4 NGO officials killed in Tangail road mishap

FE Team | Published: June 29, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

TANGAIL, Jun 28 (bdnews24.com): Four officials of a private NGO have been killed when a truck rammed into their pickup van in Tangail's Kalihati.
The accident took place on the Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhu Bridge around 7am on Saturday, police said.
Another person was also injured in the accident.
Both the injured and dead were passengers of the van, Bangabandhu Bridge east police SI Anisur Asheikin said.
SI Ashekin said, "We learnt that officials and staff of 'Ananya', an NGO based in Pabna, were on the van. Four of them died."
However, the NGO management said five people died in the accident.
Quoting locals the SI said the truck smashed the front of the van completely.
The dead were Ananya's Executive Director Abdul Hamid, Directors Azim Uddin and Alauddin and Accounts Officer 'Mokhles', he said.
Prince could not give details about the driver.
Police seized the truck, but its driver managed to flee.