The truck driver responsible for injuring Ahona Rahman Lucky has confessed attempting to murder the television and film actress “in self-defence” after the accident involving her vehicle.

Sumon Mia, 27, yesterday confessed to a magistrate that he made the attempt to escape arrest or mob beating when Ahona tried to climb on his vehicle.

Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Sufian Md Noman recorded his confession after Uttara Police Station Sub-inspector Humayun Kabir, also the investigation officer, produced him at his chamber.

After recording Sumon's statement, the court ordered to send him to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.

Sumon was arrested in Ashulia around 4:30am on Saturday, on information from his 16-year-old helper, who was held in Uttara on Friday night, police said.

Md Rumon, the helper, gave a confessional statement before another magistrate on Saturday, and was later sent to jail. 

On Wednesday, Ahona and her cousin were driving home from Old Dhaka around 4am when a sand-laden truck hit her car in Uttara sector-7.

Ahona came down from the car and charged the trucker. At one stage of the altercation, the truck driver tried to drive off and the actress tried to climb on to the vehicle.

He sped off with Ahona hanging by the door, and snaked the vehicle at high speed to throw her off for around one kilometre. She was severely injured when the truck flipped over and she fell on some stones at Uttara sector-12.