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Total Insecurity
of Common People
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2004
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Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Aminul Islam and Havilder Liakot
Ali |
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June 20, 2004 |
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Motijheel |
| DESCRIPTION |
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A gang of 12 to 13 armed extortionists led by
listed terrorists led by JCD cadre Idul and Tanjil came for
collecting extortion from two business farms AJ Money Exchange
Limited and Shapla Money Exchange at Motijheel Commercial Area
under Motijheel police station at about 3.30 pm. After collecting
extortion money, they were about to leave the spot. But, being
informed by a reliable source, a five member special police
team rushed to the spot and intercepted four extortionists at
the ground floor gate. Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Aminul
Islam and Habilder Mohammad Liaquat received fatal injuries
when the JCD cadres shot them from point blank and escaped the
scene leaving the two police personnel dead on the spot. Police
also replied with the gunshots. Both sides locked in a fierce
gunfight when other members of the extortionist gang waiting
outside started shooting to the police personnel. Police source
Kuddus and Idul were injured during the shootout. Police arrested
injured JCD cadre Idul and recovered a point 7.75 bore loaded
pistol from his possession. The extortionists were the active
members of ruling party's student front JCD and they all came
from different residential halls of Dhaka University. The gang
used to take extortion money from different business houses
for a long time. |
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Shamsul Hoq (56)& his son Russell (29) |
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March 27, 2004. |
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Dhaka |
| PERSONAL |
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Old Dhaka business leader |
| DESCRIPTION |
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The bodies of a missing Old Dhaka businessman
and his son were found in 200 pieces in Gazipur in one of the
most grisly murders over the years, sending shock waves through
the city. The killings of Shamsul Haq and his son Russell Sheikh
came to light two days after police found their driver hacked
to death in Dhamrai, about 50 kilometres off Dhaka, in the first
signs of the macabre incident that underlined security fears
of businesspeople. Police seized movable property of Kajal from
his house in the old quarter of the city after the case was
filed against him as the main accused. Kajal, an activist of
the Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, youth front of the ruling BNP, is
also accused of killing police sergeant Farhad on Jagannath
University College campus. |
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March 3, 2004 |
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Dhaka University Campus |
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A woman student falls on the ground as police
swoop on Dhaka University students. The students, who were marching
towards the secretariat to lay siege to the home ministry demanding
the home minister's resignation, came under the attack of police
and ruling party student wing-JCD. |
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Dr Humayun Azad |
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56 |
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February 27, 2004 |
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In front of Bangla Academy,Dhaka |
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Prominent writer & Professor of Bengali department,
Dhaka University |
| DESCRIPTION |
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Unknown assailants critically stabbed prominent
writer Humayun Azad with butcher's knives in front of Bangla
Academy last night in an attack his family blamed on fundamentalists.
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