Heavy rains and rush of water from upstream in India’s northeast have inundated large swathes of Sylhet division, leaving thousands stranded and triggering a humanitarian crisis.
Nearly 150 families who are residents of the riverbank area of Teesta in Khuniagachh village of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, are living in fear of losing homestead and cropland as a flood protection dam, which was renovated by Water Development Board (WDB) just 10 months ago, already collapsed.
Family members of Rabiul Islam, who was beaten to death allegedly by police personnel in Lalmonirhat on April 14, are hesitant to file any case against the suspects as they fear reprisals.
A man has died in police custody in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila last night after he was detained from a Baishakhi fair on charge of gambling, said police.