Body of former JU Professor Tareq Shamsur Rahman found at Uttara home
Prof Tareq Shamsur Rahman. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Police have recovered the body of Tareq Shamsur Rahman, a retired professor of International Relations Department, Jahangirnagar University, from his Uttara residence in Dhaka this morning.
Professor Shafiq-ur-Rahman, former chairman of JU Urban and Regional Planning Department, confirmed the news to The Daily Star.
He said, Prof Tareq was found dead at his Uttara residence. I live in an apartment adjacent to his. As the door was locked from inside and there was no response after repeated knocks at the door, his friends called police and eventually police recovered the body after breaking the door of the flat.
He was alone in the flat as his wife and daughter were in the USA.
Professor Shafiq-ur-Rahman of JU confirmed the news to The Daily Star. I live in an apartment next to his. As the door was locked from the inside and there was no response after repeated knocks on the door, we called the police, he said.
Mehedi Hasan, officer-in-charge of Turag Police Station, said, The cause of his death is not known yet. There were signs of throwing up. The crime scene unit of the Criminal Investigation Department was there. They collected evidence.
An autopsy may reveal the exact cause of his death, he added.
Arms case: Charges framed against DGHS driver Abdul Malek
Trial to begin on April 5
Abdul Malek Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A Dhaka tribunal today framed charges against Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), in a case filed over possessing an illegal firearm and ammunition in September last year.
Malek, now in jail, pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after KM Emrul Kayesh of the Special Tribunal-1 of Dhaka read out the charges to him.
Earlier in the day, the judge rejected petition submitted for discharging him from the case.
The tribunal then set April 5 for starting a trial of the case.
Arms case: court accepts charges against DGHS driver
Abdul Malek. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A Dhaka tribunal today took cognisance of the charges against Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), in a case filed over possessing an illegal firearm and ammunition in September last year.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Special Tribunal-1 of Dhaka passed the order after scrutinising the case dockets and other relevant documents in the case.
The tribunal then set February 28 for hearing on charge framing against the accused in the case.
On January 10, Sub-inspector Md Rubel Sheikh of Turag Police Station, also investigation officer of the case, submitted a charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate s Court of Dhaka against Malek. It shows 11 people as prosecution witnesses of the case.