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Bangladesh
Bangla: Rashed Khan Menon arrested
2024-08-23
[NEWAGEBD] Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon was arrested Thursday afternoon in the capital's Gulshan area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police media cell confirmed the matter through a text message.

WP central committee member Mostafa Alamgir Ratan said that he was picked up by detective branch of police at about 5:15pm.
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Bangladesh
BNP to give interim government time to create election environment
2024-08-13
[DHAKATRIBUNE] The BNP is giving the interim government time to create a conducive environment for holding elections, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday after a discussion with interim government Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus.

Mirza Fakhrul also said that the BNP delegation did not discuss the election during their meeting with the Chief Adviser.

"It will take some time to organize the election, and we have allowed that time," he added.

Top BNP leaders, led by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, exchanged views with Chief Adviser Dr Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Monday afternoon. The meeting lasted about an hour.

Speaking to news hounds, Mirza Fakhrul said: ''As I mentioned earlier, it will take some time to create a suitable environment for the elections. We are supporting them in all matters.''

After the meeting, which concluded around 5pm, he said: "The Chief Adviser invited us, and we discussed various issues. Essentially, the fascist
...anybody you disagree with, damn them...
government that has been suppressing democracy, oppressing the people for 15-16 years, and depriving them of their democratic rights has established a fascist rule."

Mirza Fakhrul also emphasized: "We made it clear that people should not be misled by attempts to create instability, chaos, or communal arson in the country. We urge the public to support the government in maintaining religious harmony and ensuring the safety of the people. We fully support these efforts."

The BNP leaders noted that this was the first time the interim government had met with BNP leaders after the fall of the dictatorial government through the students' movement and taking charge in a free environment. They shared their views on the current situation, and the government also expressed its opinions.

Referring to the Awami League, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul said: "Unfortunately, despite so many murders and tortures, that party continues to make various statements."

He believes the government needs to take action in this regard and engage in dialogue with all parties, but not with those responsible for killings.

Related:
BNP: 2024-08-10 FO rejects Indian claims of Pakistan's role in Bangladesh uprising
BNP: 2024-08-09 Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh interim govt
BNP: 2024-08-09 Khawaja Asif hails change in East Pakistain Bangladesh as 'end to India-backed govt'
Related:
Awami League: 2024-08-10 FO rejects Indian claims of Pakistan's role in Bangladesh uprising
Awami League: 2024-08-09 Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh interim govt
Awami League: 2024-08-09 Khawaja Asif hails change in East Pakistain Bangladesh as 'end to India-backed govt'
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Bangladesh
Satkhira ex-chairman shoots 3 dead, mob lynches him, associates
2024-08-06
[Dhaka Tribune] At least 10 people have been killed in attacks and violence in Satkhira following news of the loathesome Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and now exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was 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 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 showed such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums. That is probably because Khaleda's late husband was the Pak tool who had Mujib assassinated...
's resignation from the post of prime minister and her departure from the country.

The houses and business establishments of several Awami League leaders and activists were vandalized and looted.

Police also reported arson and looting at Satkhira Sadar and Shyamnagar cop shoppes.

Pratapnagar Union Gay Pareehad Chairman Abu Daud said thousands of people of his union attacked Awami League leader Zakir Hossain's Kalyanpur house around 6pm on Monday.

At that time, Zakir took out his gun and shot three people -- Adam Ali, Anaj Billah and Alam Hossain. They went titzup. Around 10-12 people were maimed.

At around 8pm, the mob barged into Zakir's house and hacked him and his associates Shaker Ali, Jahangir Alam, Sajib Hossain and Ashiqok and Alamgir Hossain to death.

Meanwhile,
...back at the cheese factory, there was only one thought in the mouse's mind: I can do this! I can do this! Then the trap sprung...
Asafur Rahman, son of Rafel Sardar of Baikari village in Satkhira Sadar upazila, was hacked to death by a mob.

