Baby dies falling into septic tank

An indigenous girl died and two of her classmates needed primary treatment after falling into a septic tank in Tanore upazila of the district.

The deceased was identified as Mayati Hembrom, 6, daughter of Bodurai Hembrom, a resident of Shalbari Sollapara area in Tanore upazila. Two other babies were injured in this incident. All of them were students of class one of Bongong Govt. Primary School. Rezaul Islam, officer-in-charge of Tanore Police Station, said some sand had been kept on the septic tank on account of some construction work adjacent to the school. The children fell into the tank displacing the cover while they were playing on the sand.

Man killed in road accident

A man was killed in a road accident in front of CNG refueling station at Badda link road in the capital early Sunday.

SI Shamsul Huq of Badda Police Station said the accident took place around 1:00 am when a bus hit a motorcycle ridden by Sarwar Hossian Tipu, 42, a resident of Alir Moor in Badda, leaving him critically injured.

Later, he succumbed to his injuries on way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the police official added.

Seven Jamaat leaders held

Police in separate raids arrested seven local leaders of Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh from different places under Pirganj and Badarganj upazilas in the early hours of Friday.

Pirganj Thana police arrested Ameer of Pirganj upazila unit of Jamaat Moulana Golam Mostafa, its Secretary Khairul Azam, former Secretary Moksed Ali and President of Choitrokol union Jamaat Golam Rasul.

The four arrested Jamaat leaders are members of Pirganj upazila unit of ‘Shura’ committee of the party.

“The arrested Jamaat leaders had been on the run for a longtime and a number of criminal cases are pending against them with Pirganj Thana for their alleged involvement with subversive activities,” said Rezaul Karim, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Pirganj Thana.

    Independent/agency