Five injured, four arrested

Natore Correspondent :
Five people were injured in an attack due to previous enmity in Baraigram Upazila, Natore, on Eid day. The incident occurred in Mashinda village on Monday morning at around 9 AM, shortly after Eid prayers. The injured are Abdul Halim Master (48), Talim Molla (47), Rahul Molla (25), Nafiz Molla (20), and Nazrul Molla (55), all from Mashinda village. Abdul Halim Master and Talim Mollah were critically injured and admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, while the others received first aid at local hospitals and were sent home.
The police have arrested four individuals in connection with the incident: Mithu (38), Babar Ali (32), Saddam (26), and Mateen (47), all from the same village.
According to locals, the victims were attacked with local weapons, sticks, hammers, and strips by a group of miscreants when they reached the mahogany garden of Fazlur Rahman, 200 yards from the Eidgah grounds. The attackers fled when neighbors responded to the victims’ screams. Family members later rescued the injured and took them to various hospitals.
Golam Saqlain Payas, the son of the deceased Maqbul Master of Mashinda village, filed a case at the police station regarding the incident. The Officer in Charge (OC) of Baraigram Police Station confirmed that a case has been filed and four people have been arrested, with efforts to detain others ongoing.

Power substation at risk in Juri
Moulvibazar Correspondent
Heavy rains over the past few days and runoff from hill slopes upstream have flooded the Power Development Board (PDB) substation in Juri, Moulvibazar, putting the building at risk. The substation is located along the Juri-Botuli customs station road in the Ranimora area of the upazila. The front road and the substation premises are inundated, with two power transformers nearly submerged. Surrounding houses are also flooded, trapping residents, some of whom have evacuated to safer areas.
Substation officials reported that water began entering the facility on Tuesday morning, and the water level has been rising steadily. The substation’s two 33/11 kilovolt transformers supply electricity to six unions in Juri Upazila, serving approximately 16,000 customers.
A team led by Superintending Engineer SM Iqbal from the Maulvibazar District Office of PDB visited the substation on Tuesday afternoon. SM Iqbal informed the media that the substation is under threat but is still operational. If the water level rises further, the transformers may become submerged, leading to a halt in power supply.
Local residents noted that the substation, commissioned in 2022, faces this issue because it was not built on elevated enough ground. A similar situation occurred during the 2022 flood.