Koppa: Man reunites with son after 7 years
Koppa: A man from Kumbragodu village in Koppa taluk has finally reunited with his son after a gap of seven long years, following efforts by him and the local police.
The man, Manjunath, had been separated from his wife Shobha several years ago after a family dispute. The couple had twin boys. Following their separation, Shobha reportedly took one of the sons, who was just five years old at the time, and left him with another family in the taluk. She then went missing, and her whereabouts remained unknown.
Manjunath had been searching for his wife and son all these years, but without success. Recently, he received information that his son was staying with a couple in the Koppa area. Hoping to see him, Manjunath went to their house. But things took a wrong turn, locals mistook him for a kidnapper, thrashed him, and handed him over to the police.
Manjunath then filed a complaint with the Jayapura Police Station. Based on his complaint, the police started investigating the matter and found that the child in question was indeed his son. The boy was studying in Class 5 at a local school.
Police then produced the child before the District Child Welfare Committee. After following due procedures, the boy was officially handed over to Manjunath.
Assistant Sub-inspector Ravikumar along with police personnel Kalavathi, Nagaraj, and Sathish were part of the team that worked on this case.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
