Death of Rajib: 2 bus drivers denied bail again

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petitions of two drivers accused in a case filed for killing of Titumir College student Rajib Hossain after he got severed his right hand in the race between two buses.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Laskar Sohel Rana passed the order after hearing in the case on Thursday.

The accused are Wahid, 35, and Khorshed, 50, bus drivers of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and Sajan Paribahan respectively.

Lawyer Helal Uddin Patwary moved for the accused in the case. He said during hearing that the case is under bailable section. As per the laws, the accused have right to get bail. It breaches the law when bail is denied in a bailable section.

There is no direction for the accused from the High Court (HC). HC ordered the owners to pay compensation, he added.

However, the court dismissed the petition after hearing.

Earlier, the accused were denied bail several times in the case.

Rajib lost his hand after it got stuck between two speeding buses of BRTC and Sajan Paribahan trying to overtake each other in the capital's Bangla Motor area on April 3.

Soon after the accident, he was taken to Samorita Hospital in Panthapath and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where he passed away on April 17.

The bus drivers were arrested from different areas of Dhaka soon after the incident.

 

risingbd/Dhaka/May 24, 2018/Mamun Khan/A K Azad