The Freedom Fighters Complex was set on fire on Monday afternoon. Several shops including the complex were gutted.
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Bangladesh
At least 135 killed in Bangla violence Monday
2024-08-06
[Dhaka Tribune] Police firings, mob beatings, and arson across the country killed at least 135 people before and after the loathesome Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and nowq former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was 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. That is probably because Khaleda's daddy was the Pak tool who assassinated Mujib...
resigned as prime minister on Monday.

The previous day, the country reported at least 96 deaths in police firings due to festivities between Awami League members and protesters.

At least 18 people were killed in Savar and Dhamrai areas, on the outskirts of the capital, after festivities broke out between police and miscreants on Monday.

Another 50 people were maimed as police fired tear shells and bullets. There were several journalists among those shot, local people said.

At least 10 people were killed and many others injured in the capital’s Uttara on Monday afternoon after individuals in civilian clothes reportedly opened fire on protesters. The shots were fired from the Uttara East cop shoppe. In response, hundreds of enraged people surrounded the cop shoppe and set it on fire.

Sources at different hospitals confirmed at least 78 deaths in the capital.

In Habiganj, at least six people were killed and over 100 injured in a clash between protesters and police. The dear departed were identified as Hasan Mia, 12, Ashraful, 17, Nayan, 18, Tofazzal, 18, Mojakkir, 40, and Sadiqur, 30.

In Jessore, at least eight people were burned to death and 84 others were maimed after unidentified arsonists set fire to a residential hotel.

The hotel was owned by Shahin Chakladar, general secretary of the Jessore district AL.

In Khulna, three people, including Koyra Upazila Gay Pareehad Chairman and Upazila Awami League President GM Mohsin Reza, were beaten to death by a mob.

The other two deceased were identified as Reza's driver, Alamgir, and his personal assistant, Mofizul Islam.

In Barisal, three people were burned to death after agitators set fire to former mayor and City AL President Serniabat Sadik Abdullah on Monday.

Arichur Huq, OC of Kotwali cop shoppe, confirmed the matter.

In Tangail, two people were killed in Sadar Upazila while another person died in a police firing in Dhanbari Upazila on Monday.

At least, 40 others were maimed in the district.

Elsewhere in Lakshmipur, at least 11 people were killed in festivities on Monday. Hospital sources said another 35 were bearing bullet wounds.

Of them, a total of seven bodies were recovered in front of former Jubo League
... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League...
leader and Sadar upazila Chairman AKM Salah Uddin Tipu's house in the district's Tamiz Market area.

In Kushtia, six people, including a 13-year-old, were killed.

Another three people were killed in Satkhira.

Meanwhile,
...back at the hoedown, the fiddler suddenly struck a sour note. The dancing stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at Bob...
at least six people were shot when Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) men opened fire on miscreants who had obstructed two BGB vehicles in Sreepur of Gazipur.

There were at least 80 BGB men inside the vehicles.

The incident took place around 12 noon on Monday.

Ex Barisal mayor's house set on fire, 3 bodies recovered

[Dhaka Tribune] Former mayor of Barisal City Corporation Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah's residence was set on fire by miscreants in Barisal on Saturday.

Later, the fire service recovered three bodies from the house.

Much of the two-storey building was burnt. Sadiq Abdullah was not at home at the time.

Md Belal Uddin, assistant director of Barisal Fire Service and Civil Defence confirmed.

He said: "On information, we went to Sadiq Abdullah's house around 8:30pm. We recovered three bodies from there. The bodies were handed over to Sher-E-Bangla Medical College for an appointment with Dr. Quincy. Their identities could not be ascertained as they were burnt."

As the news of the loathesome Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and now exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was 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 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 showed such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums. That is probably because Khaleda's late husband was the Pak tool who had Mujib assassinated...
's resignation spread, students and common people in Barisal erupted into the streets and started celebrating the victory.

