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Three killed as bus rams CNG auto-rickshaw

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Published: 16:39, 15 August 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Three killed as bus rams CNG auto-rickshaw

Kishoreganj Correspondent: Three people were killed and three others were injured as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Konapara area of the district’s Kuliarchar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.

Of the deceased, two were known as Abul Mia, 17, driver of auto-rickshaw and son of Mridu Mia of Purankhola under Bajitpur upazila and vegetables trader Shahab Uddin of Bhairab upazila. Another deceased could not be identified immediately.

Eye-witnesses and police said Dhaka-bound Jatayat Paribahan bus from Kishoreganj ran over the CNG auto-rickshaw at Konapara area on Bhairab-Kishoreganj road in the afternoon, leaving the three dead on the spot. Agitated people seized the bus and torched it after the incident.

The injured three were rushed to Bhagolpur Medical College and Hospital in Bajitpur.

Nannu Mollah, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kuliarchar Police Station, confirmed the news.

Bodies of the deceased were sent to Kishoreganj General Hospital morgue for autopsy, he said.


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