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Vol. 4 Num 37 Thu. July 03, 2003  
   
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Police still to net killer driver


Even after 35 hours, police failed to find the whereabouts of the car driver who knocked down a doctor from his motorcycle and dragged him to death.

The duty officer of the Mohammadpur Police Station said that one of the officers had gone to Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in the morning but is yet to come up with any result.

The duty officer did not confirm whether they have the address of the car driver. Sources said police were not serious about arresting the driver who brutally killed the doctor.

The body of Dr. Mohammad Shahjahan Ali, 40, a medical officer at the Pongu Hospital, was sent to his native village at Natore for burial.

Physicians and employees of Pongu Hospital will take out a procession from Pongu Hospital to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) today.

They will hold a rally at 'Battala' at the BSMMU premises and will proceed on to the Jatiya Press Club.

Leaders and members of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) will join the rally.

On Tuesday, Ali was hit by a car (Dhaka-Metro-Ka 02-0626) in front of Sobhanbagh mosque at 11:00am and dragged for more than a kilometre as his leg got tangled in the car's bumper.

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The iron bumper of the car in which Dr Shahjahan Ali got tangled before being dragged to death by a hit-and-run driver has mysteriously vanished. Photo: STAR