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Tue Jul 13, 2021 01:09 AM
Police have arrested four people in two separate cases filed over raping a 19-year-old woman and assaulting her husband in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh.
The wife filed a rape case and the husband (22) filed a case under the Pornography Act with the Panchagarh Police Station, Abu Akkas Ahmed, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station, told out correspondent.
The arrestees are Jainul Haque (25), Roni Islam (24), Nur Hossain (21) and Shahin Hossain (21) of Panchagarh Sadar Upazila, reports our Thakurgaon correspondent.
The OC said Jainul was made lone accused in the rape case while all four made accused in the other case filed under the Pornography Act.
Fifth-grader drowns in Panchagarh s Karatoya river
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A fifth-grader drowned in the Karatoya river at Tulardang in Panchagarh municipality while taking a bath today.
The deceased was identified as Rahul Banik (13), son of Arun Banik of Baniapara, our Thakurgaon correspondent reports.
Quoting locals, Ashraful Islam, inspector (investigation) of Panchagarh Police Station, said Rahul went to the river in the afternoon with his two neighbours Barsha Banik, 15, and Antar Banik, 14.
At one stage, the three drowned in the river, the inspector said adding that sand lifting workers rescued them and took them to Panchagarh Sadar Hospital where doctors declared Rahul dead.
Drug addict son stabs mother to death in Panchagarh Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
An addict son allegedly stabbed his mother to death as she was unable to give him money for drugs at Pashchim Mithapukur area in Panchagarh municipality this afternoon.
The victim, Joytun Begum (52), was rushed to the Panchagarh Sadar Hospital in a critical condition by her neighbours where the on-duty doctors declared her dead, reports our Thakurgaon correspondent quoting police.
Neighbours saw her son Shahidul Islam (35) escaping the scene soon after the incident, said police. Shahidul frequently asked his mother for money to buy drugs and he even stabbed and injured his father a few years ago for the same reason, Panchagarh Additional Superintendent of Police SM Shafiqul Islam told this correspondent, quoting the deceased s neighbours.