BGB detain seven human traffickers
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday claimed to have detained seven members of a drug and human trafficking gang from Teknaf. The detainees have been identified as Md Shafi Ullah, 55, his wife Tyeba Begum, 40, their son Md Anwar Hossain,19, his wife Lucky Aktar, 19, Md Parvej, 16, Md Jalal, 26, and Md Redwan, 19, BGB-2 said in a release. The seven were detained during two separate drives carried out by the Teknaf battalion of BGB-2, on a tip-off. Some 40,000 Yaba tablets worth Tk 12.7 million, Kyat (Myanmar currency) worth Tk 10,784, 14 grams of gold jewellery worth Tk 88,000, and three mobile phones were seized from the possession of the detainees, the BGB said. — UNB
20 injured in Magura clash
MAGURA, May 13: At least 20 people have been injured in a clash between two groups over mango plucking in Joka village of Magura's Sreepur upazila, police said on Friday. Of the injured, 17 have been admitted to Magura Sadar and Dariapur Hospital. What started as a mere altercation between Sezan,14, son of Shahid Molla, and Akher Sheikh, 35, over the teen plucking a mango from a tree on public land soon turned into a violent clash between two groups. Injured Sezan and his uncle Hashem Molla told the news agency that Akher and his associates vandalised their houses and attacked 10 of their family members with sharp weapons. — UNB
Three Rohingyas who fled Bhasan Char sent back
NOAKHALI, May 13: Three Rohingya refugees who fled Bhasan Char have been detained and sent back, police said Friday. Locals nabbed the three in Mohammadpur union of the district's Subarnachar upazila on Wednesday evening and handed them over to the Char Jabbar police. The three Rohingyas have been identified as Khairul Amin, 21, son of Syedul Amin, Abdullah, 12, son of Md. Rafique, and Saiful Islam, 18, son of Abdul Khaleque. Ziaul Haque, officer-in-charge of Char Jabbar police station, said the detainees were handed over to Bhasan Char police on Thursday itself. — UNB