2 Jubo League leaders killed in Manikganj road crash
Saturday, 7 June 2014
Two local leaders of Jubo League were killed in a road accident in Joka area on Dhaka- Aricha highway in Ghior upazila of Manikganj district on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Rubel, 23, organizing secretary of Baniajuri union unit Jubo League and son of Ibrahim Mia and Sobzel, 25, publicity secretary of the Jubo League unit and son of Munser Ali of Tora village of the upazila.
Quoting witnesses highway police said the accident took place when the Patuakhali-bound bus of Eagle Paribahan hit the motorcycle carrying Rubel and Sobzel around 11:30am, leaving both of them dead on the spot.
Enraged by the accident, locals and Jubo League activists vandalised 2-3 vehicles on the highway and torched the bus of Eagle Paribahan, disrupting traffic movement on the highway for an hour.
On information, police and fire fighters doused the flames, according to UNB.