Then there were incidents of attack, vandalism, looting and arson in the houses and various establishments of Awami League leaders.
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India-Pakistan
Indian Archeologists Find 17th-Century Mosque Was Built over Hindu Temple
2024-01-31
Pretty much all of them are, I imagine, or one of the other faiths in that part of the world.
[Breitbart] The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has reportedly discovered the ruins of an ancient Hindu temple beneath a mosque that was built in the city of Varanasi in the 17th Century.

The discovery could be an explosive development in a bitter dispute between Indian Hindus and Muslims, who are already fighting over the site in court.

The structure at the heart of the controversy is the Gyanvapi Mosque, which was built in the Uttar Pradesh city of India in 1669 by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir.

The Mughal Empire, which lasted from 1526 to 1761, was an expansionist power founded by distant descendants of Genghis Khan. Its rulers were Muslim, but tolerant of other faiths, which helped them manage their conquests more efficiently.

The Mughals were blessed with capable leaders, including Aurangzeb, who was by all accounts a genius – but he was not especially tolerant of other faiths. Some modern scholars argue that his reputation for bigotry is exaggerated, and his real mistake was trying to expand his territory too aggressively, but the empire was unquestionably less harmonious by the time he was finished.

Aurangzeb was an autocratic ruler who discarded many of the sectarian reforms of his predecessors, restored odious customs like the jizya tax on unbelievers, barred other faiths from building temples, and then decided the Hindus and other religions had a few too many temples for his taste. Some of his nobles refused to carry out his orders, and rebellion began brewing in the formerly well-managed Mughal Empire.

Future emperors tried to turn things around and restore the harmony of the old empire, but it was never quite the same again, in part because none of Aurangzeb’s more conciliatory successors were as gifted as the great rulers of old.

The once-mighty empire dissolved into provincial squabbles and its remnants were swept away by a Persian invasion in 1739. The last Mughal emperor was still puttering around in 1858 when the British took control of India.

This rich and tragic history offers something to annoy just about everyone in modern India. Many contemporary Muslims regard Aurangzeb as a legendary hero, while others think he ruined what could have been one of the greatest Muslim states. To modern Hindu nationalists, he is one of the worst despots and oppressors in India’s history. Aurangzeb’s name comes up very frequently in Hindu nationalist speeches, and they are not fond of the Mughal emperors who preceded him, either.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for example, denounced Aurangzeb’s “atrocities” and “terror” in a December speech at the disputed mosque in Varanasi.

“He tried to change civilization by the sword. He tried to crush culture with fanaticism,” said Modi. “Even though Aurangzeb severed many heads, he could not share our (Hindu) faith.”

The exact details of the Gyanvapi Mosque’s construction centuries ago has been a subject of great dispute in recent years.

Hindus and Muslims have both made use of the site for prayers, with a single wall separating temple and mosque – but in April 2022, a group of Hindus who worship at the site filed a court petition to gain access to the mosque for prayers, claiming it was built on top of a venerable temple that was razed by Aurangzeb, and sacred Hindu relics were still buried beneath the ground used by Muslims – directly underneath a bathing pool that is essential to Muslim religious practices.

Muslims denounced the claim as one of several attempts by Hindu nationalists to seize control of land by claiming a Hindu temple once existed there. The court decided to order a survey of Gyanvapi by archaeologists to settle the issue.

Prior to the beginning of the survey, the major piece of physical evidence introduced by the Hindu petitioners was a shivling, a piece of stonework said to represent the god Shiva, or at least part of him. The shivling and its symbolism became a topic of heated debate on a June 2022 televised panel discussion of the Gyanvapi controversy, which resulted in several people losing their jobs after saying unkind things about each others’ religions.

The survey by ASI has evidently been completed and, while the final report is under wraps for the moment, leaks suggest further evidence of a Hindu temple beneath the mosque has been discovered. The court has ordered the full report to be made public soon.

“Remnants of the statues of Hindu gods have been found in the basements during the court-ordered survey,” declared plaintiffs’ lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain on Thursday. “It can be said that there existed a large Hindu temple prior to the construction of the existing structure.”

