Khilgaon OC jailed for torturing DU student

A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back. In the STAR file photo, Kadar is seen inside a police van.

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A Dhaka court today sentenced Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.
The former police officer was convicted in absentia of torturing the biochemistry and molecular biology student.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alamgir Kabir Raj also fined the convict Tk 10,000, in default of which he will suffer three months more in jail.
The punishment of the fugitive will be effective from the day of his arrest or surrender.
Kadar was detained on charges of robbery when he was returning to his dormitory around 1:30am on July 16, 2011.
He was arrested even after he showed police his identity card, he said, adding that they even stabbed him in the left calf with a cleaver.
Police filed three separate cases against Kadar to implicate him falsely. But following media outcry, the High Court on July 28 that year ordered the inspector general of police to probe the incident.

Three officials of Khilgaon Police Station, including the officer-in-charge, were suspended and Kadar was released on bail on August 3.
Kadar was acquitted of all charges in 2012. He on January 23, 2012, sued officer-in-charge Helal Uddin for torturing him and filing false cases against him.  

Rubel gets bail, Happy files naraji plea

Naznin Akhtar Happy (L) files a no-confidence (naraji) petition against the the probe report against the national team cricketer Rubel Hossain over alleged sexual abuse.

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Film actress Naznin Akhtar Happy today filed a no-confidence (naraji) petition against the probe report submitted by police in a case filed by her bringing allegations of sexual abuse against national team cricketer Rubel Hossain.
Happy filed the petition after Rubel secured fresh bail from the Fifth Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression as the case was earlier shifted to the tribunal for its disposal.
Judge Tanjina Ismail of the tribunal fixed May 20 for hearing the naraji petition.
In today’s no-confidence petition, Happy told the court that police did not interrogate the eight witnesses including her brother, mother and sister before preparing the probe report. So, she rejected the probe report and sought the tribunal’s order for a further investigation into the matter.
On April 6, police inspector Halima Khatun submitted the final report on the case appealing to the court to relieve Rubel from the charge.
THE ALLEGATION
Film actress Happy came into media focus after she filed a case on December 13 last year accusing Rubel of luring her into an affair with false promises of marriage.

However, the actress on the following day said she would withdraw the case if Rubel married her.
Meanwhile, a day after Happy filed the case, doctors at Dhaka Medical College conducted a forensic test on her. In its report submitted to Mirpur police on December 24, DMC stated that Happy was not raped recently.
Criticising the use of “recent”, Happy told The Daily Star that after “physical relations” for the last nine months, Rubel had refused to marry her on December 1, after which she had tried to reach a solution.
On Monday, Happy filed a writ petition with the HC asking its directives to remove Rubel Hossain from Bangladesh World Cup squad.
She also urged the court to order the government to confiscate Rubel's passport until the case was settled.
The HC rejected her pleas as since the petitioner's lawyer was absent in the court to place arguments on the petition.

Pahela Baishakh sex attack: Rewards to find 8

Eight assaulter was identified from camera footages of the sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebrations. Photo taken from Facebook

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The photos of the eight assaulter AT Pahela Baishakh celebrations were released at the police Headquarters by the IGP.

Police today declared Tk 1 lakh reward for capture of each eight identified from camera footages of the sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebrations.
Shahidul Haque, inspector general of police, made the announcement at a press briefing in Dhaka Metropolitan Police headquarters this noon.
At least 20 women were sexually assaulted for over an hour, allegedly under the nose of police, by a group of rowdy youths for over an hour on the evening of April 14.
The incident sparked a wave of protest throughout the country with people from all quarters condemning the incident and demanding immediate arrest of the culprits.

Now, after a month in the passing of the incident and failure of arresting anyone, police have declared a reward for the eight assaulters identified from footages they have had for the past 33 days.
The police also released photos of the eight they identified as sexual assaulters, cropped from the camera footages, and released them to the media.
"We have been able to facially recognise eight people. But we do not know their names or whereabouts. Anyone who comes forward and helps in the capture of an assaulter will be given Tk 1 lakh reward."

Be rest assured, that the identity of the informer will be kept a secret and given proper security measures," the IGP said during the press release.
Citing that the close circuit camera footages were provided to the media, the ace police official claimed that no one came forward to aiding the capture of the assaulters.
Police's role over the incident, their comments afterwards and subsequently the manner of dousing protests against the sexual assault drew widespread flack.
First, police denied having any evidence of sexual assault at all despite the proactive role of different media publishing the camera footages that clearly showed everything.
Later on May10, the law enforcers mercilessly quashed a protest that bid to lay a siege on Dhaka police headquarters, frustrated over police's role in this regard.
There, male police had brutally assaulted a female protester, Ismat Ara, which also drew widespread condemnation.
However, protests are still on from several quarters, including a joint move by the student political organisations of Dhaka University, pressing for action against the disregarding police at scene, arrest of the culprits and others.