RAB has arrested Arman alias Boma Arman (42), one of the main accused in six cases including the sensational Raj murder case in the capital's Mohammadpur Geneva Camp.

He was arrested from the Geneva Camp area on Thursday (November 7) afternoon. RAB-2's media officer Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shihab Karim confirmed this information at around 12:15 am last night.

Regarding the incident, he said that on November 1, there was a chase between two groups in Geneva Camp over the dominance of drug sales. At that time, 10 to 12 people, including pedestrian Raj, were seriously injured in a bomb thrown by the Arman alias Boma Arman group. Locals rescued Raj and took him to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.

The cousin of Raj, who died in the incident, filed a murder case with Mohammadpur Police Station, mentioning the name of the accused.

In view of the request letter from the Officer-in-Charge of Mohammadpur Police Station to arrest the accused involved in the case, considering the importance of the incident, RAB increased its intelligence surveillance to arrest the accused in this regard.

In continuation of this, based on information technology and secret information, an operational team of RAB-2 conducted a raid in the Geneva Camp area on Thursday afternoon and arrested Bomb Arman.

Efforts are ongoing to arrest the other accused by analyzing the information obtained during the initial interrogation of the arrested Arman.

The arrested accused has been handed over to Mohammadpur Police Station.

The number of patients and deaths from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease dengue fever is increasing day by day. In the last 24 hours, 7 people have died from this disease across the country. With this, 40 people have died from dengue in the first 7 days of this month. And the death toll this year has increased to 337.

This information was given in a press release on dengue sent by the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services on Thursday (October 15) evening.

The release said that out of the seven people who died in the last 24 hours, four are from the Dhaka South City Corporation area. Besides, two are from the Dhaka North City Corporation. One of the deceased is from Khulna division.

In the last 12 hours, 1,209 people have been infected with dengue. With this, the number of infected people has increased to 69,456.

Among those hospitalized due to dengue in the last 24 hours, 406 are from the Dhaka City Corporations area and the rest are from outside Dhaka. During this period, 1,108 people have been discharged from the hospital.

Of the 69,456 people hospitalized with dengue from January 1 to October 30 of this year, 63.20 percent are men and 36.80 percent are women. In addition, of the 337 people who have died so far, 51.30 percent are women and 48.70 percent are men.

The dengue situation has taken a terrible shape since June 2023. Last year, 321,179 patients were hospitalized in the country and received treatment. On the other hand, 1,705 people have died from this mosquito-borne disease. This is the highest death record in the country's history so far.

Earlier, in 2019, 111,354 people were infected with dengue nationwide. At that time, about 300 people, including doctors and health workers, died.

Although dengue infections were not seen much during the Corona pandemic in 2020, 28,429 people were infected with dengue fever across the country in 2021. 105 people died of dengue that year.

In addition, a total of 62,382 people were hospitalized with dengue in 2022. That year, 281 people died from the mosquito-borne disease.

Former MP from Jhenaidah-2 constituency Tahjib Alam Siddiqui Sumi was arrested by RAB on Thursday (November 7) night from Nabinagar area of Dhaka in a case filed by Jhenaidah Sadar Police Station on charges of murder, vandalism and arson.

The matter was confirmed by RAB's Legal and Media Wing Director Lieutenant Colonel Munim Ferdous.

He said that former MP from Jhenaidah-2 constituency Tahjib Alam Siddiqui Sumi was arrested from Nabinagar area of Savar tonight in a case filed by Jhenaidah Sadar Police Station on charges of murder, vandalism and arson.

Meanwhile, a case was filed on August 27, 11 years after the murder of Jamaat-e-Islami activist Abdus Salam in Jhenaidah. Former MP and District Awami League President Shafiqul Islam, former MP Tahjib Alam Siddiqui and 270 Awami League members have been named as accused in the case.

The deceased's father-in-law and former Krishi Bank official Abu Bakar Siddique filed the case as the plaintiff.

Tahjib Alam Sumi was elected as an independent candidate from Jhenaidah-2 constituency (partial Sadar and Harinakundu upazila) in 2014. Later, he was elected as a member of parliament as a ‘boat’ candidate with the Awami League nomination in 2018. His father, Noor-e- Alam Siddiqui, was the central president of Chhatra League and member of parliament in 1973.

The former MP owns Doreen Power Limited, which was awarded the contract to build a power plant named 'Manikganj Power Generation Limited' in Singair upazila of Manikganj. The company is accused of disrupting the flow of the Dhaleshwari River during the construction of the power plant.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has called for unity across political and ideological divides to build a discrimination-free and humane Bangladesh.

The Jamaat Ameer made the comment during a discussion on 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day,' held on Thursday at the Al-Falah Auditorium in Dhaka’s Moghbazar, commemorating the civil-military uprising of 1975.

Shafiqur Rahman emphasised the significance of November 7 in Bangladesh's history, calling it a day of civil-military solidarity that safeguarded the country’s sovereignty. “This day reminds us of the people’s resolve to protect independence, as they took to the streets to thwart plots against the nation,” he said.

Reflecting on the political climate of the 1970s, Shafiqur Rahman alleged that the post-liberation government, led by the Awami League, curtailed democratic freedoms by banning political parties and establishing the one-party rule, BAKSAL. "The regime stripped away our rights, restricted freedom of expression, and shut down all media except for four state-run newspapers," he claimed, accusing the government of eroding democratic values.

He said, “We are the worst sufferers among political parties in Bangladesh. We have been banned twice illegally since independence. The Awami League has even chanted slogans calling for our death.”

Shafiqur Rahman also urged the government to establish a new inquiry into the 2009 BDR mutiny to bring the true perpetrators to justice.

In his speech, the Jamaat head also expressed condolences for all those martyred from 1971 through to recent conflicts.

Mohammad Selim Uddin, Ameer of Jamaat’s Dhaka City North unit, chaired the event, while Jamaat leaders including Dhaka City North unit’s Assistant Secretary Mahfuzur Rahman, central Mojlish-e-Shura members, and other key representatives attended.