Former officer-in-charge (OC) Shah Alam, who was arrested from the capital's Uttara Purba police station, has fled. The Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Uttara Purba police station on duty in this incident has been suspended immediately.

On Thursday (January 9) night, the duty officer of Uttara Purba police station, Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Karim, said that he heard that a police officer had fled from the police station. However, instructions have been given to talk to the OC in this regard.

When asked about this, an officer of the rank of Deputy Police Commissioner of DMP confirmed the escape of former OC Shah Alam and said that the escaped officer is an inspector, his name is Shah Alam. He is the former OC of Uttara Purba police station. A murder case was filed against him on September 2 in connection with the anti-discrimination student movement. He was arrested last night in that case.

The process of handing him over to the court was underway today (January 9) Thursday. At that time, he escaped by stealth.

Since the matter came to light, the process of re-arresting him is underway. The ASI in charge of this incident has been suspended due to negligence of duty. However, he could not immediately reveal the name of the suspended ASI.

It is learned that Shah Alam was accused in several cases, including murder, in the anti-discrimination student movement on August 5. He joined Uttara Purba Police Station on August 1.

He was arrested by Uttara Purba Police Station today (January 9) in a case related to the anti-discrimination student movement and was in the process of being handed over to the court at noon. In the meantime, he escaped by stealth.

A man was shot dead at Seagull Point on Cox's Bazar sea beach. The deceased has been identified as Golam Rabbani (55). He is a resident of Daulat Pur, Khulna, and is the son of Md. Golam Akbar.

The deceased Golam Rabbani is said to be the vice-president of Khulna Metropolitan Swechchsebak League. He was immediate past councilor of Ward No. 4 of Khulna City Corporation.

The incident took place at around 8pm on Thursday (January 9), said Cox's Bazar Sadar Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ilyas Khan.

Several police teams have launched an operation to arrest the miscreants immediately after the incident, said OC Ilyas.

Abdus Salam Babu, an auto-rickshaw driver who rescued the deceased and brought him to the hospital, said, "I heard a gunshot near the wooden bridge in front of Seagull Point. But I could not see who shot him." Then he saw a man falling down.

Abdus Salam said that he immediately rescued the injured person and took him to the hospital in his auto rickshaw.

After bringing him to the hospital, the identity of the deceased was identified by looking at the national identity card in his pocket.

During an inspection at the scene, Cox's Bazar Additional Superintendent of Police (Media Spokesperson) Jasim Uddin Chowdhury said that the killing of the former councilor could be a planned murder due to previous enmity because he is not supposed to have any enemies in Cox's Bazar. Several police teams and intelligence agencies are working on the matter.

Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus has directed the concerned authorities to take immediate action to resolve the waterlogging problem of the city residents in Chattogram.

Dr. Yunus gave this instruction at a meeting of the Advisory Council on Thursday (January 9).

At a press conference about the meeting at the Foreign Service Academy, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said that waterlogging has become a regular problem in Chattogram city during the rainy season.

He said that the Chief Adviser has instructed the concerned authorities to resolve this waterlogging problem of the city as soon as possible.

The Press Secretary said that in today's meeting of the Advisory Council, the city's traffic congestion problem was also discussed in detail, in view of which quick steps will be visible to resolve traffic congestion in the coming days.

Adviser Mahfuz Alam and Deputy Press Secretaries to the Chief Adviser Abul Kalam Azad Majumder and Apurba Jahangir were present at the press conference.

Everyone will get textbooks by next month. The interim government is working on this, said Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary to the chief adviser.

He said these things at a briefing at the Foreign Service Academy auditorium on Thursday (January 9) afternoon.

He said, during the Awami League era, even though there was a book festival in January, it took 3 to 4 months for books to reach the students. We are working to reach all the students. We hope that everyone will get the books by next month.

Regarding waterlogging in Chattogram, he said, Chattogram experiences problems during the monsoon. The government has given instructions to resolve the waterlogging problem as soon as possible. And the cabinet discussed traffic.

Interim government adviser Mahfuz Alam, deputy press secretary to the chief adviser Abul Kalam Azad Majumder, Apurba Jahangir, senior assistant press secretary Faiz Ahmed and others were present at the time.