Sirajganj road crash kills journo, wife


FE Team | Published: August 11, 2019 12:44:26 | Updated: August 11, 2019 14:51:15


Sirajganj road crash kills journo, wife

A local journalist and his wife were killed while their two children injured after being run over by a speedy bus in Raiganj Upazila early Sunday, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Rafiqul Islam Jinnah, 50, a correspondent of local newspaper The Daily Satmatha, and his wife Morsheda Khatun, 45, an NGO official posted in Gazipur.

Panchanan Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Raiganj Police Station, said Jinnah went to Dhanghora bus stoppage to receive Morsheda and their children who returned from Gazipur.

The bus crashed into them at around 02:00 am while they were getting on a van, leaving the couple dead on the spot and their children—one aged 7 and the other 4 -- injured.

Law enforcers arrested the bus driver and his assistant, the OC said.

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