According to Jain, the ASI found evidence that some of the Hindu temple structure was repurposed for the mosque built during Aurangzeb’s reign.

“Whatever the Hindu side is saying is false reporting,” retorted Akhlaq Ahmad, a lawyer for the Muslim petitioners in the case.

The situation is even more fraught because Modi just finished dedicating a massive new Hindu temple in the city of Ayodhya that was built on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque. The mosque was leveled by an angry Hindu mob in 1992. Dismayed Muslims said Modi’s consecration ceremony was intended as a declaration of absolute Hindu religious supremacy in India.
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India-Pakistan
Four policemen martyred in Dera, Tank attacks
2022-07-07
[Dawn] Four coppers were martyred in separate attacks in Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
and Tank districts on Tuesday.

Dera police front man Imtiaz Ali Janjua said unidentified button men riding cycle of violences opened fire on traffic coppers — ticketing officer Shaukat Mekan and constable Habibullah — near the New Sabzi Mandi area on Tuesday morning. They went titzup.

Following the incident, a contingent of police led by DSP Saddar Hafiz Adnan Khan and SHO Saddar cop shoppe Saleem Baloch reached the spot along with teams of Rescue 1122 and shifted the martyred personnel to District Headquarters Hospital for postmortem.

The front man said the police had cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to trace the attackers.

Later, funeral prayers of the martyred cops were offered at the Ijaz Shaheed Police Lines.

Afterwards, bodies of deaders were dispatched to their native areas for burial.

Meanwhile,
...back at the cheese factory, there was only one thought in the mouse's mind: I can do this! I can do this! Then the trap sprung...
three armed motorcyclists killed two Tank police officials on Nasran-Daudkhel Road near in Nasran village.

The police said constable Naheed Khan went titzup, while constable Hameed Shah succumbed to injuries while being taken to Hospital. They said the button men also took away cash and mobile phones from the dear departed.

The police started the paperwork but haven't done much else against unknown killers and launched a search operation to trace them.

District police officer Waqar Ahmed along with DSP headquarters Inam Khan Gandapur, DSP rural Hussain Ghulam Bangash and DSP Jandola subdivision Alamgir Khan met with families of the martyred personnel and offered condolences.
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India-Pakistan
MHA designating 7 more terrorists will make it harder for Pakistan to wriggle out of FATF Grey List
2022-04-22
[OneIndia] Seven Pakistain based bandidos bandidos murderous Moslems have been listed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the past 15 days.

Sajjad Gul, Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, Arjumand Gulzar Jan, Ali Kashif Jan, Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir, and Hafiz Talha Saeed, who are based in Pakistain were listed under the UAPA based on the recommendations of the CID, Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
Police.
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Bangladesh
3 arms dealers detained in Benapole
2020-09-06
[Dhaka Tribune] Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested three arms dealers along with 11 pistols, 22 magazines and 50 rounds of ammunition at Raghunathpur border area in Benapole early on Saturday.

The arrestees were identified as Anarul, 34, Alamgir, 40 and Sajul Islam, 35, said Lt Col Selim Reza, commanding officer of 49-BGB in Jessore at a press briefing in the evening.

On a tip off, a team of BGB conducted a raid at the Ghiba border in Benapole early on Saturday arrested the trio and recovered the weapons which were being smuggled from India, he said.

"The trio have confessed to their involvement in arms trade during primary interrogation. They have been handed over to Benapole Port cop shoppe and a case has been filed against them." Selim Reza added.

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Bangladesh
BNP announces countrywide demo for Sunday
2019-12-13
[Dhaka Tribune] Expressing its grievances over the Appellate Division order rejecting BNP Chairperson the loathesome Khaleda Zia
...Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, Pak foil, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
's bail in Zia Charitable Trust graft case, the party has announced a countrywide demonstration program for Sunday demanding her release.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir declared the program at a presser after a meeting of the party Standing Committee members at its chairperson's Gulshan office in Dhaka on Thursday, reports UNB.

