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.
