Rickshaw-puller held over female physician’s death

CHATTOGRAM, Feb 18 (UNB): Police on Thursday arrested the puller of the ill-fated rickshaw that was hit by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Tuesday night, leaving a female doctor dead in the port city.

Dr Samina Akter, a mother of two children and a doctor at Southern Medical College and Hospital, succumbed to her injuries at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital after battling for her life for nearly two days.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) nabbed Mohammad Hridoy, 19, son of Md Nasir Uddin of Cumilla district, around 09:00 pm on Thursday from the Old Station Road area of the port city after CCTV footage of the accident went viral on social media.

The accident occurred in the city's Kazir Dewri area when Dr Samina was returning home.