Two rally-bound Jamaat leaders killed in road crash

FARIDPUR, July 19 (UNB): Two leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami were killed and at least eight others injured in a road accident in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district early Saturday on their way to attend the party's rally in Dhaka.

The deceased were identified as Maulana Abu Sayeed, 55, ameer of Jamaat's Dacope upazila unit and Mohammad Amanat Sheikh, 55, son of Md Ismail Sheikh, both hailing from Bani Shanta area of Dacope upazila in Khulna.

Bhanga police station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Ashfaq Hossain said the accident occurred around 5am on Dhaka-Khulna highway.