Jan 11, (V7N) - Supporters of Jubo Dal forcibly freed their activist, Tariqul Islam, from Srinagar Police Station in Munshiganj district, police reported on Saturday. Tariqul, 40, had been detained on Friday in connection with a previous violent incident. Around 200 Jubo Dal supporters stormed the police station and snatched him from custody. The president of the upazila unit of Jubo Dal later assured authorities that the accused would be returned.

In a separate incident, two people were killed, and another was injured in a collision between a speedboat and a bulkhead in the Meghna River at Kalikapur Ghat in Gazaria upazila, Munshiganj. The crash occurred late on Friday night around 9:30 pm when the speedboat collided head-on with the bulkhead, which was anchored at the ghat. The deceased were identified as Wadud and Babul. The injured were taken to Gazaria Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared Wadud and Babul dead.

Additionally, a bomb blast in Munshiganj resulted in a youth losing his wrist.

In Rajshahi, two accused individuals escaped custody after stabbing two police officers.

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