"We are aggrieved and disappointed over the court order. The nation is not only got stunned, but also angry over it," he said.

The BNP leader said people had an expectation that Khaleda Zia would get justice from the apex court, but unfortunately she was deprived of that.

Under the circumstances, Fakhrul said: "We have taken a decision at the meeting of our Standing Committee that we will stage demonstrations and take out processions across the country on Sunday, demanding Khaleda Zia's release."

In the capital, he said BNP's all thana units will hold rallies and stage demonstrations the same day to push for the same demand.

He said they will also announce other programs after Sunday to mount pressure on the government to free Khaleda from jail.

Fakhrul said they believe that people will wage a strong movement with their active participation to force the current "usurper" government to hold a fresh election under a neutral government annulling the results of the 11th parliamentary election.

Earlier in the day, the Appellate Division rejected the bail petition of the BNP chief in the graft case.

Khaleda Zia has been in jail since February 8, 2018 after she was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

She is currently being treated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

Her party has been accusing the government of not providing adequate treatment facilities to Khaleda.

Related:
Khaleda Zia: 2019-12-11 Kamal: Islam has no place for terrorism, militancy
Khaleda Zia: 2019-12-10 Panthapath hotel attack: Police press charges against 14 militants
Khaleda Zia: 2019-12-10 5 arrested BNP activists sent to jail
Related:
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir: 2019-01-17 BNP unlikely to sever ties with Jamaat as Fakhrul talks about unity
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir: 2019-01-04 Elected Jatiya Oikya Front, BNP MPs refuse to take oath
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir: 2018-03-06 Muhith: Jamaat should be expelled from Bangladesh immediately
Related:
Zia Orphanage Trust: 2018-05-06 Khaleda asks lawyers to cite her illness to secure bail
Zia Orphanage Trust: 2018-04-23 BNP announces series of demos demanding Khaleda’s release
Zia Orphanage Trust: 2018-04-02 Hasina: We do not want BNP-Jamaat’s terrorist acts
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Bangladesh
Man caught with 1,925 yaba pills inside his bung hole at Dhaka airport
2019-12-10
Ouch.
[Dhaka Tribune] Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has detained a man with 1,925 yaba pills hidden in his rectum in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).

The detainee, identified as Abul Kashem, 54, was held from outside the airport's domestic terminal on Monday.

Confirming the matter to Dhaka Tribune, APBn Additional Superintendent of Police Alamgir Hossain said: "The market value of the sized yaba pills is around Tk10 lakh.

"During interrogation Kashem confessed
"Owwwww! Make him stop!"
that he landed at the Dhaka airport with the yaba pills hidden in his rectum from Cox's Bazar around 4pm Monday."

"The suspect confirmed that he himself bought the yaba pills and was supposed to deliver them to other yaba traders operating in Dhaka’s Fakirapool area.

"Necessary legal action will be taken against him," Alamgir added.

Related:
Yaba pills: 2019-06-09 8 killed in ‘gunfights’ in four days
Yaba pills: 2019-06-01 1 killed in 'gunfight' with BGB in Dinajpur
Yaba pills: 2019-06-01 Yaba kingpin Saiful killed in Teknaf ‘gunfight’
Related:
Hidden in his rectum: 2017-01-26 Man held with gold in his bum at Dhaka airport
Hidden in his rectum: 2014-09-25 Who Are the Khorasan?
Hidden in his rectum: 2013-10-10 Who are the world's 10 most dangerous terrorists?
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Bangladesh
6 schoolgirls saved from child marriage
2019-09-15
[Dhaka Tribune] Six schoolgirls including a fifth-grader have been saved from child marriage in Sirajganj on the same day.

Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Anisur Rahman led the drives to rescue the teenaged girls from being married off.

Mobile court sources said that acting on tip offs, these child marriages were prevented conducting drive from afternoon to midnight Friday.

