2 cops killed in road crash

Two police officials succumbed to their injuries today after a bus hit them on Dhaka-Mawa highway in South Keraniganj of Dhaka last night.

The deceased are Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Md Mohsin, 30, and Constable Kamrul Hasan, 25, both from South Keraniganj Police Station, said Jamaluddin Nir, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.

A Mawa-bound bus of Ilish Paribahan hit them when they were inspecting a car on the highway around 10:15pm last night in Mollarpool area, the OC said.

The policemen were first admitted to Mitford Hospital. Later they were shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Hospital where they died early today, the police officer added.