Road blocked as schoolboy dies in accident

Transport movement on Dhaka-Munshiganj road remains suspended since Wednesday morning following death of a school boy in Munshiganj town.

Sharif Hossain, 14, a Class-V student of Indrakpur Primary School was crushed under the wheels of a bus on his way to school around 7:15am, reports our Munshiganj correspondent.

The barricade was going on till 10:45am when this report was filed.

Angry locals also vandalised two vehicles and set fire to the bus that killed the boy.

Abul Bashar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Munshiganj Sadar Police Station, said angry locals put barricades on the road around 7:30am and vandalised two vehicles when a Dhaka-bound bus of Inter-district Bus Owners' Association hit Sharif near Krishi Bank square of the town.

Sharif, a son of one Samiruddin Milky of Nayagaon village of the town, was going to school riding a bicycle.

Immediately after the accident, locals managed to catch the driver of the bus and handed him over to police after a good beating, the OC said.

They also set ablaze the bus, the police officer added.

The locals later brought out a rally in the town demanding punishment of the driver.

Ayub Ali, the helper of the bus, was driving the vehicle in absence of its driver, the OC said. 

[The Daily Star]

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