News in brief
Woman killed in road accident
An unidentified elderly woman was killed in a road accident at Sabujbagh in the capital city in the early hours of yesterday.
The accident occurred around 3:30 am when a truck hit the women aged about 60 at Madartek while she was crossing the road, officer-in-charge of Sabujbagh Police Station Kuddus Fakir told BSS.
Police suspect that the victim was a homeless woman of the area.
She rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where she succumbed to his injuries around 6 am.
Police arrested the truck driver and seized the vehicle.
Fire destroys dwelling houses
At least four dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating at Mazirghat area under Sadarghat thana in Chiittagong city on Friday afternoon.
Fire service sources said, the fire originated from an electric short- circuit in the house of Badsha Mia Sawdagor at Mazirghat area at around 2.40 am and quickly engulfed surrounding houses. Four units of fire service from Agrabad and Bandar fire service stations rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control at about 3.50 am, fire service sources said. Properties of the dwelling houses worth about TK four lakh were gutted in the fire, sources added.
98 held in special drives
CHITTAGONG: Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 98 persons including an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist with yaba and liquor from different upazilas of the district on Thursday night.
Abdul Awal, additional superintendent of police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 98 persons including an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist with 730 pieces of contraband sex stimulating yaba tablets and 115 litres of country made liquor from different upazilas of the district for their alleged involvement in sabotage acts and vandalism.
The detainees also include 76 arrest warrantees and 21 accused in regular cases, he said.
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