explosives. But they are still restricting entry, even to journalists at the Dhaka Tribune office. The raid titled "Operation August Bite" seems far from over as law enforcement agencies are still on site en force. Emergency services are beginning to clean up the area.

10:40am- A CTTC official says the kaboom was from a bomb inside a trolley. The CTTC source identifies the attacker as Saiful Islam, a 21-year-old from Dumuria in Khulna. He was a student at BL College in Khulna and had set out for an attack on Dhanmondi Road 32 at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on Tuesday.

10:20am- The building next door has started to show cracks after the kabooms. Law enforcement agencies are saying nobody else is inside. Inspector General (IGP) Shahidul Hoque has arrived and is briefing the media.

10:10am- Wazidur Rahman with the Special Security and Protection Battalion has confirmed that a bad boy was inside a hotel room and has been killed. From the roof of the Dhaka Tribune office, the bad boy looks to be in his early 20s, in a black shirt and blue jeans.

9:44am- Two kabooms are heard inside the building followed by a staccato of gunfire. A room on the second floor has went kaboom! and debris have strewn across the street.

9:35am- A SWAT team has entered the building just now, confirmed by the Dhaka Tribune staffs who are stranded on the street, unable to enter the office premises.

9:24am- DMP Additional Deputy Commissioner (CTTC) Abdul Mannan says police have had the area surrounded since 3am on Tuesday. He says no shots have been fired. He also tells the Dhaka Tribune that the police are trying to resolve the situation by compelling the murderous Moslems to surrender.

9:05am- Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has confirmed that one or several murderous Moslems are hiding in the building.

8:50am- No senior police personnel has commented on the matter as of yet. The hotel has been identified as Hotel Olio International, located between Square Hospital and the Russel Square intersection. It is directly across the street from the Dhaka Tribune office.

8:30am- A stretch of Panthapath from Square Hospital to the Russel Square intersection has been sealed off by law enforcement agencies. Police, including the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, Detective Branch and regular members in riot gear, are present in numbers along with Rapid Action Battalion and fire service.

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Afghanistan

Taliban drive residents out of Kandahar

2017-08-04

Resident in six villages in Kandahar’s Shah Wali Kot district, who have now moved to Kandahar, the provincial capital, claim the Taliban has “forcibly expelled” them from their villages for “cooperating with government”.

The residents also claimed that Taliban had kidnapped at least 70 people living in the district while they were traveling along the Kandahar-Zabul highway three weeks ago.

According to the residents, seven of the abducted victims have been killed, 20 were released and 32 of them are still being held by the Taliban.

“Taliban asked me to share information (about government) with them. I told them that I am not an agent. And then they threatened to kill me and told me to leave my village,” said Abdul Mannan, a resident of the district.

The women said the Taliban had taken their sons by force.

“Taliban has forcibly taken my son and the sons of others. We came here to the (Kandahar) city by foot. Some of our houses have been taken by the Taliban. We were threatened with death so we came here out of fear,” said Zarghona, another resident of the district.

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has confirmed that the Taliban has kidnapped more than 70 residents of Shah Wali Kot district – killing seven of them. The incident happened on Kandahar-Zabul road at least three weeks ago.

“According to our initial information, at least 70 people have been kidnapped and all of them are civilians. This has been done by anti-government armed militants,” said AIHRC acting director in the south, Fakhruddin Fayiz.

“They (kidnappers) have killed seven people and have released some of them. We have some information that a number of the hostages have been freed,” he added.

Local officials in Kandahar have not commented on the report.

Taliban has claimed that they were not involved in the kidnapping.

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Bangladesh

Raid in Kushtia militant hideout ends after 22 hours, 3 suspected female militants detained

2017-07-02

[Dhaka Tribune] Law enforcers have concluded their raid at a suspected holy warrior hideout in Kushtia’s Bheramara upazila on Saturday night, nearly 22 hours after they cordoned it off.

Khulna range Additional DIG Habibur Rahman officially announced the conclusion of the operation around 9pm at a press briefing.

Talking to news hounds at the briefing, Habibur Rahman said the operation started around 5:45pm.

"The bomb disposal unit recovered an bomb weighing around 10 kilogrammes from the house which the Death Eaters rented in November last year," he said.

Earlier, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes unit Abdul Mannan confirmed the Dhaka Tribune that the raid will begin as soon as the members of the bomb disposal unit arrive at the scene from Dhaka.

Police jugged
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
three suspected female Death Eaters along with boom jackets, gun powder and pistol during the drive.

Two of the detainees are Tithi, wife of New JMB chief Ayub Ali alias Sajib and Sumaiya, wife of second-in-command of New JMB.

Talking to the Dhaka Tribune in the afternoon, Kushtia Police Superintendent SM Mehedi Hasan said acting on a tip-off, the joint force of Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, Kushtia police and Detective Branch of police cordoned off the tin-shed house near Taltola mosque in Bamonpara area under the upazila early Saturday

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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Cow falls from sky; Indian man injured

2017-05-02

[Dhaka Tribune] A cow plummeted 70ft from a terrace and crushed a man in Kolkata, injuring the unfortunate man but losing his own bovine life in the process.

Forty three-year-old Abdul Mannan from Kolkata, West Bengal started Sunday morning like every other day. He walked to the local market at Masjid Bari Lane in Tiljala to buy fresh vegetables and other essentials for his family.

At around 8am, as he was checking out cucumbers at a roadside shop, however, his day took a turn for the worse. From the skies above, something heavy fell on him, causing him to collapse on the road.

Injured and fast losing consciousness, Mannan still managed to catch a glimpse of what hit him: an 85kg calf.

Locals and bystanders quickly whisked him off to a private nursing home, from where he was later shifted to a public hospital.

The cow, a six-month-old, which had dropped some 70ft, unfortunately was struck down in his prime. Though Mannan survived, he now has a fracture on his left leg, cracks in a rib and wounds on the back of his head, as well as multiple injuries all over his body that required as many as 18 stitches.

Much as it looked like it was raining cows, the reality was simple enough to explain. For the past week, the calf had been kept captive on the terrace of a nearby four-storey building by one of the building’s tenants.

That's one way to ensure a steady supply of dried dung for the cook stove.

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Bangladesh

Child domestic worker dies from alleged rape injuries

2017-03-12

[Dhaka Tribune] Thirteen-year old Kajol (alias Kajli) was the domestic help at retired policeman Abdul Mannan’s residence in Baligona village under Sadar upazila of Jhalakathi for the last five months.

Her father Hiron Howladar, a day labourer from Khejurbari village under Saliabakpur Union of Banaripara Upazila in Barisal, said on March 8, Abdul, his wife and another woman brought an unconscious Kajol home, claiming she was suffering from a high fever.

Suspicious, Hiron approached the local chairman who advised them to seek help from the police.

Police then had her admitted to the Banaripara Upazila Health Complex, from where doctors sent her to SBMCH on March 9.

SBMCH Director Dr Sirajul Islam confirmed the facts and said they had informed the police that Kajol had died after allegedly being raped and tortured.

Dr Tajmery Begum, registrar of labour unit-2 at SBMCH, said on March 9, the victim died early on the morning of March 11 due to excessive bleeding.

Ward master Abul Kalam said the body had been sent to the morgue for his appointment with Doctor Quincy.

Kajol’s brother Mehedi Hasan claimed that she had died after being raped at her workplace and said the family would lodge a rape and murder case.

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