Students demonstrating on a road in Barishal city on Saturday after the death of a student of the BM College in an accident on the day Story on Page 3 — Focus Bangla At least four people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Joypurhat, Munshiganj and Gazipur districts on Saturday, reports UNB.
In Joypurhat, two motorcyclists were killed and another was severely injured in a head-on collision with another motorbike on Panchbibi-Kamdia Road.
The deceased were identified as Tabibur Rahman Mandal, 55, son of late Mafiz Uddin, resident of Panial village, and Mahfuz Akhter, 22, son of Aijul Islam of Danejpur village in the same upazila.
The injured Ratul Prashad Goala was rushed to Joypurhat Modern Hospital and later shifted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura considering the severity of his injury, said Bozlar Rahman, officer-in-charge of Panchbibi Police Station.
In Munshiganj, a sixth-grader boy died after he was run over by a passenger bus on Dhaka-Mawa Highway in the Medinimandal area of Lauhajang upazila.
The deceased was identified as Antar, 12, son of Md Raza Miah of the same area. He was a student of Mediniganj Anwar Ali High School.
A speeding bus hit him while giving space to another vehicle, killing Antar on the spot, said Golam Morshed Talukder, in-charge of Hashara Highway Police Outpost.
Students of the school and locals put barricades on the road, interrupting vehicle movement for about two and a half hours.
In Gazipur, a motorcyclist was killed and two pillion riders were injured in an accident involving three vehicles on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in the Salna area in the city.
The deceased was identified as Jumman Hossain, a college student and son of Zahangir Alam, hailing from the Baopara area in the city.
The body was sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital for autopsy, said Samir Chandra Sutradhar, officer-in-charge of Gazipur Metropolitan Police Station.
Message from Sylhet adds: Amid the outcry over the death of a private university student in the capital, another university student was crushed to death by a bus after its helper reportedly pushed him off the vehicle at Sherpur in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Saturday evening.
The deceased was identified as Wasim Afnan, a 4th year student of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering department of Sylhet Agricultural University and son of M Abu Zahed Mahbub and Dr Mina Parvin of Rudra village in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj.
According to witnesses and victim's friends, 11 students of the university boarded a Sylhet-bound bus of 'Udar Paribahan' from Mymensingh.
They decided to get down from the bus at Sherpur. At that time, a brawl broke out with the bus helper over fare which was later settled.
As Wasim was the last man to come down of the bus, its helper pushed him out of the vehicle and the driver soon sped away. Under the impact of the push, the university student went beneath the wheels and was eventually run over by the bus.
Wounded critically, Wasim was sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, said sub-inspector Faruque Ahmed of the hospital police camp.
Meanwhile, students of the university took to the streets and started staging demonstrations at the Sylhet bus terminal in South Surman protesting the death of their fellow.
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