Marriage of 7th grader Chumki Khatun, 13, of Ranigram locality of Sirajganj municipal area, 10th grader Meem Khatun, 16, of village Brammon Boira of the same locality, 8th grader Nusrat Khatun, 13, of village Gobinda Potol, 10th grader Lubna Islam, 15, of village Akdala, 8th grader Liza Khatun, 13, of village Parpachil and 5th grader Rima Khatun, 13, of village Shilonda were stopped.

The legal age for marriage of women in Bangladesh is 18, while for men it is 21.

The mobile court fined the guardians Tk 140,000. Besides, a bond was taken from each set of parents of the brides and grooms against a pledge that they would not marry off their wards till they are of legal age.

At this time, Municipal Assistant Land Officer Nazrul Islam, Nure Elahi and Ansar battalion members were present.

Meanwhile, at village Poschim Nokla under Nokla upazila in Sherpur, a father has been sentenced to 7 days in jail on charge of arranging the marriage of his underage daughter Ripa Akhter, a student of class seven of madrasa.

A mobile court headed by UNO and Executive Magistrate of Nokla Zahidur Rahim awarded the punishment at 8pm yesterday after disrupting the marriage. Rafiqul Islam, 40, father of Ripa Akhter, has been sent to district jail last afternoon.

Confirming the incident Alamgir Hossain Shah, OC of Nokla police station, said that the mobile court awarded the punishment to Rafiqul Islam on charge of arranging marriage of his underage daughter.

Related:
Sirajganj: 2018-07-23 Barapukuria power plant shut down after 142,000 tons of coal disappear
Sirajganj: 2018-03-22 Chhatra League leader who raped school student refused bail
Sirajganj: 2017-03-29 Idols desecrated at two temples in Sirajganj
Related:
Child marriage: 2019-08-15 British-Iranian academic arrested in Iran amid tanker tensions
Child marriage: 2019-08-06 British Al-Rayan Bank, controlled by Qatar, works with a charity banned in the US for having terrorist links
Child marriage: 2019-05-17 The marriage age debate
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India-Pakistan
Rape victim seeks to record new statement before magistrate
2019-05-30
[DAWN] RAWALPINDI: A woman who alleged that she was raped by four people including three police officials has disputed her earlier statement recorded with the magistrate, telling the court that she wanted to record another statement because she had previously been pressured.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Saddar Circle Rai Mazhar Iqbal called a hurried press briefing after the woman spoke before area magistrate, saying that they were with the victim and justice would be done. He said complete investigation would be carried out to ascertain whether the victim was being pressured.

Mr Iqbal said that soon after the victim lodged her complaint, all three of the police officials she named as well as the fourth suspect were enjugged
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
. The victim recorded her statement in the court of area magistrate Sumaira Alamgir on May 24, during which she identified the suspects.

The victim prayed before the area magistrate on Tuesday asking to record her statement again and seeking the re-examination of her earlier statement.

She said she had been influenced and pressured by the media and focal persons from NGOs who forced her to record her statement before the court.

In her application, she blamed the police for nominating the three police officials, saying that all the suspects were nominated in the FIR at the instigation of police and NGOs’ focal persons. She said the nominated suspects were not involved and were falsely implicated by the police.

She asked the court to cancel her earlier statement and record a new one, which she said was of her own free will.

Meanwhile,
...back at the mall, Clarissa spent the day shopping for new underwear. Tonight was going to be a special occasion...
the police produced the four suspects in the court of the judicial magistrate for a five-day extension in their physical remand, as the police have recovered the gold ring and the money mentioned by the victim.

In view of the victim’s new application, judicial magistrate Mohammad Arshad turned down the request for an extension and sent the suspects to judicial lock-up. He directed the police to produce them in court on June 11 along with the case file and report.

The victim has alleged that she was in Bahria Town Phase 8 for Sehri on the night between 15 and 16 May when she was kidnapped and raped by four people, including three police officials.

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